Rita Rudner
Acting • Born 1953-09-17
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.
Filmography
35 credits
The Aristocrats
Movie • 2005
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Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
Movie • 1985
herself
Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands
Movie • 2012
Herself
Peter's Friends
Movie • 1992
Carol Benson
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild
Movie • 1990
Herself
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas
Movie • 2008
Herself
A Weekend in the Country
Movie • 1996
Sally Shelton
On Location: Women of the Night
Movie • 1987
Self
Why We Laugh: Funny Women
Movie • 2013
Self
Gleaming the Cube
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Yabbo
That's Adequate
Movie • 1989
Frieda Philby
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Movie • 1995
Ursula
Thanks
Movie • 2011
Bunny
Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses
Movie • 2018
Herself
Love Hurts
Movie • 2009
Dr. Lisa Levanthorp
The Wrong Guys
Movie • 1988
Pam
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
Movie • 1992
Self
Catch A Rising Star: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie
Self
Rita Rudner - One Night Stand
Movie
herself
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
TV • 2003
As Told by Ginger
TV • 2000
Mrs. Fleming (voice)
The Nanny
TV • 1993
Margot
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Rolanda (segment "Whirlpool")
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
TV • 1995
Rita (voice)
One Night Stand
TV • 1989
Ask Rita
TV • 2003
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
Rita Rudner
TV • 1990
Herself - Hostess
Comics Unleashed
TV • 2006
Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV • 2009
Self
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Bidder at Art Auction
Magnum P.I.
TV • 2018
Patty Talbot