Rita Rudner
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Rita Rudner - One Night Stand
Movie · as herself
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
Movie · as Herself
Magnum P.I.
TV · as Patty Talbot · 1 ep
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Movie · as Self
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
Movie · as Herself
Thanks
Movie · as Bunny
Love Hurts
Movie · as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
Movie · as Herself
Comics Unleashed
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Aristocrats
Movie · as Self
Hell's Kitchen
TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
TV · 1 ep
Ask Rita
TV · 1 ep
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 2 eps
As Told by Ginger
TV · as Mrs. Fleming (voice) · 1 ep
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 38 eps
V.I.P.
TV · as Bidder at Art Auction · 1 ep
A Weekend in the Country
Movie · as Sally Shelton
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie · as Ursula
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV · as Rita (voice) · 1 ep
The Nanny
TV · as Margot · 2 eps
Peter's Friends
Movie · as Carol Benson
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
Movie · as Self
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild
Movie · as Herself
Rita Rudner
TV · as Herself - Hostess · 6 eps
Gleaming the Cube
Movie · as Mrs. Yabbo
That's Adequate
Movie · as Frieda Philby
Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool") · 1 ep
One Night Stand
TV · 1 ep
The Wrong Guys
Movie · as Pam
On Location: Women of the Night
Movie · as Self
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
Movie · as herself
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep