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Sandra Bernhard

American actress · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1955 · age 71

Sandra Bernhard is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy, where she often critiqued celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is also well known as the ex-best friend of Madonna.

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2025Lilith Fair: Building a MysteryFilm2023Percy Jackson and the OlympiansSeries, Anger2022Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ CelebrationFilm2017Dying LaughingFilm2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries2013Brooklyn Nine-NineSeries, Darlene Linetti2010See You in SeptemberFilm, Charlotte2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSeries2008“On one side you have book burners, Congressional wives and Pat Robertson.”In their words29 June 2008As quoted in "The Joke's on U.S.: American Women Standing Up to be Counted" by Barry Didcock, Glasgow Sunday Herald (29 June 2008), p. 18

2004Project RunwaySeriesSpider-Man vs. Doc OckFilm, 2004Sarah Baker (voice)2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2000Dinner RushFilm, Jennifer Freely1999Family GuySeries, Sandra Bernhard (voice)1998An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, BurnFilm, Ann Glover1997The ViewSeries1996The Late ShiftFilm, Sandra Bernhard1994Chicago HopeSeries, Sheila TruittDallas DollFilm, 1994Dallas Adair1993“Madonna's got one big choice. Take a couple of years off and become a human being.”In their words12 September 1993As quoted in The Sunday Times

“Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.”In their wordsJune 1993First line from her autobiography, Love, Love and Love (June 1993)

1991Hudson HawkFilm, Minerva Mayflower1989Tales from the CryptSeries, Sheila WintersHeavy PettingFilm, 19891986The Whoopee BoysFilm, Extra (uncredited)1982The King of ComedyFilm, Masha1980Shogun AssassinFilm, Voice (voice)1955Born6 June 1955

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  • The King of Comedy 1982
  • Marty Supreme 2025
  • Dinner Rush 2000
  • Shogun Assassin 1980
  • Hercules: Zero to Hero 1999

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Television 24

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  1. My father was a proctologist; my mother was an abstract artist. That's how I view the world.

    From her one-woman show "Without You I'm Nothing", Own words

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Born 1955 · age 71

In the same film or series as Sandra

Rooney MaraAlso in Dare (2009)Treat WilliamsAlso in The Late Shift (1996)Richard E. GrantAlso in Hudson Hawk (1991)Leslie NielsenAlso in Wrongfully Accused (1998)Jerry LewisAlso in The King of Comedy (1982)