[1] She first became known for her work alongside John Morgan, Martin Bronstein, Patrick Conlon and Roger Abbott as a member of The Jest Society,[2] leaving the troupe before it evolved into Royal Canadian Air Farce.
[4] In 1976, she was a creator of the CBC Radio comedy series Pulp and Paper with Paul K. Willis and Michael Boncoeur.
[5] In 1979, Claitman and White created the CBC Radio comedy series Gee, That's a Cute Dress Marjene,[6] and in 1980 they created the stage comedy revue Little Pink Lies.
[7] She was a cast member of Willis and Boncoeur's radio comedy specials If You Love This Government in 1984[8] and The Year of Living Obnoxiously in 1985,[9] with the cast of If You Love This Government receiving an ACTRA nomination for Best Radio Variety Performance at the 15th ACTRA Awards in 1986.
[10] She also had small supporting acting roles in the films Head Office (1985) and Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird (1988).