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Rita Rudner
Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn September 17, 1953 (72 years)
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.
Rita Rudner Filmography
| 2018 | Rita Rudner: A Tale of Two Dresses · as Herself |
| 2016 | Dice (TV Series) · as Rita Rudner |
| 2015 | This Is Not Happening (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Women Aren't Funny · as Self |
| 2013 | Why We Laugh: Funny Women · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands · as Herself |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2008 | Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Huckabee (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas · as Herself |
| 2006 | Comic Relief 2006 · as Self |
| 2006 | Comics Unleashed with Bryon Allen (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Aristocrats · as Self |
| 2005 | Hell's Kitchen (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Restaurant Patron |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Bitter Jester · as Self |
| 2000 | Trading Spaces (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | The Wright Stuff (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Panelist |
| 1999 | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US) (TV Series) · as Self - On The Phone |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman · as Self |
| 1994 | Dennis Miller Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | The Chevy Chase Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Comic Relief V · as Self |
| 1990 | Born to Be Mild Starring Rita Rudner · as Herself |
| 1990 | Comic Relief IV · as Self |
| 1989 | Fast Forward (1989) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Clive Anderson Talks Back (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Big Gig (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Win, Lose or Draw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | On Location: Women of the Night · as Self |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The New Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1985 | The 9th Annual Young Comedians Special · as Herself |
| 1985 | Saturday Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1966 | The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. (TV Series) · as Patty Talbot |
| 2012 | Marie (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2011 | Thanks · as Bunny |
| 2010 | Melissa & Joey (TV Series) · as Monica Burke |
| 2009 | Love Hurts · as Dr. Lisa Levanthorp |
| 2003 | Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (TV Series) |
| 2000 | As Told By Ginger (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fleming (voice) |
| 2000 | Hollywood Off Ramp (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1998 | V.I.P. (TV Series) · as Bidder At Art Auction |
| 1996 | Something So Right (TV Series) · as Brooke |
| 1996 | A Weekend in the Country · as Sally Shelton |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (TV Series) · as Rita (voice) |
| 1995 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears · as Ursula |
| 1993 | The Nanny (TV Series) · as Margot |
| 1992 | Peter's Friends · as Carol Benson |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Rolanda (segment "whirlpool") |
| 1989 | One Night Stand (TV Series) |
| 1989 | That's Adequate · as Frieda Philby |
| 1989 | Gleaming the Cube · as Mrs. Yabbo |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys · as Pam |
| 2015 | This Is Not Happening (TV Series) · as Stand-Up Material |
| 2012 | Rita Rudner and 3 Potential Ex-Husbands · as Written By |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Written By |
| 2001 | The 73rd Annual Academy Awards · as Special Material Written By |
| 1995 | Rita Rudner: Married Without Children · as Written By |
| 1995 | Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 1989 | One Night Stand (TV Series) · as Written By |