About BETTE

Bette MacDonald is a Gemini Award winner and multiple Canadian Screen Award nominee.   She has been making Canadians laugh on screen, radio and on stage for over 25 years.

She has starred in three CBC TV series and has been a guest on many popular TV shows including, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Made In Canada. She appeared as Guest Host on CBC radio’s, Madly Off In All Directions, hosted the ECMA awards gala and was a long time favourite headliner at the Ha!ifax Comedy Festival. Bette stars in and is co-writer of, Tis The Season, a holiday-themed show that began as a one night stand nine years ago and has since toured Nova Scotia and beyond, playing to packed houses.

This year, Bette and fellow cast members, Maynard Morrison, Mary Colin Chisholm, Joe Waye Jr. and Jordan Musycsyn will be hitting the road with the tenth instalment of this wildly popular show. Last year, Bette added ‘Best Selling Author’ to her list of credits with her book, Mary Morrison’s Cape Breton Christmas. Currently, Bette plays Trudy Walsh, the outspoken school secretary on CBC TV’s hit comedy, Mr. D. The show has just been picked up for a sixth season!