On “Saturday Night Live,” Jan Hooks made a name for herself portraying real-life characters from Bette Davis to Tammy Faye Bakker.
Women in Comedy
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Joan Rivers’ ideas for her own funeral are just as outrageous as everything else she ever wrote.
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We remember Broadway icon Elaine Stritch whose 70-year career in show business took her from tiny theaters to the top of “30 Rock.”
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There was a time when everyone loved Lucy. Lucille Ball, who starred as a dizzy housewife with dreams of stardom in the groundbreaking sitcom “I Love Lucy,” was the “queen …
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The way Edie Adams looked –– golden-haired, pretty and vivacious –– might lead some to assume that she was a stereotypical dumb blonde. In reality Adams was blonde, but she …
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In the 1930s, movies were a favorite escape from life’s trials and tribulations. Most popular were screwball comedies, and one of the queens of the genre was Carole Lombard…
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Today we’re remembering a career crowned by Estelle Getty’s 10-year turn as wise-cracking Sophia Petrillo.
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We loved Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, but don’t pigeonhole her as the Dingbat.
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We love sitcom stars of days gone by… like sassy waitress Shirley Hemphill…
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On Minnie Pearl’s 100th birthday, we remember her down-home humor…