Rosie O'Donnell
Milestones
- Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
- Birthday: March 21, 1962
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2009
Will host a daily radio show for Sirius XM Radio in the fall
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2007
Released her second memoir Celebrity Detox
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2006
Announced as the replacement for Meredith Viera on "The View" (ABC)
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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)
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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
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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"
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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
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2002
Played a lesbian on an episode of "Will & Grace" (NBC) only a month before she officially 'came out'
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2002
Published her memoir Find Me
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2002
Resigned from daytime television and returned to doing stand-up
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2002
Severed her connection with Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing and resigned from the Rosie Magazine
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2001
Assumed role of the Cat in the Hat in the Broadway musical "Seussical" while originator David Shiner was on vacation
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2001
Narrated the Oscar-nominated documentary "Artists and Orphans: A True Drama"
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2000 to 2002
Became the editorial director of McCall's magazine; retitled it Rosie in 2001; ceased publication at the end of 2002
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1999
Hosted "The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards"
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1999
Supplied the voice of Terkoz for Disney's animated "Tarzan"
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1998
Portrayed a baseball-loving nun in M. Night Shyamalan's "Wide Awake"
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1997 to 1998
Served as host for the annual Tony Awards telecast on CBS for two consecutive years
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1996
Had a memorable role in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls"
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1996 to 2002
Hosted the daily syndicated talk show "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"; also served as executive producer
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1994
Made Broadway debut as Rizzo in a revival of the musical "Grease"
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1994
Offered a bright performance in Garry Marshall's "Exit to Eden" as half of a team of undercover cops
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1994
Played Betty Rubble in the live-action feature version of "The Flintstones"
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1993
Joined Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez for the sequel, "Another Stakeout"
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1993
Played Meg Ryan's best buddy in "Sleepless in Seattle"
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1992
Made feature acting debut in Penny Marshall's "A League of Their Own"
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1992
Starred in the short-lived FOX sitcom "Stand By Your Man"
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1988
Produced and hosted VH-1's half-hour series "Stand Up Spotlight"
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1986
TV series debut as Nell Carter's dental-hygenist neighbor on "Gimme a Break" (NBC)
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1984
TV debut on the syndicated series "Star Search"; winning the comedy competition five times by decade's end
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1978
Professional debut as comedian at the local Ground Round restaurant's open-mike night at age 16
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Made her stage debut as Glinda, the Good Witch, in a second grade production of "The Wizard of Oz"