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Biography |
Janet Varney is a comedic actress best known for being the
current hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie.
She is an alumnus of San Francisco State University. Varney
is the co-founder, creative director and producer of the San
Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival and is also the co-founder
of the San Francisco sketch group Totally False People.
Janet performed with the Los Angeles and San Francisco based
group Sequel 4000.
Janet was co-host of The Hollywood Show with Brian Unger, a
recurring player on Norm Macdonald's sketch show Back to
Norm and an ensemble player on Crossballs, all for Comedy
Central. She also starred in the short-lived Fox Comedy
"Happy Hour." In 2007, Varney appeared in the short films
Random Acts of Kindness, Die Hardly Working, Eternal Waters,
Worldly Possession, The Losers, Keep Off Grass, and Dress
For Success which were made during the reality show On the
Lot. She has recently appeared as recurring character "Bev"
for the web series Back on Topps with Randy and Jason Sklar.
In 2005, Varney replaced Lisa Kushell as the hostess of the
TBS cooking and entertainment show, Dinner and a Movie.
Since then, she has appeared, alongside host Paul Gilmartin
and chef Claud Mann, in each episode introducing movies and
injecting humor during the preparation of a creative dinner
to go with some theme of the movie. |
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since November 1, 2008