Rita Rudner
Born: 1953-09-17 in Miami, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2018
- Magnum P.I. as Patty Talbot
- Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses as Herself
2013
- Why We Laugh: Funny Women as Self
2012
- Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands as Herself
2011
- Thanks as Bunny
2009
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- Celebrity Ghost Stories as Self
- Love Hurts as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
2008
- Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas as Herself
2006
- Comics Unleashed as Self
2005
- Hell's Kitchen as Self - Restaurant Patron
- The Aristocrats as Self
2000
- As Told by Ginger as Mrs. Fleming (voice)
1998
- V.I.P. as Bidder at Art Auction
- Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1996
- A Weekend in the Country as Sally Shelton
1995
- Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist as Rita (voice)
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears as Ursula
1993
- The Nanny as Margot
1992
- Peter's Friends as Carol Benson
- Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio as Self
1990
- Rita Rudner as Herself - Hostess
- Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild as Herself
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
- One Night Stand
- That's Adequate as Frieda Philby
- Gleaming the Cube as Mrs. Yabbo
1988
- The Wrong Guys as Pam
1987
- On Location: Women of the Night as Self
1985
1971
- Great Performances as Self