Kathy Kinney Biography

Kathy is a versatile character actress who gained considerable popularity in the late '90s for playing Mimi Bobeck the outrageously made-up flamboyantly vulgar and vindictive nemeses of Drew Carey on the sitcom The Drew Carey Show. She had been involved with television feature films and stage work for years.
In 1976 at the age of 23 Kathy Kinney moved from the small college town of Stevens Point Wisconsin to New York City where she found work as a secretary at WCBS-TV. Her boss enjoyed hunting and sometimes she would chat with him in his office about his hunting trips. She might quip So did you kill anything this week? This is where Kathy says her future character Mimi Bobeck was born. During this time period at WCBS she was also working nights at various New York comedy clubs improving her improvisational comedy skills. This eventually led to a job teaching improv classes. One such class had in its attendance a director by the name of Bill Sherwood. Bill Sherwood wrote a part for her in his 1986 film Parting Glances. Armoured with the success of this film Kathy went to visit friends in Los Angeles where she decided to permanently move and pursue a career in acting. In L.A. Kathy worked hard as a character actress getting small roles in various TV series such as Seinfeld Grace Under Fire and The Larry Sanders Show. Her first memorable television role is generally considered her regular stint on Newhart as Ms. Goddard the town librarian (1989-1990).

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