Name
Rita Rudner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1953-09-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
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.
Known For
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One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared pr...
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An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned po...
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After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends fr...
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Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered....
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After his wife leaves him, middle-aged Ben Bingham slips into a funk and refuses to change...
- 2005 The Aristocrats as Self
- 1985 Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special as herself
- 2012 Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands as Herself
- 1992 Peter's Friends as Carol Benson
- 1990 Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild as Herself
- 2008 Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas as Herself
- 1996 A Weekend in the Country as Sally Shelton
- 1987 On Location: Women of the Night as Self
- 2013 Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self
- 1989 Gleaming the Cube as Mrs. Yabbo
- 1989 That's Adequate as Frieda Philby
- 1995 Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Ursula
- 2011 Thanks as Bunny
- 2018 Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses as Herself
- 2009 Love Hurts as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
- 1988 The Wrong Guys as Pam
- 1992 Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio as Self
- 1982 Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special as Self
- Soon Rita Rudner - One Night Stand as herself
- 2003 Queer Eye for the Straight Guy ( 1 episode )
- 2000 As Told by Ginger ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Fleming (voice)
- 1993 The Nanny ( 2 episodes ) as Margot
- 1989 Tales from the Crypt ( 1 episode ) as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
- 1995 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist ( 1 episode ) as Rita (voice)
- 1989 One Night Stand ( 1 episode )
- 2003 Ask Rita ( 1 episode )
- 1998 Hollywood Squares ( 38 episodes ) as Self - Panelist
- 2005 Hell's Kitchen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Restaurant Patron
- 1990 Rita Rudner ( 6 episodes ) as Herself - Hostess
- 2006 Comics Unleashed ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 RuPaul's Drag Race ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 V.I.P. ( 1 episode ) as Bidder at Art Auction
- 2018 Magnum P.I. ( 1 episode ) as Patty Talbot
