Kathy Najimy parents Samia ("née" Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker. She was raised Maronite Catholic and attended Crawford High School. Najimy's film career began in the early 1990s, with a number of off-beat minor roles, but her first major role was in the 1992 comedy "Sister Act", in the role of Sister Mary Patrick. She reprised this role in 1993 in "Sister Act 2". She also starred in "Hocus Pocus" with Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as the Sanderson sisters. She appeared with Ellen Degeneres in three episodes of her sitcom "Ellen", playing a different character each time (including
Outrageous Fortune (film) extended through the original LaserDisc and VHS release of the title, with discs shipped to retailers in the west featuring Shelley Long and retailers on the east receiving discs featuring Bette Midler. Suzanne Somers has said that Michael Eisner offered her a three-movie deal with Disney which included "Outrageous Fortune", but she turned it down. She would have played Bette Midler's part. The film received mixed reviews from critics. It currently holds a 50% rating on review aggregator "Rotten Tomatoes", based on 20 reviews, indicating a lukewarm response. For her performance, Midler received a Golden Globe nomination. "Outrageous Fortune" was