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Gilda Radner |
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Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthday:June 28, 1946
Height:5' 6"
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- Once dated Martin Short during the early seventies.
- One of the members of the Comedy troupe Second City.
- Autobiography 1989: "It's Always Something"
- Interred at Long Ridge Cemetery, Stamford, Connecticut, USA. Played the role originated by Gilmer McCormick in the Toronto production of Godspell.
- Her mother named her after the title character played by Rita Hayworth in the 1944 film "Gilda."
- Gene Wilder and Gilda's medical therapist Joanna Ball founded 'Gilda's Club' in 1994. It was Gilda Radner's wish that a place could be established where people of all ages diagnosed with cancer could come together and support one another through the illness. The centers are very homey, with an art center, exercise facility and game rooms. No such place existed when Gilda Radner battled her ovarian cancer. 'Gilda's Club' is now nationwide, with new centers opening up all over the United States.
- To date the only female player from "Saturday Night Live" to win an Outstanding Performance Emmy for her work on the show. (April 2004)
- Won a Posthumous Grammy for Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Recording in 1990.
- Was Russian American.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 499-500. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Classic recurring characters include Roseanne Rosannadanna, Judy Miller, Emily Litella, Baba Wawa, Lisa Loopner, Candy Slice, and Rhonda Weiss.
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