<Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> American </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Notable works and roles </Th> <Td> Newhart and Mimi Bobeck on The Drew Carey Show </Td> </Tr> <P> Kathy Kinney (born November 3, 1954, Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American actress and comedian . She gained considerable popularity in the late 1990s for playing Mimi Bobeck, the outrageously made - up, flamboyantly vulgar, and vindictive nemesis of Drew Carey on the sitcom The Drew Carey Show . She had been involved with television, feature films, and stage work for years . </P> <P> Kinney was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the daughter of Irish American parents Marian and Harold Kinney, an automobile dealer . Her father died when she was 15 years old . </P>

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