Cathy has been honored with the National Broadway Theatre Award's 2004 Distinguished Lifetime Service Award from The League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.

Cathy Rigby's extraordinary ability to capture quirky characters and deliver them to theatre audiences with heaping measures of wit and whimsy has propelled her career to new heights (and probably a record number of frequent flyer miles). In partnership with husband Tom McCoy, Cathy co-produces the award winning theatrical season at La Mirada Theatre in southern California, where she lives with her large family of six. However, her family is used to sharing Cathy with Broadway audiences in New York, as they did recently when Cathy starred as the irrepressible Cat-in-the-Hat in "Seussical" at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

But the character that continues to define Cathy's stage career is that of Peter Pan, a role that reoccurs with regularity since she earned a Tony nomination for the title role on Broadway in the early 90's. Cathy and Tom have toured "Peter Pan" nationally and returned to Broadway for another long run and still more Tony nominations ("Best Revival of a Musical" twice in one decade.) Now the production is a celebrated Arts & Entertainment TV show and a best seller on video and DVD, and the soundtrack is widely available on tape and CD.

Cathy's acting career didn't materialize overnight, however. Seven years of voice and acting training and 12 years of ballet helped prepare her for TV, movie and stage roles. And right from the beginning she was cast as beloved popular characters. Her musical debut was Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," soon followed by "Annie Get Your Gun," "Meet me in St. Louis," "South Pacific," "Paint Your Wagon," "They're Playing our Song," and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" to name just a few. Her acting versatility has also taken Cathy to dramatic roles in numerous TV movies, including "The Perfect Body," "Hard to Read," "The Great Wallendas" and "Triathlon."

Athletic roles come naturally to Cathy; before she became an acting sensation, she was "America's Sweetheart of Gymnastics." She's a two-time Olympian (1968 and 1972), a silver medalist on the balance beam at the 1970 World Championships, being the first American woman to medal in World Gymnastics, and she holds a dozen International Gymnastic medals, including eight gold. "Wide World of Sports" named Cathy one of "America's Most Influential Women in Sports" and for 18 years, she was an ABC sports commentator.

Cathy and her family are deeply involved in numerous charitable causes, and Cathy is a very popular motivational speaker, especially on the topics of nutrition and wellness.

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