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Rita Rudner
Miami, Florida, USA
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…
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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.
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2018
Magnum P.I.
TV show Patty Talbot
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2018
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
Movie Herself
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2013
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Movie Self
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2012
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
Movie Herself
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2011
Thanks
Movie Bunny
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2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV show Self
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2009
Love Hurts
Movie Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2008
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
Movie Herself
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2006
Comics Unleashed
TV show Self
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2005
The Aristocrats
Movie Self
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2005
Hell's Kitchen
TV show Self - Restaurant Patron
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2003
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
TV show
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2003
Ask Rita
TV show
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2000
As Told by Ginger
TV show Mrs. Fleming (voice)
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1998
V.I.P.
TV show Bidder at Art Auction
More credits
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1998
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self - Panelist
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1996
A Weekend in the Country
Movie Sally Shelton
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1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV show Rita (voice)
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1995
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie Ursula
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1993
The Nanny
TV show Margot
- 1992
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1992
Peter's Friends
Movie Carol Benson
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1990
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild
Movie Herself
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1990
Rita Rudner
TV show Herself - Hostess
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1989
Tales from the Crypt
TV show Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
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1989
One Night Stand
TV show
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1989
That's Adequate
Movie Frieda Philby
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1989
Gleaming the Cube
Movie Mrs. Yabbo
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1988
The Wrong Guys
Movie Pam
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1987
On Location: Women of the Night
Movie Self
- 1985
- 1982
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1971
Great Performances
TV show Self
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Landing on their Feet
TV show Creator
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Rita Rudner - One Night Stand
Movie herself
