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Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5, 1950) is the cartoonist who created the comic strip Cathy in 1976. Her main cartoon character (Cathy) is a career woman with characteristics and issues that both make fun of and sometimes allegedly strengthen negative stereotypes about women. Cathy Guisewite was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Midland, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Guisewite received her bachelor's degree in English in 1972. She also holds a number (seven) of honorary degrees.
In 1993, Guisewite received the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society. In 1987, she received an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for the TV special Cathy, which aired on CBS. Guisewite was a frequent guest in the latter years of the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Guisewite and her husband Chris Wilkinson reside in Los Angeles. She has a daughter and a stepson.
Writer:
1. Cathy's Valentine (1989) (TV)
2. Cathy's Last Resort (1988) (TV)
3. Cathy (1987) (TV) (comic strip)
Actress:
1. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1992)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 20 March 1992 (1992) TV Episode
Self:
1. Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz (2000) (TV) .... Herself
2. Funny Ladies (1991) .... Herself
3. You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown (1990) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Celebrating 40 Years in the Comics and 25 Years on Television (USA: subtitle)
4. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1987-1989)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 25 October 1989 (1989) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 30 September 1987 (1987) TV Episode .... Herself
- Cathy Guisewite at the International Museum of Cartoon Art
- Cathy Guisewite at the Internet Movie Database
- NCS Awards
- Meet Cathy Guisewite at goComics
- Cathy Guisewite interview at Universal Press Syndicate
- Profile at NNDB
Aaaack! Could Cathy Guisewite let her self-named character get married?
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