Valri Bromfield
| Valri Bromfield | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 10, 1949 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 1978–1998 |
Valri Bromfield (born February 10, 1949) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and television producer who started her career as one half of a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Together, they joined the first Toronto company of The Second City where she was one of the original players.
Bromfield was a regular performer on the 1974 The Bobbie Gentry Show. She performed comedy on the first episode of Saturday Night Live on October 11, 1975.
She also appeared on another SNL episode in 1978. In 1979 she played "Mary Mary" on the ABC series Angie. In 1980, she appeared as the character "Debbie Smith" on The David Letterman Show. She played "Laney Gibbs" in Best of the West in 1981 and appeared on six episodes of SCTV between 1983–1984. In 1984, she appeared on nine episodes of The New Show, another NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.
In 1993, she appeared as herself on Friends of Gilda. As the character "Faith Burdette", Bromfield appeared on nineteen episodes of Grace Under Fire between 1993 and 1995. In 1995, she appeared on Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater.
Bromfield appeared on the CBC's 90 Minutes Live and the BCTV show Zig Zag, both in her native Canada.
Her film credits include the role of "Doris" in the 1983 movie Mr. Mom, the role of "Belle Haimes" in the 1987 movie Home Is Where the Hart Is, the role of "Detective Casey" in the 1989 movie Who's Harry Crumb?, the role of "Miss Purdah" in the 1991 movie Nothing but Trouble, the role of "Brandy" in the 1992 movie Caged Fear, the role of Dawny in the 1992 movie This Is My Life, and the role of Wilma Jerzyck in the 1993 movie Needful Things (1993).
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