Basic Information About Rita Rudner
| Category | Celebrities › Comedians |
|---|---|
| Professions | Comedian, Screenwriter, Actor |
| Net worth | $12,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1953-09-17 (71 years old) |
| Place of birth | Miami |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Martin Bergman - (24 June 1988 - present) (1 child) |
| Gender | Female |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Rita Rudner win?
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rita Rudner roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Gleaming the Cube | Mrs. Yabbo |
| Melissa & Joey | Monica Burke 1 episode, 2012 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Rolanda 1 episode, 1994 |
| The Nanny | Margot / ... 2 episodes, 1998-1999 |
| V.I.P. | Bidder at Art Auction 1 episode, 2000 |
| The Daily Show | Self 1 episode, 1997 |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self 3 episodes, 1992-2004 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest 1 episode, 1996 |
Rita Rudner's Quotes
- My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head.
- I don't swear. When I do, my husband gets out the tape recorder. Once, when I was first doing comedy, there were only five people in the audience, so I did my whole act swearing every other word. All the waitresses and people at the bar ran in yelling, 'Rita's swearing! Rita's swearing! Everyone come!'
- In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.
- Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love, though I'd stepped in it a few times.
- Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-images because they grow up identifying with Barbie.
Interesting Facts about Rita Rudner
- She and Martin Bergman have a daughter, Molly Bergman, adopted in 2002.
- She and husband Martin are among the writers working on a musical "Natural Woman," based on the music of Carole King and Gerry Goffin.
- Her second novel is "Turning the Tables" published by Shaye Areheart Books in 2006.
- First big break was being booked on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) in January 1988.
- Originally moved to New York from Miami at age 15 to study ballet and pursue a career as a Broadway dancer. She decided to go for comedy because women's stand-up was a less competitive field in 1980.
- Kooky, slightly vapid-looking American stand-up comedienne whose specialized brand of neurotic comedy was inspired by idols Jack Benny, Woody Allen, and Bob Newhart.
- Moved her five-year act at Las Vegas' New York-New York casino to Harrah's on October 6, 2006.
- Moved to California in the late 80s and met husband Martin Bergman, an Englishman, whom she met when he was producing stand-up comedy shows. Together, they wrote the film Peter's Friends (1992) that co-starred then-married Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.
- Hoping for her own sitcom like other comedians in the 1980s, Rita did at least a half-dozen pilots but they never came to fruition.
- Her first novel "Tickled Pink" was written in 2001. It is a semi-autobiographical tale about a dancer who moves to New York to find success and turns to comedy.
- She and her husband have written (April 2013) the sitcom, The Rita Rudner Show for BBC Radio 4.
- Release of her book, "Tickled Pink: A Comic Novel" [2001]
- Release of her book, "Rita Rudner's Guide to Men" [1994]
- Release of her book, "I Still Have It -- I Just Can't Remember Where I Put It: Confessions of a Fiftysomething". [2008]
- Release of her book, "Turning the Tables: A Novel". [2006]
- Currently performing in the showroom at Harrah's in Las Vegas, NV. [October 2006]
- Release of her book, "Naked Beneath My Clothes: Tales of a Revealing Nature". [1992]
- Ongoing performances at the New York, New York Hotel and Casino at the Cabaret Theatre [June 2003]
