From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mary Cynthia Walsh, CM was born on May 13, 1952, in St. John's, Newfoundland, and is an actress and comedian and social activist. A sufferer of macular degeneration, she has served from time to time as a spokesperson for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Walsh's son Jesse was born in 1989. She has been married to Memorial University of Newfoundland English professor Don Nichol since 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Walsh (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia