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Lea DeLaria

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Biography

May 23, 1958 saw the birth of Lea to Robert and Jerry Delaria. Her father was a social worker and jazz pianist who instilled…more

Born

5/23/1958, Belleville, Illinois, U.S.

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Gender

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Star (4)

Role
- One Life To Live
  Madame Delphina
  - S 41: Ep 33 Don't Cry For Me, Mendorra
    8/28/08
  - S 41: Ep 17 Jumpin' Jehosophat!
    8/6/08
  - S 40: Ep 254 Daddy's Little Girl
    7/14/08
  - S 40: Ep 247 Miracles Whipped
    7/2/08
  - S 40: Ep 246 As Fate Would Have It
    7/1/08
  - + 1 More Credits
- One Life To Live
  Madame Delphina / Professor Delbert Fina
  - S 41: Ep 31 Fort Bliss
    8/26/08
  - S 41: Ep 29 Crank Dat Soldier Boy
    8/22/08
  - S 41: Ep 24 No Time Like The Present
    8/15/08
  - S 41: Ep 23 The Times, They Are A-Changing
    8/14/08
  - S 41: Ep 22 The Look of Love
    8/13/08
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Oblongs
  Helga Phugly (Voice)
  - S 2: Ep 9 Father of the Bribe
    10/20/02
  - S 1: Ep 12 My Name is Robbie
    10/6/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Please Be Genital
    9/15/02
  - S 2: Ep 2 Get Off My Back
    9/8/02
  - S 1: Ep 9 Pickles' Little Amazons
    8/25/02
  - + 7 More Credits
- The Oblongs
  Helga
  - S 1: Ep 1 Misfit Love
    4/1/01
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- One Life To Live
  Madame Delphina
  - S 44: Ep 117 Ep. #11096
    12/30/11
  - S 44: Ep 61 Ep. #11040
    10/10/11
  - S 44: Ep 43 Ep. #11022
    9/14/11
  - S 42: Ep 109 Who's Sorry Now?
    12/17/09
  - S 42: Ep 108 The Mel Word
    12/16/09
  - + 3 More Credits
- One Life To Live
  Professor Delbert Fina
  - S 44: Ep 113 Ep. #11092
    12/23/11
  - S 44: Ep 112 Ep. #11091
    12/22/11
  - S 44: Ep 111 Ep. #11090
    12/21/11
  - S 44: Ep 110 Ep. #11089
    12/20/11
Guest Star (17)

Role
- Californication
  Debbie
  - S 5: Ep 8 Raw
    3/4/12
- One Life To Live
  Prof. Delbert Fina, Jr.
  - S 44: Ep 110 Ep. #11089
    12/20/11
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Frankie
  - S 10: Ep 14 Transitions
    2/17/09
- Will & Grace
  Nurse Carver
  - S 6: Ep 8 Swimming From Cambodia
    11/20/03
- Job
  Kiki
  - S 2: Ep 4 Gina
    2/6/02
- Tales Of The City
  Willie Omiak
  - S 3: Ep 4 Further Tales of the City (4)
    5/27/01
  - S 3: Ep 3 Further Tales of the City (3)
    5/20/01
- The Beat (2000)
  Officer Kathy Speck
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Beat Goes On
    3/21/00
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Herself
  - S 4: Ep 65 Show #689
    12/9/99
  - S 3: Ep 138 Show #569
    4/9/99
  - S 3: Ep 47 Show #478
    11/10/98
- Great Performances
  Performer
  - S 28: Ep 4 My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
    12/2/99
- The Drew Carey Show
  Jewel
  - S 2: Ep 14 Drewstock
    1/29/97
- Friends
  Woman
  - S 2: Ep 11 The One with the Lesbian Wedding
    1/18/96
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  Miss Hearst
  - S 3: Ep 11 Ryan's Worst Nightmare
    10/21/95
- The John Larroquette Show
  Loreli
  - S 2: Ep 15 Wrestling Matches
    1/31/95
- Matlock
  Pat Poletti
  - S 9: Ep 9 Dead Air
    12/8/94
- The John Larroquette Show
  Lorelei
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Dark and Stormy Night
    4/12/94
- Matlock
  Det. Pat Jordan
  - S 8: Ep 17 The Murder Game
    2/10/94
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Herself
  - S 5: Ep 124 March 30, 1993
    3/30/93

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- In December 2008, Lea participated to the concert Broadway Sings for Toys.
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- In 2008, Lea presented her show Naked at the Sydney Opera House as part of the The Famous Spiegeltent show.
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- September 2008, a new album from Lea The Live Smoke Sessions was released, it was recorded at the jazz club Smoke in uptown Manhattan. The songs are arrangements in jazz of pop classics like Down With Love, Night And Day and Love Me Or Leave Me.
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- (On mixing Comedy and Music in her shows) Lea: I've always done that because my comedy is so loud, it's in your face, it's vulgar, it's screaming. And after about five minutes the audience is like, mommy, make it stop. What I found when I was much younger, when I first started, if I could sing a song, I could lull the audience into a false sense of security. And then I would start screaming at them again. And that really worked for me.
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- (On being the first openly gay performer on an American Network with her appearance on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1993) Lea: That's my little "change of the world" moment. I was the first openly gay comic on network television, and the comedy clubs saw that gay people could put money in their pockets.
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- Lea: What do you mean, you 'don't believe in homosexuality'? It's not like the Easter Bunny, your belief isn't necessary.
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