Biography
Rita Rudner is an American comedian, actress and writer. She began her career as a dancer, appearing in several Broadway musicals, but switched to stand up comedy at the age of 25 when she saw a gap in the market for female comedians in New York City. She became one of the premier American female comedians to come to success in the 1980s and '90s and at one point Rudner was working successfully both in her native America (with HBO specials and acclaimed appearances on The Tonight Show) and in the UK (with her own six part TV series for BBC2). In 1989 Rudner married her long term partner, the English producer Martin Bergman and together they have collaborated on numerous films, writing and producing Peter's Friends in 1992 which starred Kenneth Branagh, Fry and Laurie, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton and Rudner herself, and in Bergman's 1995 directorial debut A Month In The Country which she starred in alongside Jack Lemmon, Dudley Moore and Richard Lewis. Presently she has the longest running solo comedy show in Las Vegas history a twelve year run with over 2,000 shows and one and a half million tickets sold to date.
Filmography
all 33
Movies 18
self 17
TV Shows 15
Writer 2
Voice 1
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses (2018)
Why We Laugh: Funny Women (2013)
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands (2012)
Thanks (2011)
Love Hurts (2009)
Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Victor Borge: 100 Years of Music & Laughter! (2008)
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas (2008)
Comics Unleashed (2006)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Hell's Kitchen (2005)
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003)
Ask Rita (2003)
As Told by Ginger (2000)
V.I.P. (1998)
Hollywood Squares (1998)
A Weekend in the Country (1996)
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995)
The Nanny (1993)
Peter's Friends (1992)
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild (1990)
Rita Rudner (1990)
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
One Night Stand (1989)
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
That's Adequate (1989)
The Wrong Guys (1988)
On Location: Women of the Night (1987)
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special (1985)
Great Performances (1971)
Skin City
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GenderFemale
Birthday1953-09-17 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceMiami, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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