Mag Ruffman

Mag Ruffman
Born
Margaret Ruffman

(1957-02-28) February 28, 1957 (age 67)
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • TV host
Years active1982–present
Spouse
Daniel Hunter
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(m. 1989)​

Margaret "Mag" Ruffman (born February 28, 1957)[1] is a Canadian comedian, actress and television host.

She has played roles in films such as Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea and TV series Road to Avonlea.[2] She was reunited with Sarah Polley on the set of the Netflix show Alias Grace in 2017 when she played Diane.[citation needed]

Mag also creates and performs in the theatre. She created and performed as Ms. Eleanor Crumpacker in Dufferin Museum's 1919 Prohibition Halloween Dinner Theatre in 2019.[3] Mag also wrote and performed in a one-woman show entitled Self-Help Cabaret on January 19, 2020.[4]

In addition to her acting, Ruffman works on home improvement, hosting shows for W Network, Canada's women's network. She hosted A Repair to Remember in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, she launched a second series, Anything I Can Do, a workshop show.[5] Ruffman writes a weekly home improvement column, ToolGirl, for the Toronto Star. She published a collection of her ToolGirl columns as a book, How Hard Can It Be?, in 2003.

  1. ^ "Mag Ruffman". IMDb. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Catching Up With…Mag Ruffman From 'Road to Avonlea'". www.everythingzoomer.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Vernon, Chris (October 2, 2019). "Mag Ruffman delivers temprance movement message at Dufferin Museum". Orangeville.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  4. ^ "Mag Ruffman's Self Help Cabaret". NOW Magazine. December 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  5. ^ "Getting a fix on Mag Ruffman". Retrieved March 27, 2020.