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Rita Rudner
0.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
Patty Talbot
Magnum P.I.
2018
4.0
Herself
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
2018
7.2
Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
2013
10.0
Herself
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
2012
1.2
Bunny
Thanks
2011
7.3
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
4.9
Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
Love Hurts
2009
7.5
Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
0.0
Herself
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
2008
0.0
Self
Comics Unleashed
2006
Credits
Magnum P.I.
as Patty Talbot
2018
7.6
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
as Herself
2018
4.0
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
as Self
2013
7.2
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
as Herself
2012
10.0
Thanks
as Bunny
2011
1.2
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Love Hurts
as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
2009
4.9
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
as Herself
2008
0.0
Comics Unleashed
as Self
2006
0.0
The Aristocrats
as Self
2005
5.9
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
6.8
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
2003
4.2
🎬
Ask Rita
2003
0.0
As Told by Ginger
as Mrs. Fleming (voice)
2000
6.7
V.I.P.
as Bidder at Art Auction
1998
5.3
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
7.3
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.3
A Weekend in the Country
as Sally Shelton
1996
3.5
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
as Rita (voice)
1995
7.8
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
as Ursula
1995
4.5
The Nanny
as Margot
1993
8.1
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
as Self
1992
0.0
Peter's Friends
as Carol Benson
1992
6.6
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild
as Herself
1990
0.0
Rita Rudner
as Herself - Hostess
1990
0.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
1989
8.0
One Night Stand
1989
8.0
That's Adequate
as Frieda Philby
1989
3.2
Gleaming the Cube
as Mrs. Yabbo
1989
6.0
The Wrong Guys
as Pam
1988
5.5
On Location: Women of the Night
as Self
1987
0.0
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
as herself
1985
8.0
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8