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Rita Rudner is the only child of witty parents. Much
to their dismay, Rita displayed a complete lack of witty until
the age of 25, whereupon she refused to say anything unless
it was laced with wit.
Up until 25, Rita preferred to talk with her feet. She danced
in six Broadway shows that she no longer likes to name because
readers will try to figure out how old she is.
Rita decided to be a comic by standing in front of inebriated
strangers late at night, talking into a microphone and leaving
in the bits where people laughed. She has no idea why she leaped
from chorus lines to punch lines…when she was in therapy she
forgot to ask.
David Letterman, Johnny Carson,
Bill Maher, Jay Leno, Bob Hope, George Burns, Tom Snyder, Conan
O'Brien, Dennis Miller, Martin Short, Oprah Winfrey, Regis Philbin
and Kathy Lee Gifford have all found Rita amusing, and she has appeared on all their shows respectively.
Rita's first solo HBO special, "Rita Rudner's One Night Stand," was
nominated for two Ace Awards, as was her English television
show, which later appeared on A&E. Rita's two one-hour specials
for HBO, "Born to Be Mild" and "Married Without Children," were
ratings standouts and many viewers liked her dresses.
Rita has written four books including two fiction novels: her first, "Tickled Pink" was published in the fall of 2001, and her second, "Turning Tables" was published in the fall of 2006. Her other books include the best-selling "Naked Beneath
My Clothes" and "Rita Rudner's Guide To Men" which continues
to be quoted extensively on the Internet in English and in languages
that she will never understand. Speaking of men, in 1989, Rita married Englishman Martin Bergman. The two have
collaborated in more ways than one. The movie "Peter's Friends"
was their first produced script. It starred Emma Thompson and
Kenneth Branagh and it won the Peter Seller's award for the
best comedy film of the year.
"A
Weekend in the Country" was another script the couple created
together and it was also Martin's directorial debut. It premiered
on the USA network and starred Jack Lemmon, Dudley Moore, Christine
Lahti and Richard Lewis. Rita accidentally wrote a part for
herself and memorized the lines the lines so she could be in
it too. Recently the couple collaborated again for an episode of "Hollywood Off Ram" on E! called "Unfunny Girl". Again, the couple co-wrote, Martin directed and Rita starred.
On January 27, 2003, Rita launched her first syndicated daily TV show Ask Rita, in key markets across the country. The show features a panel of celebrites lightheartedly attempting to solve personal problems submitted by members of the public. Rita Rudner describes it as "A show in which I meddle in the lives of people I have never met. We handpick a crack team of celebrities who know nothing and aren't afraid to share it. We won't feel your pain, but we will point at it".
Voted 'Best Comedian in Las Vegas' by the Las Vegas Review-Journal for the last five years, Rita Rudner has become one of Las Vegas' most beloved performers. In a city of cabarets and production shows, Rudner is among the few female headliners who has achieved success by keeping her clothes on. What began as a one-month booking at the MGM Grand in 2000 led to an engagement in New-York New-York's $1.2 million Cabaret Theatre built exclusively for her. After ending a five-year run at New-York New-York in August of 2006, Rudner began performing at Harrah's Las Vegas in October of 2006.
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