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    Caroline Adderson

    Caroline Adderson, writer and educator (born at Edmonton, AB 9 Sept. 1963). While Caroline Adderson studied education at the UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA her creative writing professor suggested she dedicate a year to writing after graduation.

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    Caroline Leaf

    Caroline Leaf, animator, writer, director, producer (born at Seattle, WA 12 Aug 1946). Caroline Leaf studied animation at Harvard University with Derek LAMB, an influential producer and administrator.

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    Caroline Racicot

    Caroline Racicot. Pianist, teacher, administrator, b Montreal 3 Feb 1862, 1864 or 1872, d there 17 Dec 1950.

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    Carolyn Dawn Johnson

    Carolyn Dawn Johnson. Singer-songwriter, b Grande Prairie, Alta, 30 Apr 1971. Johnson spent her early childhood on a farm in Deadwood, Alta. When she was five years old, her mother enrolled her in piano lessons.

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    Carrie-Anne Moss

    Carrie-Anne Moss, actor, model (born 21 August 1967 in Burnaby, BC). Carrie-Anne Moss is a successful film and television actor. She is best known for her roles in The Matrix trilogy (1999, 2003) and the Marvel television series Jessica Jones (2015–). She was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1997 for a guest role in the comedy-drama Due South, won a Genie Award for her supporting performance in Snow Cake (2006), and won a Film Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Christopher Nolan’s landmark neo-noir Memento (2000). 

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    Carroll Baker

    Throughout the late 1970s Baker had a string of hit records. She dominated the Big Country Awards and won the Juno in 1976, 1977 and 1978 as top female country singer. In 1983 she left RCA and signed with Tembo Records.

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    Carroll Baker

    Two other Baker recordings for Gaiety were popular in 1975, "The Hungry Fire of Love" and "One Night of Cheatin' (Ain't Worth the Reapin').

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    Casey Sokol

    Casey Sokol. Composer, pianist, b New York 6 May 1948; BA music (State U of New York) 1970, MA (California Institute of the Arts) 1971.

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    Cassenti Players

    Cassenti Players. Chamber group of varying instrumentation first organized as a woodwind quintet in 1954 by George Zukerman. The name Cassenti was derived from two types of composition characteristic of the repertoire they would play: cassations and divertimenti.

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    Catherine Allison

    (Alice) Catherine Allison. Educator, b Vankleek Hill, east of Ottawa, 1 Apr 1902? (family sources suggest 1898), d Ottawa 3 Apr 1986; honorary MA (St Francis Xavier) 1957, honorary LL D (Dalhousie) 1971.

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    Catherine Lafortune

    Catherine Lafortune, ballet dancer (born 17 February 1961 in Montreal, QC). At the age of seven, Catherine Lafortune enthusiastically responded to the call of dance and took courses in the Cecchetti method at the La Volière studio. Completing her examinations with distinction, she entered the dance academy of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Through the years of her apprenticeship (ages 15 to 17) she undertook intensive training at York University, where her talent was noticed by the teaching staff. 

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    Catherine MacLellan

    Catherine Ruth MacLellan, singer, songwriter (born 23 April 1980 in Burlington, ON). Catherine MacLellan is a contemporary folk-roots singer-songwriter whose recordings have won multiple East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Folk Music Awards, Music PEI Awards and a Juno Award. She is the daughter of “Snowbird” composer Gene MacLellan. 

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    Catherine McKinnon

    Catherine McKinnon, singer, actress (born 14 May 1944 in Saint John, NB). Catherine McKinnon began her career as a child performer on radio and television before becoming one of the leading Canadian pop singers of the 1960s.

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    Catherine McKinnon

    Catherine McKinnon. Singer, actress, b Saint John, NB, 14 May 1944. Raised in several Canadian cities, she made her radio debut at 8 in Saint John and her TV debut at 12 in London, Ont, before studying music at Mount Saint Vincent College in Halifax.

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    Catherine O'Hara

    Catherine Anne O'Hara, actor, writer, singer (born 4 March 1954 in Toronto, ON). Catherine O’Hara is one of Canada’s most acclaimed comedic actors. She is perhaps best known for her work in television on SCTV (1976–79, 1981–83) and Schitt’s Creek (2015–20), as well as for her roles in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and her many collaborations with director Christopher Guest. The winner of Emmy, Golden Globe, Gemini, Genie and Canadian Screen Awards, she is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of Canada’s Walk of Fame. She received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 2021.

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