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Rita Rudner

Acting Born Sep 17, 1953 Miami, Florida, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

The Nanny

as Margot

RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

Magnum P.I.

as Patty Talbot

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

Great Performances

as Self

V.I.P.

as Bidder at Art Auction

Full filmography

  • The Nanny (1993) as Margot
  • RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) as Self - Guest Judge
  • Magnum P.I. (2018) as Patty Talbot
  • Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
  • Hell's Kitchen (2005) as Self - Restaurant Patron
  • Great Performances (1971) as Self
  • V.I.P. (1998) as Bidder at Art Auction
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
  • Celebrity Ghost Stories (2009) as Self
  • Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995) as Rita (voice)
  • As Told by Ginger (2000) as Mrs. Fleming (voice)
  • One Night Stand (1989)
  • Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (2003)
  • Comics Unleashed (2006) as Self
  • The Aristocrats (2005) as Self
  • Love Hurts (2009) as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
  • Peter's Friends (1992) as Carol Benson
  • Gleaming the Cube (1989) as Mrs. Yabbo
  • Rita Rudner (1990) as Herself - Hostess
  • The Wrong Guys (1988) as Pam
  • That's Adequate (1989) as Frieda Philby
  • A Weekend in the Country (1996) as Sally Shelton
  • Ask Rita (2003)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995) as Ursula