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Ellen DeGeneres is 5' 8" tall. She has
blonde hair and blue eyes.
Ellen was born on January 26th, 1958 in Jefferson
Parish, Louisiana, at the Ochsner Hospital. She has a brother,
Vance, who is four years older than her. She was raised a
Christian Scientist and claims not to have had any experience
with asprin until she was 15. Her favorite band was the Monkees
and she had a crush on actor Robby Benson (Ode To Billy Joe)
who directs her show "Ellen
Show" now.
During her second year of High School Ellen's parents split
and she moved with her mum to Atlanta, Texas, which she described
as a huge culture shock. Her father and Vance stayed in New
Orleans. It was during this time that Ellen realised she had
a natural knack for making people laugh as she was forever
fooling around mocking her mother's dancing to try and make
her a little happier.
As soon as she graduated from High School in 1976, Ellen moved
back to New Orleans. She had no plans to go to college and
no idea what she was going to do - but she didn't care! She
began working at a series of places including as an oyster-shucker
in a restaurant and a door-to-door salesperson.
Ellen then started working as an emcee at a local venue called
Clyde's Corner in 1981 at age 23. After about 12 months the
place suddenly closed down and after that for about a year
she was a court runner for a law firm. During this time she
entered the Funniest Person in New Orleans contest. Even though
she was very sick, Ellen won. She then won for the state of
Louisiana and then for the whole of America.
In 1983 Ellen then moved to San Fransisco headlining with
the title "The funniest person in America."
In 1986 she moved on to Los Angeles and worked at many venues
including The Improv in Hollywood. It was here that, at the
advise of Jay Leno, "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson"
sent a booker to watch her routine. She made her "Tonight
Show" debut that year - earning the distinction of being
the only female comic to be invited by Carson to sit on the
couch on a first appearance. She subsequently appeared with
Johnny Carson six times and has made regular appearances on
Jay Leno, Late Show with Letterman, Arsenio Hall Show and
the Oprah Winfrey Show to name just a few.
Ellen has also won 1991's American Comedy Award for best Female
Comedy Club Stand-up. Her unique comedic talents were also
heralded when she received a Cable ACE Award nomination for
her HBO one woman show "Command Performance: One Night
Stand. "
Ellen made her first splash in television series comedy as
office oddball Margo Van Meter on "Open House".
Her second series role in 1992 was as nurse Nancy MacIntyre
in "Laurie Hill". In 1992 Ellen knocked back a role
in what would become the hit series "Friends". Read
more of Ellen's
Bio
Ellen
DeGeneres Bio at Wikipedia.org
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