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Rosie O'Donnell

Milestones

  • Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
  • Birthday: March 21, 1962
  • 2009

    Will host a daily radio show for Sirius XM Radio in the fall

  • 2007

    Released her second memoir Celebrity Detox

  • 2006

    Announced as the replacement for Meredith Viera on "The View" (ABC)

  • 2006

    Helmed the documentary film "Aboard: Rosie's Family Cruise," about R. Family Vacations, the gay cruise that was started by O'Donnell and her partner (aired on HBO)

  • 2006 to 2007

    Returned to daytime TV as co-host of "The View" (ABC); left the show in 2007 and was replaced by Whoopi Goldberg

  • 2005

    Cast in the role of Golde, the wife of Harvey Fierstein's 'Tevye the milkman' in the Broadway revival of the musical, "Fiddler on the Roof"

  • 2005

    Co-starred as a developmentally disabled woman opposite Andie MacDowell in the CBS movie "Riding the Bus With My Sister"; directed by Anjelica Huston

  • 2002

    Played a lesbian on an episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC) only a month before she officially 'came out'

  • 2002

    Published her memoir Find Me

  • 2002

    Resigned from daytime television and returned to doing stand-up

  • 2002

    Severed her connection with Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing and resigned from the Rosie Magazine

  • 2001

    Assumed role of the Cat in the Hat in the Broadway musical "Seussical" while originator David Shiner was on vacation

  • 2001

    Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary "Artists and Orphans: A True Drama"

  • 2000 to 2002

    Became the editorial director of McCall's magazine; retitled it Rosie in 2001; ceased publication at the end of 2002

  • 1999

    Hosted "The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards"

  • 1999

    Supplied the voice of Terkoz for Disney's animated "Tarzan"

  • 1998

    Portrayed a baseball-loving nun in M. Night Shyamalan's "Wide Awake"

  • 1997 to 1998

    Served as host for the annual Tony Awards telecast on CBS for two consecutive years

  • 1996

    Had a memorable role in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls"

  • 1996 to 2002

    Hosted the daily syndicated talk show "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"; also served as executive producer

  • 1994

    Made Broadway debut as Rizzo in a revival of the musical "Grease"

  • 1994

    Offered a bright performance in Garry Marshall's "Exit to Eden" as half of a team of undercover cops

  • 1994

    Played Betty Rubble in the live-action feature version of "The Flintstones"

  • 1993

    Joined Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez for the sequel, "Another Stakeout"

  • 1993

    Played Meg Ryan's best buddy in "Sleepless in Seattle"

  • 1992

    Made feature acting debut in Penny Marshall's "A League of Their Own"

  • 1992

    Starred in the short-lived FOX sitcom "Stand By Your Man"

  • 1988

    Produced and hosted VH-1's half-hour series "Stand Up Spotlight"

  • 1986

    TV series debut as Nell Carter's dental-hygenist neighbor on "Gimme a Break" (NBC)

  • 1984

    TV debut on the syndicated series "Star Search"; winning the comedy competition five times by decade's end

  • 1978

    Professional debut as comedian at the local Ground Round restaurant's open-mike night at age 16

  • Made her stage debut as Glinda, the Good Witch, in a second grade production of "The Wizard of Oz"

Upcoming Appearances

In Living Single

Monday, Dec 7 at 11:30 am OXYGN

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