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Gilda Radner (1946–1989)

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Radner was one of the great comic geniuses of the 20th century, ranked up with Lucille Ball and other comedy legends of the highest caliber. She was born on June 28, 1946, in Detroit, the younger of two children. Her parents were Herman and Henrietta Radner, and she had an older brother named Michael... See full bio »

Born:

Gilda Susan Radner
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 42) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Gilda Radner in Saturday Night Live
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1986 Haunted Honeymoon
Vickie Pearle
 
1985 Movers & Shakers
Livia Machado
 
1984 The Woman in Red
Ms. Milner
 
1982 Hanky Panky
Kate Hellman
 
1980 First Family
Gloria Link
 
1975-1980 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Various / Emily Litella / Baba Wawa / …
– Buck Henry/Andrew Gold/Andrae Crouch & Voices of Unity (1980) … Various
– Steve Martin/Paul & Linda McCartney/3-D (1980) … Various
– Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhthym Aces/Bruce Cockburn (1980) … Various
– Strother Martin/The Specials (1980) … Various
– Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray (1980) … Various
See all 107 episodes »
 
1980 Animalympics
Barbra Warblers/Brenda Springer/Cora Lee Perrier/Tatyana Tushenko/Dorrie Turnell (voice)
 
1978 Witch's Night Out (TV movie)
Witch (voice)
 
1978 All You Need Is Cash (TV movie)
Mrs. Emily Pules
 
1974 The Collaborators (TV series)
– (A Little) Something for the Old Age (1974)
 
1974 Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins (TV series)
 
1974 The Gift of Winter (TV short)
Nicely, Malicious, Narrator (voice)
 
1974 Jack: A Flash Fantasy (TV movie)
Jill of Hearts
 
1973 The Last Detail
Nichiren Shoshu Member
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (10 titles)
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (video) (performer: "Stayin' Alive" - uncredited, "We Gather Together" - uncredited, "Gimme Mick" - uncredited, "Stretch Marks", "F-U-L-L-F-I-L-L-M-E-N-T", "My Songs Are My Children", "You'll Be Sorry Someday", "Vantage Blues", "Evil Ways" - uncredited)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video) (performer: "The Sound of Music" - uncredited)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (TV movie) (performer: "What'd I Say" - uncredited)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live Christmas (video) (performer: "Winter Wonderland" - uncredited)
 
1990 Postcards from the Edge (writer: "I Love to Be Unhappy")
 
1986 Haunted Honeymoon (performer: "Always in All Ways", "Ballin' the Jack")
 
1976-1980 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Buck Henry/Andrew Gold/Andrae Crouch & Voices of Unity (1980) (performer: "Until It's Time for You to Go" - uncredited)
– Elliott Gould/Gary Numan (1980) (performer: "Some place over the Clouds" - uncredited, "If I only had a..." - uncredited, "We're going to see the Incredible Man" - uncredited)
– Bea Arthur/The Roches (1979) (performer: "You Don't Stay Home/I Want to Go Out", "Hole in my Heart" - uncredited)
– Ricky Nelson/Judy Collins (1979) (performer: "Gimmie Mick" - uncredited)
– Eric Idle/Kate Bush (1978) (performer: "If You Look Close." - uncredited)
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1980 Gilda Live (documentary) (performer: "Let's Talk Dirty to the Animals", "The Audition/I Love to Be Unhappy", "Don Kirshner/Rhonda Weiss Introduction/Go...", "If You Look Close/Gimme Mick", "Emily Litella", "Roseanne Roseannadanna", "Honey Touch Me With My Clothes On")
 
1978 Things We Did Last Summer (TV movie) (performer: "Things We Did Last Summer")
 
1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Episode #3.4 (1978) (performer: "Poor Wand'ring One")
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
2002 Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (TV movie) (book "It's Always Something")
 
1989 The Best of Gilda Radner (video documentary)
 
1980 Gilda Live (documentary)
 
1975-1980 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
– Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf (1978) (additional material)
– Buck Henry/Jennifer Warnes/Kenny Vance (1977) (additional material - uncredited)
– Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III (1975) (additional material)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
1988 It's Garry Shandling's Show. (TV series)
Herself
– Mr Smith Goes to Nam (1988) … Herself
 
1985 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Herself
– The Tortoise and the Hare (1985) … Herself (voice)
 
1984 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 16 August 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1984 The New Show (TV series)
Herself / Various
– Episode #1.3 (1984) … Herself / Various
 
1984 The Making of 'The Woman in Red' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary)
Herself
 
1981 Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
Herself
 
1980 The 34th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1980 Today (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 15 April 1980 (1980) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 April 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 Gilda Live (documentary)
Herself/Various Characters
 
1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Herself
 
1979 Since '45 (documentary)
'Saturday Night' performer
 
1979 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 25 July 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1979 The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (TV special)
Introduction
 
1978 Things We Did Last Summer (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978 The 30th Annual Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music
 
1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.4 (1978) … Herself
 
1977 The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Variety or Music and Presenter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (37 titles)
2011 Saturday Night Live Backstage (TV documentary)
Various
 
2010 The Women of SNL (TV movie)
Emily Litella/Various
 
2009 SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2009 Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (TV movie)
La Dolce Gilda (uncredited)
 
2008 A Company of Players (video documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Role Model: Gene Wilder (TV documentary)
Kate Hellman (uncredited)
 
1997-2007 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Making Trouble (documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (video)
Herself/Various Characters
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video)
Various Characters (uncredited)
 
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (TV movie)
Various Characters (uncredited)
 
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (TV movie)
Herself/Various (uncredited)
 
2004 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary)
Baba Wawa (uncredited)
 
2002 Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (TV special)
Herself/Various
 
2002 Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002 SNL Remembers John Belushi (TV special)
Herself
 
2002 The Making of 'Tron' (video documentary)
Animalympics characters (voice)
 
2000 Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (TV movie)
Mrs. Mel (uncredited)
 
1999 SNL: 25 Years of Music (TV movie)
Various
 
1999 Saturday Night Live 25 (TV special documentary)
Herself/Various (uncredited)
 
1999 Saturday Night Live Christmas (video)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (TV special)
Various Characters (uncredited)
 
1995 50 Years of Funny Females (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Best of Schiller's Reel (video)
Herself
 
1993 Friends of Gilda (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992 Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash (TV movie)
Baba Wawa, Miss Lillian Carter (uncredited)
 
1991 Funny Women of Television (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1991 Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial (TV special)
Various Characters (uncredited)
 
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (TV special)
Herself
 
1989 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
 
1989 The Best of Gilda Radner (video documentary)
Herself/Judy Miller/Roseanne Rosannadanna/Emily Litella/Others
 
1987 The Best of Chevy Chase (video documentary)
Herself
 
1986 The Best of Dan Aykroyd (video)
Herself/Various Characters
 
1985 The Best of John Belushi (video)
Herself/Various Characters
 
1983 The Winds of Whoopie (TV movie)
 

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(1980) Stage: Appeared in "Lunch Hour" by Jean Kerr on Broadway. Directed by Mike Nichols. Also in cast: Sam Waterston, Susan Kellermann. Ethel Barrymore Theater, New York City. See more »

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2 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

Some stories don't have a clear beginning middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity... See more »

Trivia:

30 Rock star and creator (and ex- Saturday Night Live writer and player) Tina Fey has named Gilda as the main reason she became a comedy writer. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer