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| Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a stand-up comedian, actress, and the former host of talk show "The Caroline Rhea Show." Her most recent work has been being the host of NBC's reality series, The Biggest Loser. Profile Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by an American father David Rhea and a Canadian mother Margery Rhea. She has two sisters. Cynthia Rhea and Celia Rhea. Caroline is fluent in French and English. She moved to New York in 1989 to study stand-up comedy at the New School for Social Research. She says her true training came from her first gigs at the comedy club Catch A Rising Star. Performing around New York City, she quickly gained a reputation, and a name in the city's competitive comedy scene. These performances were augmented with appearances on MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live and Caroline's Comedy Hour. She decided to move to Los Angeles for a career in Hollywood, debuting in NBC television series Pride and Joy co-starring with Jeremy Piven. She gained most fame for her role as "Aunt Hilda" on the ABC and The WB's Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, as well as being a regular on the most recent incarnation of Hollywood Squares, with Tom Bergeron and Whoopi Goldberg (in the center square). |
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