Linda Kash Biography: Husband, Age, Children, Net Worth, Parents, Movies & TV Shows, Height

Linda Kash is a Canadian actress, voice artist, writer, and director whose work has ranged from television sitcoms and commercials to stage and radio.

Her face became especially familiar to many as the “Philadelphia Cream Cheese Angel” in Kraft commercials. More broadly, she has made her presence felt through guest roles on shows like Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond, as well as starring turns in Canadian television.

Profile

• Full name: Linda Kash
• Date of birth: January 17, 1961
• Age: 64 years old
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• State of origin: Quebec
• Nationality: Canadian
• Profession: Actress, voice artist, director, writer
• Parents: Eugene Kash (father), Maureen Forrester (mother)
• Siblings: Daniel Kash (brother)
• Spouse: Paul O’Sullivan (partner, deceased)
• Children: Three
• Relationship status: Widowed (partner died in 2012)
• Religion: Judaism (mother converted, father’s family was Jewish)
• Ethnicity: Canadian of Jewish descent (mother converted)
• Net worth: $5 million

Early Life and Education

Linda Kash is now 64 years old, born on January 17, 1961, in Montreal, Quebec. She was raised in a household of strong musical and artistic influence: her mother, Maureen Forrester, was a prominent opera singer, and her father, Eugene Kash, was a violinist and conductor. She is one of several children, and one of her siblings is actor Daniel Kash.

During her youth she moved across various cities including Montreal, Connecticut, Toronto, and Philadelphia, as her family’s career demands required relocation. She attended the Banff Centre for a musical theatre summer program with her brother when she was about eighteen, and she also studied one year at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in California.

Over time, she gravitated into improvisational theatre; her early professional training was shaped by performing with the Second City troupe in Toronto, which served as a foundational part of her theatrical education.

Personal Life

Linda Kash was in a long-term partnership with actor Paul O’Sullivan; the two collaborated professionally, and together they co-founded the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts. On May 18, 2012, O’Sullivan died in a car accident. The couple had three children together. Following his death, Linda Kash continued her work in performance, teaching, and direction.

Career

Linda Kash’s career has been broad and varied, drawing on her theatrical roots and versatility. Her early professional experience included work at Second City in Toronto and appearances in Canadian stage productions. She was a cast member on Canadian TV series such as The Comedy Mill, Max Glick, and Variety Tonight. In the United States, she had a regular role as Trudy Weissman in the 1998 sitcom Style & Substance.

Kash made notable guest appearances on series including Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ellen, Cybill, and Third Rock From the Sun. In addition to television, she has appeared in films such as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and Cinderella Man.

One of her most recognizable roles to general audiences, especially in Canada, is as the “Philadelphia Cream Cheese Angel” in the Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese commercials. In 2011 she co-hosted a morning radio show on CJWV-FM in Peterborough, Ontario, with Dan Duran. She and her late partner operated the Peterborough Academy of Performing Arts, through which she contributed to teaching and community theatre efforts.

In the 2012 miniseries Titanic, she portrayed the socialite Molly Brown. Over the years she has also contributed voice work, television roles, guest performances, and direction.

Awards and Nominations

• Canadian Comedy Awards, 2001, nominated for Pretty Funny Female Performance (for Best in Show)
• Gemini Award, won Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series (for At the Hotel)
• Gemini Award nomination, Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series (for Robson Arms)
• Actra Award, Best Performance in an Animated Series (for Fugget About It)
• Canadian Screen Awards nomination, Best Supporting Performer, Web Program or Series (for Sloppy Jones)

Net worth

Linda Kash now has an estimated net worth of at least $5 million, derived from various media such as acting, directing, voicing and writing.

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Filmography

• The Events Leading Up to My Death
• Ernest Rides Again
• Ernest Goes to School
• Urban Safari
• Waiting for Guffman
• Ernest Goes to Africa
• Dill Scallion
• Apartment Hunting
• Xxxposed
• Best in Show
• Cinderella Man
• Homie Spumoni
• Man of the Year
• Babysitting Andy
• Are We Done Yet?
• Rosie Takes the Train
• Running Mates
• Servitude
• Moon Point
• I Was a Boy
• Fall
• Little Italy