Brett Butler

Birthplace: Montgomery, Alabama
Birthday: January 30, 1958

Promoted as "a good ol' girl" version of Lenny Bruce, this bleached blonde, acid-tongued and sharp-witted comic made a name for herself in stand-up comedy before landing her own sitcom, "Grace Under Fire" (ABC, 1993-98). Named after Lady Brett Ashley in Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", Butler describes herself as "proletarian, but literate" and that intelligence shines through in her material. Her potentially devastating put-downs of sexists, racists, and others who get her goat is softened somewhat by her Southern accent and sunny deme…more

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Credits

Actor

Brett Butler: The Child Ain t Right
Montreal International Comedy Festival 94
Growing Up Funny
Who Makes You Laugh?
Brett Butler: Sold Out

Consultants & Advisors

Grace Under Fire
Executive Consultant

Producer

Brett Butler: Sold Out
Executive Producer
Grace Under Fire
Executive Producer

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Career Milestones

2000
Appeared in two-week stint in the Off-Broadway play "The Vagina Monolgues"
2000
Made pilot for ABC sitcom tentatively titled "Homecoming Queen"
2000
Resumed standup comedy career
1998
Production of "Grace Under Fire" was suspended allegedly because of Butler's ongoing substance abuse problems; Butler reportedly entered rehab again for substance abuse treatment
1997
Entered rehab for addiction to prescription painkillers