Beth Cahill (born September 15, 1963) is an American television actress who is best known for having been a featured
cast member
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on ''
Saturday Night Live
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'' during the
1991–92 season.
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Life and career
She began her career doing improv comedy at the Annoyance Theater
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in Chicago
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and starred as Marcia Brady in their production of ''The Real Live Brady Bunch'' in 1990. Cahill along with castmate Melanie Hutsell (who played Jan Brady
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in the show) were both hired as cast members on ''Saturday Night Live
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'' (''SNL'') after producers were impressed by their performances in the ''Brady Bunch'' stage show. They both reprised their roles as Jan and Marcia Brady on ''SNL'' as well.
During her time on the ''SNL'', Cahill impersonated Pam Hurn and played recurring characters such as Denise Swerski, the daughter of Bob Swerski in the Bill Swerski's Superfans
"Bill Swerski's Superfans" was a recurring sketch about Chicago sports fans on the American sketch comedy program ''Saturday Night Live''. It was a prominent feature from 1991 to 1992, and its characters have made various other appearances since ...
sketches and Pam, one of the "Delta Delta Delta" sorority girls, which Cahill performed alongside Melanie Hutsell and Siobhan Fallon.
Cahill now splits her time between Los Angeles
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and Chicago
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where she is still active in improvisational comedy at ImprovOlympic
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and Second City. She is also a clothing designer and has designed her own brand of unique dresses for nearly 20 years. Fans of her dresses have included Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American television host and actress. She is known for her lead role as Tracy Turnblad in the 1988 film ''Hairspray'', for which she received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for B ...
and Amy Sedaris
Amy Louise Sedaris (; born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Most recently, she has appeared in both ''The Mandalorian'' (2019–2020) and '' The Book of Boba Fett'' (2022) as Peli Motto. She played Jerri Blank in the ...
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References
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Living people
1963 births
American television actresses
American women comedians
American sketch comedians
Comedians from Illinois
21st-century American comedians
20th-century American comedians
Actresses from Chicago
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses