Nancy Adele White (born November 11, 1944) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose humorous and satirical songs on political and social topics were a regular feature on CBC Radio from 1976 to 1994 on the public affairs show Sunday Morning.
[1] Originally from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, White was educated at Dalhousie University.
[1] In Toronto she performed in a theatrical production of Under Milk Wood, originated the role of Ophelia in Cliff Jones's musical Rockabye Hamlet (originally known as Kronborg: 1582), and was a co-creator and star of the musical revues Hey Seester, You Want My Sailor?
[1] She created a number of works with comedian Gay Claitman, including the radio play Lies My Mother Told Me, the short run comedy series Gee, That's a Cute Dress Marjene,[5] and the stage comedy revue Little Pink Lies.
[7] Following her departure from Sunday Morning in 1994, she was an occasional contributor to CBC's weekend pop culture magazine Definitely Not the Opera[8] and the CTV Television Network's newsmagazine series W5,[9] and performed on tour with the political comedy duo Double Exposure.