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  1. Chevy Chase and the Original 'SNL' Cast: Where Are They Now?

    Tue, 3 Apr 2012

    community college dunce. Some of Chase's memorable "SNL" cast members are no longer with us. Pioneering female comedian Gilda Radner died in 1989 after battling ovarian cancer; John Belushi died of a cocaine and heroin overdose in 1932. Others are still

  2. Just Like 'State of the Union,' Ullman's Ready, Raring to Go

    Fri, 10 Apr 2009

    this a long time, 25 years now. It's nice to feel that you're still relevant. People like Carol Burnett, Gilda Radner and Lily Tomlin were my role models. "America always had really good, strong women in comedy. I love that."

  3. Seriously Funny: Amy Poehler

    Mon, 9 Feb 2009

    do but really hard for a comedian to do. You're not hiding behind a character." She was inspired by her comedy idol Gilda Radner who got her start on the show 30 years ago. "I would have to say my ground zero person was probably Gilda. I remember

  4. Not So Fast...

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    taken to the hospital, after a call involving "an issue with sleeping pills." So we'll leave that alone, too, until we know more. As the late Gilda Radner used to say after botching news items on Saturday Night Live, "Never mind."

  5. Gilda's Club Launches 'Laughter for Life Week'

    Fri, 20 Jun 2008

    Comedienne Gilda Radner believed in the power of laughter to bring people together and to heal. Today her legacy lives on through Gilda's Club Worldwide

  6. Siegel's Cancer Crusade Began Before His Own Diagnosis

    Sat, 30 Jun 2007

    understanding and empathy for everyone touched by the disease. After actor Gene Wilder lost his wife, famed comedienne Gilda Radner , he and Siegel bonded. Together they formed the first Gilda's Club. "It's a support group for people who have cancer

News

  1. Joyful Critic Joel Siegel, Gone at 63

    Thu, 28 Jun 2007

    Welles to Halle Berry, all four Beatles to Morgan Freeman. In 1991, along with actor Gene Wilder whose wife, comedienne Gilda Radner , had also died of cancer, Siegel founded Gilda's Club, a not-for-profit group that runs centers offering emotional

  2. Q&A With Entertainment Editor Joel Siegel

    Sat, 28 Jun 2003

    that way without having to go through the pain. My friend Gilda Radner put it this way: If it weren't for the downside, everybody Jane died, Gene Wilder and I started Gilda's Club for Gilda Radner . Try their Web site, at least you can find someone who

  3. Excerpt: 'Lessons for Dylan'

    Mon, 5 May 2003

    didn't move, the x-ray moved, computer controlled to come at me from three different angles. Joanna Bull had been Gilda Radner 's therapist when Gilda was fighting cancer. Joanna studies Eastern religions and taught me the Zen trick of self-hypnosis

  4. Live From New York Book Excerpt-

    Wed, 23 Oct 2002

    which was very, very funny. Through the show there was a thread where Gilda Radner had a crush on me and at the end of this first show that I did, we married; Gilda Radner and I had a wedding ceremony, and Madeline Kahn's mother was cast

  5. Live From New York Book Excerpt

    Wed, 23 Oct 2002

    launched, every time the performer contract was put in front of him, it never got signed. BERNIE BRILLSTEIN: I had to call Gilda Radner in Vancouver and urge her not to do the David Steinberg show, a syndicated show. It was an offer she'd been considering

  6. Those Wacky Justice Dept. Women

    Fri, 7 Jun 2002

    Rowley's testimony that was reminiscent of Emily Litella, Saturday Night Live's crotchety news commentator played by Gilda Radner . She had to admit, when asked about risk-averse behavior at FBI headquarters, that she's "never actually served at

  7. Showbiz Commentary: Heidi Oringer

    Thu, 25 Oct 2001

    Edge? Many have said that Saturday Night Live lost its edge way back when they lost original cast members Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner , John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin and others. Although I certainly agree the first ensemble cast was simply outstanding

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Videos

  1. Who's the Greatest TV Dad of All Time?

    Tue, 18 Sep 2012

    This is the -- we have best comedies, best drama, best nonhuman. And I did interviews. I talked to lorne michaels about gilda radner doing barbara wawa. You also got to take lucy and desi arnaz jr. Back to the set. We went back to the original set. Remember

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    best nonhuman. And I did interviews. I talked to lorne michaels about gilda radner doing barbara wawa. You also got to take lucy and desi arnaz jr. Back to the set. We went back to the
  2. Men vs. Women: Who Is Funnier?

    Sun, 23 Oct 2011

    teach English to the Jim Carlson and stage she worked the same stage that launched John Belushi Bill Murray Tina Fey and Gilda Radner . When not look at. On purpose because it's not attacked I mean we may be more crass. Does that make it funny here before

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    the same stage that launched John Belushi Bill Murray Tina Fey and Gilda Radner . When -- -- not look at. On purpose because it's not attacked I mean we may be more crass. Does that make
  3. When Jason Segel and Muppets Combine

    Fri, 4 Nov 2011

    remembered the Muppet Show many remember the delightfully subversive humor that came when the likes of Alice Cooper Gilda Radner or Peter Sellers. Shared the stage with America's most beloved bits felt. So it's kind of brilliant to revive

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    the delightfully subversive humor that came when the likes of Alice Cooper Gilda Radner or Peter Sellers. Shared the stage with America's most beloved bits -- felt. So it's kind of brilliant to revive this franchise
  4. Mike Myers on Life Beyond Movies

    Thu, 20 May 2010

    cards. It was an energy crisis. President TV commercials really yeah religion And an Atlanta being on for a year. And Gilda Radner had played my mother and TV commercial. And my doesn't happen to most of us it doesn't It's a very strange but I I

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    religion -- And -- an Atlanta being on for a year. And Gilda Radner had played my mother and -- TV commercial. And my -- doesn't happen to most of us it doesn't -- It's a
  5. Billy Crystal Remembers Joel Siegel

    Mon, 9 Jul 2007

    can't thank you enough. For all the controlling things you said the family here you know. founded this club along with Gilda Radner husband actor Gene Wilder to help cancer patients and their families and I want everybody to hear what Gene Wilder had to

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    the family here you know. -- founded -- this club along with Gilda Radner husband actor Gene Wilder to help cancer patients and their families and I want everybody to hear what Gene Wilder had to
  6. Joel Siegel's Cancer Awareness

    Mon, 9 Jul 2007

    of 31. Devastated turn pain into action. He an actor Gene Wilder the first club named Kamal there's late live comedian Gilda Radner who had suffered from ovarian cancer. It's a support group for people who have cancer it's as simple as. When you have

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    Wilder -- the first -- club named Kamal there's late live comedian Gilda Radner who had suffered from ovarian cancer. It's a support group for people who have cancer it's as simple as. When you have
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  1. PHOTO: A candid portrait of actor and comedian Gilda Radner smiling, circa 1982, in New York City.
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