Personal Info
Rita Rudner
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 E…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
as Herself
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
as Herself
Thanks
as Bunny
Love Hurts
as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
as Herself
The Aristocrats
as Self
A Weekend in the Country
as Sally Shelton
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Ursula
Peter's Friends
as Carol Benson
TV Shows
Magnum P.I.
as Patty Talbot · 1 ep.
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep.
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self · 1 ep.
Comics Unleashed
as Self · 2 ep.
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
1 ep.
Ask Rita
1 ep.
As Told by Ginger
as Mrs. Fleming (voice) · 1 ep.
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist · 38 ep.
V.I.P.
as Bidder at Art Auction · 1 ep.