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Sandra Bernhard(I)

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Sandra Bernhard
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Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration (2022)
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Performer, actress, singer and author Sandra Bernhard appeared as a series regular in season three of the immensely popular FX Television/Ryan Murphy show "POSE" reprising her role as brassy but caring Nurse Judy Kubrack, who works with H.I.V. / AIDS patients, following a memorable season one guest appearance and hugely successful second season. Bernhard has also done a special guest appearance on Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story: Apocalypse", highlighting a successful, decades long television career.

She is also currently in her fifth year hosting her weekly radio show Sandyland on Sirius XM's Radio Andy channel 102, for which she won a broadcasting Gracie Award.

A pioneer of the one-woman show, Bernhard brings a completely unique and raucous mix of cabaret, stand-up, rock-n-roll, and social commentary to her live stage performances. Just last year she celebrated the 10 year anniversary of her iconic annual holiday shows at Joe's Pub in New York City, while she also continues to tour throughout the country and overseas.

Extremely notable past live stage shows, which she has performed both on and off-Broadway, include Without You I'm Nothing, I'm Still Here, Dammit, Everything Bad and Beautiful, and #blessed.

Bernhard's film credits include The King of Comedy, for which she was awarded Best Supporting Actress by the National Society of Film Critics, Track 29, Hudson Hawk, Dinner Rush, and the live performance film Without You I'm Nothing. Past television credits include Two Broke Girls, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Broad City, Difficult People, You're the Worst, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Will &Grace, The Sopranos, The Larry Sanders Show and Roseanne. Music albums include I'm Your Woman (Polygram, 1986), Excuses for Bad Behavior (Epic, 1994) and the world music album Whatever It Takes (Mi5, 2009). She has written three books: May I Kiss You on the Lips, Miss Sandra?, Confessions of a Pretty Lady, Love, Love and Love.
BornJune 6, 1955
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Sandra Bernhard and Tanya Tucker in Tanya Tucker & Sandra Bernhard (2022)
Sandra Bernhard and Anitta in Anitta & Sandra Bernhard (2022)
Sandra Bernhard in The Comedy Store (2020)
Sandra Bernhard and Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy (1982)
Sandra Bernhard in The King of Comedy (1982)
Sandra Bernhard in The King of Comedy (1982)
Sandra Bernhard in The King of Comedy (1982)
Mariel Hemingway and Sandra Bernhard in Roseanne (1988)
Morgan Fairchild and Sandra Bernhard in Roseanne (1988)
Sandra Bernhard in Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
Sandra Bernhard and Austin Falk in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
Sandra Bernhard and Krystal M. Harris in 2 Broke Girls (2011)

Known for

Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy (1982)
The King of Comedy
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  • Masha
  • 1982
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Hudson Hawk
5.7
  • Minerva Mayflower
  • 1991
Leslie Nielsen in Wrongfully Accused (1998)
Wrongfully Accused
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  • Doctor Fridley
  • 1998
Hercules (1998)
Hercules
6.6
TV Series
  • Cassandra(voice)

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Actress

  • Out of Order!
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  • Untitled Pamela Adlon Project
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  • American Horror Story (2011)
    American Horror Story
  • Billy Porter in Pose (2018)
    Pose
  • Ella Purnell in Sweetbitter (2018)
    Sweetbitter
  • 79 Parts: Director's Cut (2019)
    79 Parts: Director's Cut
  • John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
    Roseanne
  • Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in Broad City (2014)
    Broad City
  • Sandra Bernhard, Olivia d'Abo, Natalie Dreyfuss, Mindy Sterling, Parvesh Cheena, Bayne Gibby, Miguel Pinzon, Daniela Bobadilla, and Travina Springer in Secs & Execs (2017)
    Secs & Execs
  • Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner in Difficult People (2015)
    Difficult People
  • Getting On (2013)
    Getting On
    • (uncredited)
  • Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
    2 Broke Girls
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • You're the Worst (2014)
    You're the Worst
  • Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc in Switched at Birth (2011)
    Switched at Birth
  • Brooke Elliott in Drop Dead Diva (2009)
    Drop Dead Diva
  • Philipp Karner in Diving Normal (2013)
    Diving Normal

Writer

  • The Sandra Bernhard Experience
  • Sandra Bernhard in Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here... Damn It! (1998)
    Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here... Damn It!
  • Jonathan Katz in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
    Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
  • Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
    Without You I'm Nothing

Music Department

  • Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
    Without You I'm Nothing
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Official Trailer
Nice Dreams
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Nice Dreams
I Am Richard Pryor
Trailer 2:20
I Am Richard Pryor
79 Parts
Trailer 1:23
79 Parts
See You In September
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See You In September
Track 29
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Track 29
See You In September
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See You In September
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The King of Comedy
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The King of Comedy

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    • June 6, 1955
    • Flint, Michigan, USA
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 7 Interviews
    • 8 Articles
    • 13 Pictorials
    • 7 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Developed a strong friendship with Madonna during the 1980s, and the two were frequently seen together in public. They made intimations of a romantic relationship, most notably after appearing on Late Night with David Letterman (1982) where Sandra joked that she had slept with both Madonna and her then-husband, Sean Penn. The friendship ended in 1992.
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    She's like jazz. She created her own beat. - friend and fellow comedian Paul Mooney
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