Grandma was a film that starred the actree and comedian who had a breakout role on what variety show?
5c1711f026ba5a5835230b0fbad1c21f
Grandma (film) Grandma is a 2015 American comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Paul Weitz. It stars Lily Tomlin as Elle, a lesbian poet and widow whose teenage granddaughter (played by Julia Garner) visits her to ask for money for an abortion. Over the space of a day, they visit numerous people from Elle's past to call in favors in an effort to raise the money.
d4cf97b676067273c8e34fea7e246fe3
Lily Tomlin Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was performing as a cast member on the variety show "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" from 1969 until 1973. She currently stars on the Netflix series "Grace and Frankie" as Frankie Bergstein. Her performance as Frankie garnered her three consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
fb1c2867b4fc5206bed087fcdce99e21
Bob Newhart George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery. Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues, "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart", became a worldwide bestseller and reached number one on the "Billboard" pop album chart—it remains the 20th-best selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, "The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!", was also a massive success, and the two albums held the "Billboard" number one and number two spots simultaneously.
b625c0bbd734435ba474760c19578733
Chicháy Chichay (born Amparo Robles Custodio; January 21, 1918 – March 31, 1993) was a Filipino comedian and actress. Her short and stocky stature, scratchy voice and prematurely aged appearance allowed her to portray grandmothers while only in her thirties.
36ff2975308ad7801cc3d123e6217918
Jack Benny Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television and film actor, and violinist. Recognized as a leading American entertainer of the 20th century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. In character, he would claim to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
cbaa3e0db05cb879829f2f8c7e678d36
The Dennis Day Show The Dennis Day Show is an American comedy/variety show that aired from 1953 to 1954 on NBC. The series stars singer and radio and television personality Dennis Day, whose career otherwise was rooted as a supporting cast member of the long-running "The Jack Benny Program" on CBS and later NBC.
3e20fd2c636dd0716a83d893ffe19380
Vaudeville Vaudeville ( ; ] ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment. It was especially popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. A typical vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and movies. A vaudeville performer is often referred to as a "vaudevillian".
0a70e51c7274a13a58fde49f47e1980b
Rusty Hamer Russell Craig "Rusty" Hamer (February 15, 1947 – January 18, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for portraying Rusty Williams, the wise cracking son of entertainer Danny Williams (Danny Thomas), on the popular ABC/CBS situation comedy "Make Room for Daddy" (later retitled "The Danny Thomas Show"), from 1953 to 1964. He reprised the role in three reunion specials and the sequel series, "Make Room for Granddaddy", that aired on ABC from 1970 to 1971.
c6d170c0fb285cee93d531ed16afa522
Len Lesser Leonard King Lesser (December 3, 1922 – February 16, 2011) was an American character actor, known as Len Lesser. He was known for his recurring role as Uncle Leo in "Seinfeld", which began during the show's second season in "The Pony Remark" episode. Lesser was also known for his role as Garvin on "Everybody Loves Raymond".
75824514a6efc3b6033934c5d6f9dcf8
Bill Thompson (television host) William Earnest "Bill" Thompson (December 18, 1931 – July 23, 2014), better known as Wallace, co-hosted "The Wallace and Ladmo Show", a daily children's variety show broadcast on KPHO-TV in Phoenix, Arizona for 36 years. The program featured short comedy skits and cartoons and was known for humor that appealed to adults as well as children.
e84493a62b72556f64ccb497d7743a6c
Rappin' Granny Vivian Lee Smallwood (June 18, 1933 - July 22, 2017), known by her stage name Rappin' Granny, was an American grandmother who performed hip-hop music. She lived in Castaic, California, near Los Angeles.
edfaf4cc27234157c9b958d41347ff0f
The Eddy Arnold Show The Eddy Arnold Show is the name of three similar American network television summer variety programs during the 1950s hosted by Eddy Arnold and featuring popular music stars of the day. It was also the name of a radio program starring Arnold.
957d6011ada6c0775ce388fda7198f1c
Gwen Plumb Gwendoline "Gwen" Jean Plumb AM BEM (2 August 19125 June 2002), was an Australian performer of international appeal, actress and comedian active in every form of the art genre, (except circus) including revue, pantomime, vaudeville, interviewing, stage, radio, game shows, live appearances, television soap opera and mini-series and film. She was considered the Grand Dame of Australian entertainment, best known to local and international audiences as "Ada Simmonds" in serial The Young Doctors. She was known for her outrageous, but hilarious "Chook Call".
42dde9b846933e3a83a6c76a68820c4c
Hazel Shermet Hazel Shermet (August 1, 1920 – October 27, 2016) was an American actress, comedian, and singer whose decades-long career spanned radio, television, film and theater, including Broadway. In addition to her live action-roles, Shermet also enjoyed a lengthy career as a voice-over and voice actor. She provided the voice of Henrietta Hippo for the entire 196-episode run of the syndicated children's show, "New Zoo Revue", from 1972 until 1977.
b8f599d695963aaa1103a914a68c0bc3
Sandy Baron Sandy Baron (born Sanford Irving Beresofsky; May 5, 1936 – January 21, 2001) was an American comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television.
6428bccb2d101ffa0bc9926b46def23f
Wally Boag Wallace Vincent "Wally" Boag (September 13, 1920 – June 3, 2011) was an American performer known for his starring role in Disney's long-running stage show the "Golden Horseshoe Revue".
034973121d137ee1bac1f88ff26d2f54
Roz Ryan Roz Ryan (born July 7, 1951) is an American actress, singer, voice actress, and comedian. She is well known for her part in the television show, "Amen", for her character Amelia Hetebrink, for being the voice of Thalia, the Muse of Comedy in the 1997 Disney animated film, "Hercules," and for guest starring on the Disney Channel sitcom, "K.C. Undercover" as Grandma Gayle.
30cf6599c9f3ada800dae9a28eda28b4
Jenifer Lewis Jenifer Jeanette Lewis (born January 25, 1957) is an American actress, comedian, singer and activist. She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals and worked as a back-up singer for Bette Midler, before appearing in films "Beaches" (1988) and "Sister Act" (1992).
76838f4675b5c9bb8faa25d0b1017833
Bea Arthur Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, singer, and animal rights activist. Her career spanned seven decades.
d1c81a5d637a9bd5aa1b53670c63d3c4
Judy Canova Judy Canova (November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983) (another source gives her birth date as November 20, 1916), born Juliette Canova, (some sources indicate Julietta Canova), was an American comedian, actress, singer, and radio personality. She appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own self-titled network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955.
8fd26cf86b79b802ec015622487d720c
Rhonda Shear Rhonda Shear (born November 12, 1954) is an American television personality, comedian, actress, and entrepreneur.
651f1ae7a76743670d96de890cce8eec
The Comedian (Playhouse 90) The Comedian is a 1957 live television drama written by Rod Serling from a novella by Ernest Lehman, directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Mickey Rooney, Edmond O'Brien, Mel Tormé and Kim Hunter.