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Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American
stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
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, actress, podcaster, television writer, author and producer. She won two Daytime Emmy Awards
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for her work as a writer and producer on ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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This talk sh ...
''.Life and career
She was born on November 15, 1962, inNewark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area. She is a lesbian who shared a relationship with Sharon Callahan, her former partner, for almost 20 years. She has two children (Henry, 1996, and Ben, 2001), facts she frequently referenced on the show ''
Her one-woman show ''25 Questions for a Jewish Mother'', co-written with
25 Questions for a Jewish Mother''Voices on Antisemitism'' Interview with Judy Gold
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Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn
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Show history an ...
''. Gold is very active in both LGBT
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and Jewish
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communities. She was active in support of the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential campaign. In an interview with Marc Maron
Marcus David Maron (born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, actor, and musician.
In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than forty ...
, Gold revealed her comedic influences to be Joan Rivers
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, Phyllis Diller
Phyllis Ada Diller (née Driver; July 17, 1917 – August 20, 2012) was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist, best known for her eccentric stage persona, self-deprecating humor, wild hair and clothes, and e ...
, and Totie Fields
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Early life
Fields was born Sophie Feldman in Hartford, Connecticut. She started singing in Boston clubs while still in high school, taking the stage na ...
.
Her one-woman show ''25 Questions for a Jewish Mother'', co-written with Kate Moira Ryan
Kate Moira Ryan is an American playwright.
Among the plays Ryan has worked on are ''Leaving Queens''; '' The Beebo Brinker Chronicles'', an adaptation of three books by Ann Bannon; ''Caveweller''; and ''Bass for Picasso''.
Ryan was the co-wri ...
, is based on a series of interviews with more than 50 Jewish mothers in the United States. Their stories are interspersed with anecdotes about her own mother and her life as a lesbian mother of two sons. It ran at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City in early 2006 and reopened on October 12, 2006, at St. Luke's Theater. Judy Gold also appears as a commentator on truTV's '' TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest''. In 2007, she was featured in the film ''Making Trouble'', a tribute to female Jewish comedians, produced by the Jewish Women's Archive. In 2011, Gold was named a Givenik Ambassador. In 2015, she appeared off-Broadway
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as Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt () (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four ...
in the satiric musical '' Clinton: The Musical'' at New World Stages
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.
''The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom''
On June 30, 2011, ''The Judy Gold Show: My Life as a Sitcom'', began previews at Off-Broadway's DR2 Theatre in New York City. This one-woman show is an homage to the classic sitcoms of Gold's youth. The show is written by Gold and Kate Moira Ryan and directed by Amanda Charlton. The show officially opened on July 6, 2011, to positive reviews. ''The New York Times'' called the show "highly entertaining." The ''New York Post
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It was established ...
'' called the show "gleefully self-deprecating". The show subsequently opened in Los Angeles June 18, 2013, and had a one-month run at the Geffen Playhouse.
''Kill Me Now'' podcast
Judy Gold began the ''Kill Me Now'' ''with Judy Gold'' podcast in 2015.Filmography
Film
Television
Web
References
External links
* *25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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