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Sandra Bernhard(I)

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Sandra Bernhard
A feature length documentary that explores the history of LGBTQ+ stand up comedy, considering its importance as an instrument for social change over the past five decades.
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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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BornJune 6, 1955
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      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy (1982)
    The King of Comedy
    7.8
    • Masha
    • 1982
    Bruce Willis in Hudson Hawk (1991)
    Hudson Hawk
    5.7
    • Minerva Mayflower
    • 1991
    Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
    Without You I'm Nothing
    6.3
    • Sandra Bernhard
    • 1990
    James Woods, Sandra Bernhard, Tate Donovan, Robert Costanzo, and French Stewart in Hercules (1998)
    Hercules
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Cassandra(voice)

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    Actress



    • Marty Supreme
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Percy Jackson and the Olympians
      • Anger
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Out of Order!
      • Judge Stevenson
      • Post-production



    • Michelle Buteau in Survival of the Thickest (2023)
      Survival of the Thickest
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Hannah Sommar
      • 2025
    • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
      Severance
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Nurse
      • 2025
    • Michelle Buteau and Ilana Glazer in Babes (2024)
      Babes
      6.3
      • Dr. Shirley
      • 2024
    • Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in So Help Me Todd (2022)
      So Help Me Todd
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Belinda Tuttle
      • 2024
    • Emma Roberts in American Horror Story (2011)
      American Horror Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Fran
      • Fran Levinsky
      • High Priestess Hannah Putt
      • 2018–2022
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Judy Kubrak
      • 2018–2021
    • Ella Purnell in Sweetbitter (2018)
      Sweetbitter
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Maddie Glover
      • 2019
    • 79 Parts: Director's Cut (2019)
      79 Parts: Director's Cut
      4.7
      • Fletcher
      • 2019
    • John Goodman, Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Michael Fishman, Alicia Goranson, and Laurie Metcalf in Roseanne (1988)
      Roseanne
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Nancy Bartlett
      • 1991–2018
    • Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer in Broad City (2014)
      Broad City
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Brenda
      • 2017
    • 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
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • Kath Fairchild
      • 2017
    • Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner in Difficult People (2015)
      Difficult People
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Lilith Feigenbaum
      • 2016
    • Alex Borstein, Laurie Metcalf, Niecy Nash, and Mel Rodriguez in Getting On (2013)
      Getting On
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Marla Pounder (uncredited)
      • 2015
    • Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs in 2 Broke Girls (2011)
      2 Broke Girls
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Joedth
      • 2015
    • 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
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Darlene Linetti
      • 2014–2015

    Writer



    • The Sandra Bernhard Experience
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2001
    • Sandra Bernhard in Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here... Damn It! (1998)
      Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here... Damn It!
      7.4
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Jonathan Katz in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995)
      Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
      7.6
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 1996
    • Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
      Without You I'm Nothing
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      • 1990

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    • Without You I'm Nothing (1990)
      Without You I'm Nothing
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      • 1990

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      • Sandra Bernhardt
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • June 6, 1955
      • Flint, Michigan, USA
    • Children
      • Cicely Yasin Bernhard
    • Parents
        Jerome Bernhard
    • Other works
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      • 1 Print Biography
      • 7 Interviews
      • 8 Articles
      • 13 Pictorials
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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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