Rachel Cronin

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Template:Short description Rachel Cronin (born September 29, 1971) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Shirley Pifko on the NBC television series Ed.[1][2]

Early life

Cronin's father was Edmond Jude Cronin, a provincial court judge.[3] She was born in Alberta and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4] She attended Argyle Secondary School,[5] a high school which emphasised the arts, where she won awards and bursaries for her acting.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was then accepted to the University of British Columbia Bachelor of Fine Arts Acting Program[5] and graduated top of her class.[3] Cronin has since been working in theatre, television and film, and in 2000 she was signed on to play the eccentric Shirley Pifko on Ed.[6]

Film and television filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! Snow White
1998 Y2K Wendy Allison Short film
2003 Spook Kelly [7]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Eye Level Hotel Manager TV movie
1997 Poltergeist: The Legacy Janice 1 episode: s02e18 "Fear"
1998 The Outer Limits GRS Girl - Melanie 1 episode: s04e01 "Criminal Nature"
2000 They Nest Respiratory Technician TV movie
2000–2004 Ed Shirley Pifko Series regular
2006 This Space for Rent Joan Forbes
2009 Reaper Mary Pat 1 episode: s02e13 "The Devil and Sam Oliver"

References

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  2. "The concerns of a nonconformist TV actor" by Lena Sin, Maclean's (7 Oct, 2002) Retrieved from Template:ProQuest
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  5. a b "Rachel delivers quirky: After all the joe-jobs, weird customers and shared bathroom, Rachel Cronin gets what's due" by Glen Schaefer, The Province (5 Oct, 2000) [Final Edition] Retrieved from Template:ProQuest
  6. "EdTV: on set with Canada's Tom Cavanagh and Rachel Cronin" by Simon Houpt, Flare (June, 2002) Retrieved from Template:ProQuest
  7. "NFB produces four animated shorts" by Ian Edwards at playbackonline.ca

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