Meagen Fay

Birth Name:

Meagen Fay

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

When she was 4 years old, her parents enrolled her and her four brothers in a little theater group in their hometown of Joliet, Ill
Quote: "I`ve been doing a recurring role on [the TV series] 'Roseanne,' playing Roseanne`s next-door neighbor, a b***h who hates her․ It`s just a joy to do․ Roseanne is great to work with․"
Quote: "It`s obnoxiously boring and trite, but I always wanted to be an actress․ That`s probably because I came from such an expressive family, and it was an accepted way of being out in front of people․"
Quote: "(On her audition for the TV series "Carol & Company") "I remember waiting around to have someone call me out to read with her, when suddenly [Carol Burnett] poked her head in the waiting room and said, `I just thought I`d come get you myself․'""
Quote: "(On leaving Ireland) "Everything was going great until my parents called and said, 'Weren`t you going to do the school thing?' I felt a sense of Catholic guilt, so I came home to Joliet with the idea of going back to school․""
She joined Chicago' famed Second City comedy troupe in 1980 and followed them into an extended engagement at the Village Gate nightclub in New York City
She served her theatre apprenticeship in Dublin, Ireland, and earned glowing reviews for her work in a production of "Lysistrata" at The Dublin Theatre Festival

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