| Catherine Swing | |
| Occupation: | actress, television personality |
| Miss Canada 1978 | |
| Spouse: | Fergie Olver (divorced) |
Catherine Swing is a Canadian television personality, actor, producer, director and former Miss Canada.
Swing won the Miss Canada pageant in 1978,[1] [2] after having won the Miss Toronto crown while she was a student at York University.[3] Over the next year she made public appearances in different parts of the country.[4] She talked with the challenges of being Miss Canada with the press, most notably the lack of control over her own schedule.[5] Swing was not able to compete in the 1978 Miss Universe pageant as had what the papers called "marriage plans".[6]
In 1980, she created Just Like Mom, a television game show which ran on CTV until 1985; from the second season onwards she co-hosted the show with her then-husband Fergie Olver.[7] In 2009 a new version of the show was announced and Swing served as a consultant.[8] [9] After Just Like Mom concluded, Swing continued to work in television as an actor and director.
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Diamonds | Unknown |
| 1986-1988 | Night Heat | Roz / Toni Shire |
| 1990 | Katts and Dog | Unknown |
| 1989 | Food of the Gods II | Colour Commentator |
| 1989 | Street Legal | Interviewer #1 |
| 1992 | Forever Knight | Janice Hedges |
| 1992 | Secretary | |
| 1994 | RoboCop | Martina Marx |
| 1995 | Bonnie Cisco | |
| 1997 | Bad Day on the Block | Crack House Reporter |
| 1997 | Due South | Shelley Byron |
| 1996-1998 | The Outer Limits | Reporter #2 / Nurse |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Rekall Salesperson |