Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Born: June 28, 1946
Died: May 20, 1989
in Detroit, Michigan, United States
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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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Remembering Gene Wilder
Title: Remembering Gene Wilder
Character: Self (Archival Footage)
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
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.
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A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
Title: A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special
Released: December 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A star-studded collection of Saturday Night Live's hilarious Christmas-themed sketches from various seasons, including D... in a Box, Schweddy Balls, Elf on the Shelf, A Christmas Carol and many more.
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Belushi
Title: Belushi
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
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.
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Love, Gilda
Title: Love, Gilda
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 18, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Title: Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Character: Self - Cast Member (In Memoriam)
Released: February 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Former members of Saturday Night Live come together to remember the past 40 years of Saturday Night Live.
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Title: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Character: Self / Actress (archive footage)
Released: January 25, 2015
Type: Movie
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.
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Saturday Night Live Backstage
Title: Saturday Night Live Backstage
Character: Various (archive footage)
Released: February 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Originally a special celebrating the 35th anniversary of the show was planned but it was scrapped and replaced with this special, which shows viewers how an SNL episode is created within the span of a week.
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The Women of SNL
Title: The Women of SNL
Character: Various (archive footage)
Released: November 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A look back at some of the funniest female characters and sketches in SNL's 39-year history.
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Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Title: Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: Movie
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.
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Title: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Character: Various Characters
Released: September 6, 2005
Type: Movie
A collection of classic Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Dan Aykroyd.
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Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Title: Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Character: Self
Released: February 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A retrospective of the first 5 years of Saturday Night Live.
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Title: Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 25, 1999
Type: Movie
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.
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Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Title: Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 24, 1989
Type: Movie
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.
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Free to Be... a Family
Title: Free to Be... a Family
Character: Self
Released: December 14, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Haunted Honeymoon
Title: Haunted Honeymoon
Character: Vickie Pearl
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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.
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The Best of John Belushi
Title: The Best of John Belushi
Character: Various characters
Released: August 3, 1985
Type: Movie
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Movers & Shakers
Title: Movers & Shakers
Character: Livia Machado
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
Joe Mulholland, Head of Production at a Hollywood studio, makes a rather fool-hardy promise to a dying friend. He undertakes to make a major movie using the title - if not the content - of a best-selling sex manual "Love in Sex". Enlisting the help of depressed screenwriter Herb Derman and rather off-centre director Sid Spokane to try and come up with an idea or two, Joe soon wishes he was not one of those people who always try to keep their promises.
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The Woman in Red
Title: The Woman in Red
Character: Ms. Milner
Released: August 15, 1984
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Reading Rainbow
Character: Herself - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: TV
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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It Came from Hollywood
Title: It Came from Hollywood
Character: Herself
Released: October 29, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Hanky Panky
Title: Hanky Panky
Character: Kate Hellman
Released: June 4, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Late Night with David Letterman
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1982
Type: TV
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.
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First Family
Title: First Family
Character: Gloria Link
Released: December 25, 1980
Type: Movie
When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.
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Gilda Live
Title: Gilda Live
Character: Herself
Released: March 28, 1980
Type: Movie
A filmed version of the Broadway show starring comedienne Gilda Radner, complete with the characters she made famous on the TV show "Saturday Night Live."
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Animalympics
Title: Animalympics
Character: Barbra Warblers (voice)
Released: February 1, 1980
Type: Movie
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.
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Title: Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
Title: Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
Released: March 31, 1979
Type: Movie
A series of skits feature the Finley Quality Network and its many quality TV shows.
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The Things We Did Last Summer
Title: The Things We Did Last Summer
Character: Herself
Released: October 28, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Witch's Night Out
Title: Witch's Night Out
Character: Witch (The Fairy Godmother)
Released: October 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Title: The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Character: Mrs. Emily Pules
Released: March 22, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
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Title: The Muppet Show
Character: Self - Special Guest Star
Released: September 5, 1976
Type: TV
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Various Characters
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Various (archive footage)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
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.
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The Gift of Winter
Title: The Gift of Winter
Character: Nicely / Malicious / Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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The Last Detail
Title: The Last Detail
Character: Nichiren Shoshu Member
Released: December 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.