S3·E27 Gilda Radner: In Her Own Words

She was the first person cast on Saturday Night Live, and arguably the most beloved. Her memorable characters—helped establish the show as a cultural phenomenon and earned her an Emmy Award. But behind the laughs, Gilda Radner's life was a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows. In this intimate, feature-length profile, Biography looks at the woman behind the characters. Through rare home movies, exclusive clips, and interviews with those who knew her best—including Lorne Michaels, Laraine Newman, and her husband, Gene Wilder—telling her story using her own voice, drawn from the audio tapes she recorded for her bestselling autobiography, It's Always Something. From her childhood struggles with weight and the loss of her father, to the dizzying heights of late-night stardom and her brave, final battle with ovarian cancer, this is the definitive, moving portrait of a comedy legend.