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Profile of Kathy Griffin on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Kathy Griffin  
   
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Date of Birth: 4th November 1961
   
Place of Birth: Oak Park, Illinois, USA
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Kathy Griffin (born November 4, 1961 in Oak Park, Illinois) is a stand-up comedian whose career took off in the early 1990s amongst counterparts like Janeane Garofalo and David Cross. She is also an actress, voice actor, a frequent commentater on E!, and a self-proclaimed D-list celebrity.

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. In 2005, she returned to television in a reality show on the cable network Bravo based on her everyday adventures, titled "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List."

One of her most notable controversies occurred when she made a joke during an "E!" televised event that eleven-year-old actress Dakota Fanning was just out of rehab.

On September 27, 2005 filed for Divorce from husband Matt Moline with whom she was married to for 4 1/2 years.


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: My Life on The D-List (2005)
  • Kathy Griffin is not Nicole Kidman (2005)
  • The Simpsons (1989) (voice)

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)

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