Sheila met spouse Peter Donaldson while doing an aerobics warm-up (she was the instructor) while in a punk-rock production of "Godspell" at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario in 1983. With Donaldson (whose father was a Commodore of the Canadian Steamship Line), she had two daughters: one born in 1992 and one born in 1988. Before Donaldson's death, they lived in Stratford, Ontario in a century-old home that is known to be free of "bohemian exuberance" - Ridpath sofas, club chairs, oriental carpets. The one concession to McCarthy's whimsy is the stainless steel and chrome-clad kitchen with the ceiling covered in retro pressed-tin squares. In the summer of 2004, she played in "Guys and Dolls" and "Anything Goes" in the Stratford Festival.

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Sheila McCarthy in Astrid and Lilly Save the World (2022)

Sheila McCarthy in More Tales of the City (1998)

Mary J. Blige and Sheila McCarthy in The Umbrella Academy (2019)

Sheila McCarthy and Cameron Britton in The Umbrella Academy (2019)

Sheila McCarthy in Murdoch Mysteries (2008)

Frances McDormand, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, and Jessie Buckley in Women Talking (2022)

Sheila McCarthy in I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)

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