
Birthday:
06-28-1946
Deathday:
05-20-1989 (42 years)
Birthplace:
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Biography
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Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1978.
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Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American comedian and actress, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1978.
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It Came from Hollywood
Act like Herself
event1982 star_border 5.2
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Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner and Cheech and Chong present this compilation of classic bad films from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Special features on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and a special tribute to the worst film maker of all-time, Ed Wood.
The Woman in Red
Act like Ms. Milner
event1984 star_border 6.2
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When a happily married family man, who would never consider an affair, meets a beautiful woman in red, he is totally infatuated and desperate to make her acquaintance. However, as he tries out various schemes to sneak out to meet her, he realizes that adultery is not quite as easy as it looks.
Haunted Honeymoon
Act like Vickie Pearl
event1986 star_border 5.4
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Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Hanky Panky
Act like Kate Hellman
event1982 star_border 5.2
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Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Act like Mrs. Emily Pules
event1978 star_border 6.9
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The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Act like Self
event1979 star_border 5.3
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Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
Witch's Night Out
Act like Witch (The Fairy Godmother)
event1978 star_border 7.2
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A witch, disgruntled by the fact that no one takes Halloween seriously anymore, decides to stir things up and disrupt the social gathering in her old house as well as turn a couple of kids who love monsters into actual monsters.
Animalympics
Act like Barbra Warblers (voice)
event1980 star_border 6.1
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Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions.
Gilda Live
Act like Self / Various Characters
event1980 star_border 6.6
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Gilda Radner is recorded during a live comedy concert. Radner's classic characters are seen in sketches that are sometimes more risque than when they appeared on television. During her breaks, the character Father Guido Sarducci takes the stage.
Movers & Shakers
Act like Livia Machado
event1985 star_border 3.9
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Studio head Joe Mulholland promises his dying producer and mentor, Saul Gritz, to adapt a popular sex manual into a film, despite his better judgment. Unable to figure out how to turn the nonfiction book into a narrative movie, Mulholland enlists the services of Herb Dorman, a screenwriter of popular romantic films with a bad marriage, and volatile director Sid Spokane to help him create a movie.
First Family
Act like Gloria Link
event1980 star_border 3
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When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
Free to Be... a Family
Act like Self
event1988 star_border 9.5
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Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1999 star_border 6.8
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A TV special celebrating the 25th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past two and a half decades.
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2007
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A documentary film about three generations of female Jewish comedians and the complexity and challenges of their relationship to comedy, Judaism, and gender. The film profiles Molly Picon, Fanny Brice, Sophie Tucker, Joan Rivers, Gilda Radner, and Wendy Wasserstein, as well as contemporary comedians Judy Gold and Jackie Hoffman.
Remembering Gene Wilder
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2024 star_border 7.4
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This loving tribute to Gene Wilder celebrates his life and legacy as the comic genius behind an extraordinary string of film roles, from his first collaboration with Mel Brooks in 'The Producers', to the enigmatic title role in the original 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', to his inspired on-screen partnership with Richard Pryor in movies like 'Silver Streak'.
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Act like Various Characters (archive footage)
event2005 star_border 8.3
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A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
Act like Self
event1979
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This film includes important examples of the Robert Rauschenberg's diverse and extraordinary accomplishments, tracing his development from his student years and his earliest experiments to a retrospective of his work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It features Rauschenberg, John Cage and Merce Cunningham, and was released in 1979.
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Act like Self - Actress (archive footage)
event2015 star_border 6.6
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A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
The Gift of Winter
Act like Nicely / Malicious / Narrator (voice)
event1974 star_border 5
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Long, long ago the world didn't have any snow and winter was a time of wind, darkness and cold. One day a group of kids with a heartfelt cause to transform the season marched to the Ministry of Winter to persuade the all-powerful, icy-hearted Mr.Winter to use his magic and bestow the great gift of snowfall upon the world. It's a gift that makes the season full of wonder and joy, it is The Gift of Winter.
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1989 star_border 7.5
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A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts return to perform their signature monologues and present a look back at some of the best comedy skits and musical numbers of the past 15 years.
The Last Detail
Act like Nichiren Shoshu Member
event1973 star_border 7
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Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Act like Self
event2005 star_border 7.2
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A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.
Love, Gilda
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2018 star_border 7.2
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Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on Saturday Night Live.
The Women of SNL
Act like Various (archive footage)
event2010 star_border 7.3
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A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
event1979
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A series of skits feature the Finley Quality Network and its many quality TV shows.
The Things We Did Last Summer
Act like Herself
event1978 star_border 5.5
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This episodic comedy features the original cast of Saturday Night Live as they present individual skits that describe their summer vacations. Among the highlights is a concert segment featuring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers.
Belushi
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2020 star_border 6.9
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Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
La Dolce Gilda
event1978
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A short film by Tom Schiller. It is a parody/homage to La Dolce Vita.
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Act like Self
event2025 star_border 8
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Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.
Saturday Night Live
Act like Self - Various Characters (106 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.9
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
The Muppet Show
Act like Self - Special Guest Star (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 8
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Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
Late Night with David Letterman
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 5.9
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Late Night with David Letterman is a nightly hour-long comedy talk show on NBC that was created and hosted by David Letterman. It premiered in 1982 as the first incarnation of the Late Night franchise and went off the air in 1993, after Letterman left NBC and moved to Late Show on CBS. Late Night with Conan O'Brien then filled the time slot. As of March 2, 2009, the slot has been filled by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. It will be filled by Seth Meyers in the spring of 2014, after Fallon becomes host of The Tonight Show.
Reading Rainbow
Act like Herself - Narrator (voice) (1 ep.)
event1983 star_border 8.4
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Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
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