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Cecily Adams Cecily Adams
Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams. She was married to actor/writer Jim...
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Joey Arias Joey Arias 2009 Howl Festival 1 by DS
Joey Arias is a New York City based performance artist, cabaret singer, and drag artist. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on October 3, 1949, he was six when he moved with his family to Los Angeles. After singing with the rock band "Purlie" on...
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Patrick Bristow Patrick Bristow
Patrick Bristow (born September 26, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. Perhaps most recognizable for his bright red hair and for his role as Peter, the gay best-friend of Ellen Morgan on the series Ellen, Patrick is currently a cast member of...
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John Cervenka  
John Cervenka (born September 30, 1959, in Pasadena, California) is an American comedian and voice over actor, who replaced Johnny Gilbert as the third permanent announcer on Love Connection. In the late 1990s, he hosted, and produced, Burt Luddin's...
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Jennifer Coolidge Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge (born August 28, 1961) is an American actress best known for playing "Stifler's mom," the consummate "MILF," in the film American Pie (1999), Hilary Duff's stepmother in A Cinderella Story (2004), Paulette, the manicurist in...
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Mikey Day  
Michael William "Mikey" Day (born March 20, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, and improvisational performer. Day was born in Orange County, California. He attended and graduated from El Modena High School in 1998, where he was deeply involved in...
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Christian Duguay Christian Duguay as MADtv's Edward
Christian Duguay (born January 3, 1970) is an American comic actor. Duguay is most notable as one of the recurring cast of sketch comedy series MADtv. Christian Duguay was born on January 3, 1970 in Stanford, California. He grew up in Carefree,...
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Will Ferrell Will Ferrell
John William "Will" Ferrell (pronounced /ˈfɛrəl/; born July 16, 1967) is an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer. Ferrell first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has subsequently starred in the comedy films...
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Orville Willis Forte IV, best known as Will Forte (born June 17, 1970) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of Patricia C. (née Stivers) and Orville Willis Forte III. He was raised in...
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Daniele Gaither Daniele Gaither as rap star Eve
Daniele Gaither (born September 6, 1970) is an American comic actress. Gaither is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv. Daniele Gaither was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a child, Gaither...
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Ana Gasteyer Ana Gasteyer
Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for her comedic roles when she was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002. Gasteyer was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of...
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Adam Carolla Adam carolla
Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio and television host, comedian, and actor. He is the host of The Adam Carolla Podcast, before which he hosted a weekday morning radio program broadcast from Los Angeles and syndicated by CBS Radio...
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Kathy Griffin Kathy-Griffin-b-.jpg
Kathleen Mary "Kathy" Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, media personality, and LGBT rights advocate. A self-proclaimed "D-list celebrity", Griffin first gained recognition for appearances on two episodes of...
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Rachael Harris Rachael Harris on The Daily Show
Rachael Elaine Harris (born January 12, 1968) is an American actress and comedienne. Rachael Harris was born in Worthington, Ohio. She graduated from Worthington High School (renamed Thomas Worthington High School) and went on to graduate from...
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Phil Hartman Phil Hartman
Phil Hartman (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family immigrated to the United States when he was ten. After graduating from...
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Cheryl Hines Cheryl Hines by David Shankbone
Cheryl Hines (born September 21, 1965) is an American actress, best known for her role as Larry David's wife on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. In 2009 she made her directorial debut at the Tribeca Film Festival with Serious Moonlight. Hines was born in...
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Alex Kapp Horner Alex Kapp Horner Iraq
Alex Kapp Horner (Alexandra Horner) (born December 5, 1969) is an American actress who currently co-stars as Lindsay on the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine. She began her career Los Angeles as a member of The Groundlings comedy troupe...
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Chris Kattan Chris Kattan
Christopher Lee "Chris" Kattan (born October 19, 1970) is an American actor/comedian, best known for his work on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. Kattan was born in Sherman Oaks, California. His father, Kip King (né Jerome C. Kattan), is...
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Lisa Kudrow Lisa Kudrow 2
Lisa V. Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the television sitcom Friends. Throughout her career she has received many accolades for her work in film and television including an Emmy Award...
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Jonathan M. "Jon" Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for serving as a cast member of Saturday Night Live between 1985 to 1990 and voicing Jay Sherman on The Critic. Lovitz was born in Los Angeles,...
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Phil LaMarr Phil LaMarr as Funky Walker Dirty Talker  Desperation Lee with Halle Berry
Phillip "Phil" LaMarr (born January 24, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. One of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv, he is also known for his voice acting on the animated series Futurama, Static Shock,...
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Steve Little  
Steve Little is a beginning voice actor for the show Camp Lazlo. Little performed in The Groundlings in Los Angeles. Joe Murray encountered Little and asked Little if he was interested in being a voice actor and decided that Little matched the "Dung...
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Tress MacNeille Tressmacneille
Tress MacNeille (born June 20, 1951) is an American voice actress best known for providing various voices on the animated series The Simpsons, Futurama, Rugrats, All Grown Up!, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and some Disney movies. Her most...
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Tim Bagley  
Timothy Hugh "Tim" Bagley (born August 17, 1957) is an American character actor who has appeared in numerous films and television programs. He is perhaps best known for his recurring role on the TV series, Will & Grace. Bagley was born in...
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Edie McClurg Edie McClurg at the 34th Annual Annie Awards
Edie McClurg (born July 23, 1951) is an American character actress. She is known for her perky Upper Midwestern accent. McClurg began her career with a role in the 1976 Brian De Palma horror film Carrie as Helen Shyres, one of Carrie's classmates....
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Michael McDonald Michael McDonald as Stuart on MADtv
Michael James McDonald (born December 31, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, and television director, best known for starring in the sketch comedy show MADtv. McDonald joined the show during the fourth season (1998) and remained in the cast until...
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Wendi McLendon-Covey  
Wendi McLendon-Covey (born October 10, 1969) is an American actress and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Deputy Clementine Johnson on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. McLendon-Covey is known for her role as Deputy Clementine Johnson...
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Pat Morita Pat Morita
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor who was well-known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy...
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Laraine Newman laraine newman.jpg
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American comedienne and actress. Newman was born on March 2, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, the granddaughter of a Jewish cattle rancher from Arizona. Newman attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly...
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Cheri Oteri cheri-oteri-b.jpg
Cheri Oteri (born September 19, 1962) is an American comic actress, best known for her roles as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2000. Oteri was born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. She grew up with three siblings in Upper Darby. She...
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Chris Parnell Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Parnell (born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian who was a Saturday Night Live cast member in 1998-2001 and 2002-2006. He has a recurring role as Dr. Leo Spaceman on NBC's Emmy Award-winning 30 Rock and...
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Michael Hitchcock Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock (born July 28, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter and television producer. As an actor, he has appeared in several of Christopher Guest's critically-acclaimed movies, including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000),...
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Cassandra Peterson Cassandra Peterson Elvira
Cassandra Peterson (born September 17, 1951) is an American actress best known for her on-screen horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. She gained fame on Los Angeles television station KHJ wearing a black, gothic, cleavage-enhancing...
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Paul Reubens Pee-Wee Herman (1988)
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, film producer and comedian, best-known for his character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe The Groundlings in the 1970s and started his career as...
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Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian, known as a former cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live. She is the daughter of late soul singer Minnie Riperton (Lovin' You) and song writer/music producer Richard...
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Kevin Ruf  
Kevin Ruf (born December 7, 1961) is an American actor. He recently starred in the Comedy Central show Halfway Home as Kenny Carlyle, the house supervisor of a halfway house. He was the newsman in That Was The Week That Was on ABC's Primetime Live ....
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Mindy Sterling Frau Farbissina APIMOM
Mindy Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress. Although she had worked in film for over 25 years, she only began to truly garner attention after playing Frau Farbissina, the diminutive and domineering Germanic cohort of Dr. Evil (Mike...
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Julia Sweeney Julia Sweeney
Julia Anne Sweeney (born October 10, 1959) is an American actress, comedian and author best known for her Saturday Night Live career and autobiographical solo shows. Sweeney was born in Spokane, Washington, the daughter of Jeri, a homemaker, and...
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Kristen Wiig Kristen-Wiig-kristen-wiig-323096_600_674.jpg
Kristen Carroll Wiig (pronounced /ˈwɪɡ/ "wig"; born August 22, 1973) is an American comic actress who currently appears as a cast member on Saturday Night Live. She is a member of the Groundlings, and also appeared in the first season of Spike TV's...
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Jim Wise  
Jim Wise (born July 30, 1964) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Coach Tugnut in the Disney Channel Original Series Even Stevens. Wise has also guest starred in a number of other shows including That's So Raven, JAG,...
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John Belushi John Belushi
John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House, and The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of James Belushi....
The Second City 1971  
Harold Ramis Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); Ramis also co-wrote...
The Second City 1969  
Del Close del1.jpg
Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999), is considered one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater. An actor, improviser, writer, and teacher, Close had a prolific career, appearing in a number of films and television shows. He...
The Second City 1961  
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Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, and musician. He is best-known for starring in such films as: Catch-22; The In-Laws; Edward Scissorhands; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; Glengarry Glen Ross;...
The Second City 1960  
Jack Burns  
Jack Burns (born November 15, 1933) is an American comedian and voice actor. In 1959, he began his career as a comedy team with George Carlin when both were working for radio station KXOL in Fort Worth, Texas. After successful performances at Fort...
The Second City 1963  
Joan Rivers Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky; June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, talk show host and businesswoman. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent, and numerous cosmetic...
The Second City 1961  
Robert Klein RobertKleinByPhilKonstantin
Robert Klein (born February 8, 1942) is an American stand-up comedian, singer and actor. Klein was born in the Bronx, the son of Frieda (née Moskowitz) and Benjamin Klein and was raised in a "prototypical 1950s Bronx Jewish" environment. After...
The Second City 1965  
David Steinberg David Steinberg 2009 portrait
David Steinberg (born August 9, 1942) is a Canadian comedian, actor, director, writer and author. He was at the height of his popularity as a stand-up comic in the United States during the late 1960s and the 1970s. He appeared on Johnny Carson's...
The Second City 1964  
Peter Boyle Peter Boyle
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, and as a comical monster in Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974)....
The Second City 1967  
Fred Willard FredWillard06TIFF
Fred Willard (born September 18, 1939) is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A...
The Second City 1965  
Brian Doyle-Murray Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray (born October 31, 1945) is an American comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist. An alumnus of Saturday Night Live, he is the older brother of actor/comedian Bill Murray and has acted together with him in several films,...
The Second City 1969  
Joe Flaherty Joe Flaherty
Joe Flaherty (born June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, from 1976 to 1984. He is currently a judge on The Second City's Next Comedy Legend. Flaherty was born Joseph O...
The Second City 1969  
Tim O'Malley  
Tim O'Malley (born June 26, 1957) is an American actor and playwright, director living in Chicago. He is a Core Faculty Member at The Second City Training Center. He is most recognizable as Patrick, the bartender in Return to Me. O'Malley started in...
The Second City 1990  
Bob Odenkirk BobOdenKirk1SecondFilm
Robert "Bob" Odenkirk (born October 22, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, writer, director and producer. Odenkirk is best known as the co-creator and co-star of the HBO sketch comedy series Mr. Show. He was born in Naperville, Illinois and began...
The Second City 1990  
George Wendt George Wendt at the 41st Emmy Awards cropped
George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. Wendt was born in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois and attended Campion High School in Prairie du...
The Second City 1975  
Dan Bakkedahl  
Dan Bakkedahl (born November 18, 1969) is an American improvisor, actor and teacher from Chicago. Born in Rochester, Minnesota and raised in Stuart, Florida, he attended St. Cloud State University in Minnesota before completing his studies at...
The Second City 2003  
Tina Fey Tina Fey by David Shankbone
Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedienne, writer, and producer. She has received seven Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and four Writers Guild of America Awards....
The Second City 1996  
Amy Sedaris Amy Sedaris
Amy Sedaris (born March 29, 1961) is an American actress, author and comedienne. She is perhaps best known for playing the character Jerri Blank in the Comedy Central television series Strangers with Candy. Sedaris regularly collaborates with her...
The Second City 1992  
Steve Carell Steve Carell, March 2007
Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. Carell rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and as Michael Scott on The Office since 2005. He...
The Second City 1991  
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