Kathy Griffin
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Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1966 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a stand-up comedienne whose career took off in the early 1990s amongst counterparts like Janeane Garofalo and David Cross.
At a time when comedy was turning from punch-line oriented joke-telling to humorous social-commentary and satire, Griffin's wry observations about celebrity culture and fame quickly propelled her into stardom (she even made a cameo in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 smash Pulp Fiction). In the late 1990s she became a household name playing the quirky best friend of the title character on the long running American sitcom Suddenly Susan. Griffin voiced the character of Alice in the animated television series Dilbert. In 2003 she was the grand prize winner on Celebrity Mole, and she continues to tour with her stand-up routine.
TV Work
- Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (1992)
- Big News (1995)
- The Barefoot Executive (1995)
- Saturday Night Special (1996) (canceled after 2 months)
- Suddenly Susan (1996-2000)
- Premium Blend (host in 1997)
- Kathy Griffin: Hot Cup of Talk (1998)
- Instant Comedy with the Groundlings (1998-2000)
- Dilbert (1999-2000) (voice)
- Jackie's Back! (1999) (Cameo)
- A Diva's Christmas Carol (2000)
- Kathy's So-Called Reality (2001) (canceled after a few months)
- Celebrity Mole: Hawaii (2003) (miniseries)
- Average Joe (2003-2004)
- Kathy Griffin: The D-List (2004)
Filmography
- The Unborn (1991)
- Shakes the Clown (1992)
- It's Pat (1994)
- Pulp Fiction (1994) (Cameo)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- Who's the Caboose? (1997)
- Trojan War (1997)
- Courting Courtney (1997)
- Can't Stop Dancing (1999)
- Dill Scallion (1999)
- Muppets from Space (1999) (Cameo)
- Lion of Oz (2000) (voice)
- The Intern (2000)
- Enemies of Laughter (2000)
- On Edge (2001)
- Run Ronnie Run (2002) (Cameo)
- Lovewrecked (2005)
- Dirty Love (2005)
- Dinotopia: Quest for the Ruby Sunstone (2005) (voice)
- Her Minor Thing (2005)
- Vegas Baby (2005) (currently in post-production)
Kathy Griffin is regarded as one of the funniest, yet most annoying people in show business. Her unfortunate role as an uptight office goofball in Suddenly Susan catapulted Griffin into the national strata, where she has been a migraine headache ever since.
Still the funny comediene has a following of loyal fans, most of whom get a real kick out of her makeup.
External links
- Kathy Griffin (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-8811/) at TV Tome
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