Catherine Mary Stewart

Catherine Mary Stewart (born  Catherine Mary Nursall on April 22, 1959) is a  Canadian  actress. ==Personal life ==

Stewart was born on April 22, 1959 in Edmonton, Alberta. Her parents taught at the University of Alberta. She is the sister of Alan Nursall, scientist and media personality who reports on science news for the Canadian TV series Daily Planet and the Discovery Channel. Another brother, John Nursall, is a freelance writer and TV/film documentary director and producer. Stewart attended Strathcona Composite High School.[2]

She was married to actor John Findlater in 1983 and divorced in 1985. Her second marriage was with Richard Allerton in 1992. She has a daughter and a son[1]  and currently lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.[2] ==Career ==

Stewart began her career as a dancer and moved to London, England to study at age 18. There she landed a role in The Apple, a 1979 low-budget musical science fiction film that has achieved a small cult following in recent years.[2]

After moving to Los Angeles she obtained the role of Kayla Brady on the soap opera Days of our Lives from 1981 to 1983.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tcm_1-2" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1]  In 1984, she starred in two SF feature films, The Last Starfighter as Maggie Gordon and in Night of the Comet as Regina Belmont. She later played a leading role in the teen comedy Mischief.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In the mid-1980s, Stewart appeared in two highly-rated miniseries: Hollywood Wives (1985) and Sins (1986), where she played the younger version of Joan Collins's character.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Avenue_2-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  She made guest appearances on television series such as Knight Rider, Hotel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Outer Limits. She starred in several made-for-TV movies such as Murder by the Book (1987), Passion and Paradise (1989),Perfect Harmony (1991) and Ordeal in the Arctic (1993). In 1989, she also appeared as female lead in the comedy film Weekend at Bernie's.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Beginning in the mid-1990s her appearances diminished while she was raising her family. Recently, as her children have grown, she has been appearing in small TV and film roles, and has expressed an interest in directing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Avenue_2-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] ==Filmography<span class="mw-editsection mw-editsection-expanded" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;direction:ltr;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left:-0.25em;margin-right:0.25em;color:rgb(85,85,85);"> ==