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Sandra Bernhard

  • Birthplace: Flint, Michigan
  • Birthday: June 6, 1955

An acerbic, self-deprecating and full-lipped (think Mick Jagger or Aerosmith's Steven Tyler) renaissance woman, Sandra Bernhard has offered cutting-edge social commentary since beginning humbly at an open-mike night at Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills in 1975. At the time she was a manicurist to the stars, a vocation she practiced for six years before her comedy stylings enabled her to give up her day job for good. She had made her feature debut in "Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams" (19981), but it was her over-the-top turn as th…more

Career Milestones

  • 2006

    Performed off-Broadway in Sandra Bernhard: Everything Bad and Beautiful

  • 2005

    Cast on Showtime s lesbian drama The L Word as a well-known straight author who teaches a class for budding young writers

  • 2002

    Guest-starred as herself on NBC s Will & Grace

  • 2001

    Announced as host of the A&E late night talk show The Sandra Bernhard Experience to air in 2002

  • 2000

    Starred in one-person stage show The Love Machine

Awards

  • 1983

    National Society of Film Critics Association Award: Best Supporting Actress

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