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Comediennes: Maria Elena Velasco
Season 5 Episode 76
Maria Elena Velasco (1940-2015) was a Mexican film and television actress who developed the popular character La India Marí, a slapstick comedy chara…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Marietta Holley
Season 5 Episode 75
Marietta Holley (1836-1926) was a popular American humorist. Over her 40-year literary career, she used comedic language to advocate for feminist ca…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Minne Pearl
Season 5 Episode 74
Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon (1912-1996) was better known by her alter ego, Minnie Pearl — a radio, television, and stage personality known as the que…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Nini Marshall
Season 5 Episode 73
Niní Marshall (1903-1996) had many talents but is most known as a writer, humorist, and actress from Argentina. She challenged the soundscape of Arge…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Mitzi Shore
Season 5 Episode 72
Mitzi Shore (1930-2018) is known for opening the Comedy Store, a famous workshop and performance space for up and coming comics. She was the ultimate…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Peg Lynch
Season 5 Episode 71
Peg Lynch (1916-2015) was an American writer, actress and producer who wrote over 10,000 scripts for television and radio, and created and starred in…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Phyllis Diller
Season 5 Episode 70
Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) was a pioneering female comic in the U.S. Her invented onstage persona – a hapless housewife with a dawdling husband named…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Shari Lewis
Season 5 Episode 69
Shari Lewis (1933-1998) is best known for her cheeky sock puppet friend Lamb Chop. Shari, Lamb Chop and their other puppet castmates starred in sever…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Vesta Tilley
Season 5 Episode 68
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952) was a famous male impersonator in music halls throughout England and the U.S. Her act was so popular that during World War I…
2 years, 4 months ago
Comediennes: Tun Tun
Season 5 Episode 67
Tun Tun (1923-2003) was "Hindi cinema's first-ever comedienne." She got her start as a hit playback singer before transitioning to comedic acting. O…
2 years, 4 months ago