CBC STILL PHOTO COLLECTION
1979
For The Karen Kain Super-
special, a giggly, Law-
rence Welk–style CBC
variety show, she acted
in a scene from the Gilbert
and Sullivan comic opera
H.M.S. Pinafore and intro-
duced performances by
Canadian entertainers
like Maureen Forrester.
The closer was a rendition
of the Stravinsky ballet
Firebird, in which Kain
appears in a full face of
dazzling makeup.