Cathy Baker (actress)
# Cathy Baker (actress)

Cathy Baker (born January 21, 1947) is an American actress, best known for her work on the American television variety show Hee Haw.

## Life and career

Catherine Graves Baker was born in Edinburg, Texas. She graduated from Edinburg High School; and the University of Texas at Austin with a major in radio and TV.

She was cast to be on Hee Haw in 1969 while working as a painter at the WLAC-TV studios where the show was being filmed in Nashville. Unlike most of the women (aptly named the ‘’Hee Haw Honeys’’) who dressed in sexy and provocative outfits on-screen, Baker donned either tom boy overalls or a plain unassuming dress. Originally slated to be a regular weekly member, Baker became the show's emcee. She became one of the show's longest cast members; being titled: “Miss Hee Haw”. Baker ended each show with her signature sign-off: “That’s All!” During full cast sing-a-longs, Baker was sometimes paired with the show's mascot, Beauregard: a lovable, long-eared bloodhound.

In 1970, she appeared in the television special Swing Out, Sweet Land; and in 1975, she appeared in the film W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.

Baker lives in Orange, Virginia with her husband, who is a lawyer. They have two sons.

