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Jean Carroll (born Celine Zeigman, January 7, 1911 – January 1, 2010) was an American actress and comedian during the 1950s and 1960s. Jean Carroll was born Celine Zeigman on January 7, 1911, in Paris. [1] She began her career as part of the comedy dance team Carroll and Howe with her husband, vaudevillian Buddy Howe, who later became her ...
As a popular comedian of the 1950s and 1960s, Walker was best known for her "telephone act", wherein she delivered a monologue to her unseen friend "Ceil" at the other end of the line. The humor of this act draws upon the Jewish stereotypes of the " overbearing mother ", which had gained popularity originally in Jewish joke books after World ...
1960: The Apartment: Billy Wilder: United States: comedy/drama The Bellboy: Jerry Lewis: United States: comedy/slapstick Cinderfella: United States: The Facts of Life: United States: It Started in Naples: United States: The Little Shop of Horrors: Jonathan Haze as Seymour Krelborn: United States: dark comedy/horror North to Alaska: United ...
Following is a list of comedians, comedy groups, ... (born 1960) Neal Brennan (born 1974) David Brenner ... Gavin Free (born 1988) Travon Free (born 1985)
Fields gained fame during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. [5] After years of Fields' successful appearances in nightclubs, [6] [7] Ed Sullivan gave Fields her first big break when he booked her on his show after seeing her perform at the Copacabana in New York in March 1964. [8]
We've spent countless nights bursting into fits of laughter while watching our favorite female comedians perform their stand-up routines. Whether it's a new Netflix special or a live performance ...
Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, she made her screen debut in the romantic comedy Tall Story (1960). She rose to prominence acting in the comedies Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967), Barbarella (1968), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), California Suite (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and 9 to 5 (1980).
Lisa Sundstedt's Pretty Funny Women workshop has nurtured Chloe Fineman, Atsuko Okatsuka, Kimrie Lewis and Rachel Wolfson -- all before they were famous comedians.