The View
Weekdays 11:00 AM on ABC
Cast & Crew
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Joy Behar
Host
Joy Behar, currently a co-host of ABC's The View, is among today's leading comic talents. Whether performing standup comedy or interviewing politicians and artists, she is a comedic original and a leading woman on stage and screen. Armed with an M.A. in English education from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Ms. Behar originally began a career in teaching. She then set out to pursue comedy professionally, and immediately received bookings from famous New York clubs, such as Caroline's and Catch a Rising Star. Ms. Behar went on to win three MAC awards and a CableACE Award. On television, she starred in her own HBO special and was a regular on the series, Baby Boom. Other appearances include the voice of a hilariously neurotic patient on Dr. Katz, which won the CableACE Award. She has been a frequent panel member on the critically acclaimed Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher and has also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Hollywood Squares, Larry King Live, ABC's Spin City, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, The Late Show With David Letterman, the celebrity edition of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Live With Regis and Kelly, Charlie Rose and Bette. For three years Ms. Behar hosted a popular call-in radio show on WABC, where she discussed politics with a deadly humorous bent. Her film appearances include Cookie with Peter Falk, This Is My Life directed by Nora Ephron and Woody Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery. In theater she had a successful run in the off-Broadway hit The Food Chain, where she earned rave reviews in the starring role, and also in the critically-acclaimed play The Vagina Monologues. Ms. Behar is still a frequent comedy headliner and most recently appeared in "The Marshall's Women In Comedy Festival" at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. In January, 2001, she was chosen by TV Guide as a "Personality of the Year" nominee for the 3rd annual TV Guide Awards. In May, 2001 Ms. Behar and her fellow co-hosts were awarded the Safe Horizon Champion Award for their continued efforts of raising awareness of issues of importance to girls and women and for serving as confident, compassionate role models dedicated to excellence of the battle against violence and victimization. She is also the recipient of the Gracie Allen Tribute Award from the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television (2000) and the New York City Public Advocate's Special Advocate Award for her outstanding friendship to the Gay community (2000). In October, 2001 Ms. Behar launched her monthly colum "Tell Me About It" in Good Houskeeping where she dispenses advice with her usual mixture of common sense and humor. Her first book, titled Joy Shtick: or What Is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments?, was published by Hyperion and is available in paperback. Ms. Behar is heavily involved with numerous philanthropic organizations and is a frequent contributor to several charitable foundations. *Biography thanks to ABC.commoreless -
Barbara Walters
Host
Barbara Walters graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA in English. After college, she became the youngest producer at a New York television station.
She was the first female to anchor a news broadcast, in 1976, when she co-anchored 'ABC Evening News' with Harry Reasoner. She was also the first female co-anchor of the 'Today' show.
She has interviewed every president since Richard Nioxon, and her Monica Lewinsky interview is the highest rated interview ever.
She is currently the co-host of the daytime talk show, 'The View,' and she continues to have high-rated celebrity interviews on Oscar night.moreless -
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Host (2003-)
Originally from Rhode Island, Elisabeth graduated from Boston College. While working as a shoe designer for Puma, she appeared on the CBS reality show, 'Survivor: Australian Outback'. She hosted The Style Network's show, The Look for Less from when it started until early summer 2005. The hosting job then went to Yoanna House.
Elisabeth then beat out many people for her spot as a co-host on, "The View". Including Erin Hershey Presley and Carnie Wilson.
In 2003 she married her college sweetheart, NFL QB Tim Hasselbeck.
On April 6th 2005 Elisabeth gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces.moreless -
Whoopi Goldberg
Host (2007-)
Whoopi Goldberg is one of just four actresses, and ten people all together, to win Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards (a.k.a. the quadruple crown of acting) for her work in film, television, recordings and theater, also winning Golden Globe Awards, as well. She is also equally well-known for her tireless humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, education, substance abuse and fight AIDS, and numerous other causes. Born and raised in New York City, Goldberg began working in theater and improvisation in San Diego and San Francisco, where she performed with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theater troupe. It was there that she created the gallery of characters that became The Spook Show, and later evolved into her breakthrough hit show on Broadway that yielded a Grammy Award-winning album.moreless -
Sherri Shepherd
Host (2007-)
Sherri Shepherd was born in Chicago where she was raised with her three sisters. Her father worked as a manager at a McDonald's franchise and he paid for her to attend a trade college in order to work as a legal secretary. While Sherri Shepherd pursued such a career for roughly seven years, she eventually got her big break in the show-business field when she appeared in the series Cleghorne, which eventually gained her additional performing roles. She has since then married and divorced actor and comic Jeff T., in which they now live in Los Angeles with their two pet dogs. She was announced as The View new co-host on September 10, 2007. Sherri Shepherd recently moved to New York City, New York to accommodate her schedule with The View.moreless -
Rosie O'Donnell
Host (2006-2007)
Rosie has 3 brothers, Timothy, Edward, and Daniel, and 1 sister, Maureen. She started her career as a stand up comedian, and later had her own talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She has also done work on the big screen in movies such as A League of Their Own. She is an avid fan of Broadway. After a controversial season on ABC's The View Rosie now stars on the Logo series The Big Gay Sketch Show. Rosie has adopted four children and lives with her life partner Kelly.moreless -
Star Jones
Host (1997-2006)
Star graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., and earned her law degree at the University of Houston. Before she turned her eye to the entertainment industry, she was a former assistant district attorney in New York state. -
Meredith Vieira
Host (1997-2006)
A Native Providence, Rhode Island girl, Meredith Vieira is a well-known television personality and has graced our homes on the small screen for over twenty-five years. Meredith has been on all three major networks for a great amount of time, first on CBS. Meredith's first on-screen job was as the Chicago Correspondent for CBS. Moving up the ladder, Meredith correspondend for CBS's major news magazines such as 60 Minutes. After CBS, Meredith had an unsuccessful news role on ABC for four years until she got the job of which she is so widely recognized for, her role for seven years on The View. Meredith also took over for Regis Philbin as host of the popular syndicated version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?. Hearing Katie Couric's announcement to leave The Today Show Meredith waved bye-bye to The View ladies and joined Matt Lauer to co-host the NBC news magazine, as she currently does.
Meredith now juggles being a wife, news anchor and mother with her three children Ben, Gabe, and Lily and hubby Richard Cohen.moreless -
Lisa Ling
Host (1999-2002)
Taciturn former co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View from 1999-2002. Now working for the National Geographic Channel and contributing special reports to the Oprah Winfrey Show. -
Debbie Matenopoulos
Host (1997-1999)
Debbie was born on Friday the 13th at 3:13. She was named Thespina after her grandmother who lives in Greece. Her parents immigrated to America. Debbie started her journalism career by writing a column in her high school newspaper. While living in VA she attended Virginia Commonwealth University while working with the radio station WVCW. In 1994 she applied for an internship with MTV and moved to New York City. She also started attending NYU. Her hard work with MTV paid off and soon she was hired on as a Production assistant and story coordinator for "Unfiltered". During her senior year at NYU she auditioned for the cohost position on the View. She worked on the View for 2 years before being fired. About a year and a half later she was offered a hosting job on the TV Guide Channel where she was interviewing sports stars, finding the latest high tech gadgets, and introducing trailers for new pay per view movies. Debbie is now working for the E! Channel on the daily 10. She is also married and rumored to be trying to get pregnant, according to her announcement went guest cohosting on the View in July 2006.moreless -
Seth Green
Himself
Seth was born to Herbert, a mathematics teacher, and Barbara, an artist in Philadelphia, PA. The couple already had a daughter, Kaela also an actress. Seth and Kaela were raised in Overbrook Park, PA. It is said that a photograph of him being born was used in an ad campaign for natural childbirth, but Seth's mother has denied this rumor. Seth attended public school and played soccer. He decided to make acting his career at age six when he took part in a workshop in his hometown and after appearing in a summer camp performance of "Hello, Dolly!" Seth actually got his start in commercials as a child including a John Denver Album, Fruit Loops, Carl's Jr., Rally's (the origination of the catchphrase "Cha-Ching!" which still follows Seth around to this day), Wendy's, Jello Pudding Pops, Kodak, Hewlett Packard Printer, California Department of Health Services on Smoking and most recently the US Sci-Fi Channel. One of his commercials was with Sarah Michelle Gellar, when she was four years old.
He went on to appear in such illustrious telly as The X-Files, The Wonder Years, Beverly Hills 90210, Evening Shade, seaQuest DSV (as Wolfman, maybe a sign of things to come?) before his extended exposure on Buffy, the Vampire Slayer as Oz.
He has appeared in many movies including: Hotel New Hampshire, Radio Days (as a young Woody Allen), My Stepmother Is An Alien (as Alyson Hannigan's boyfriend, another omen?), Pump Up The Volume (with Juliet Landau also of Buffy fame), the 1992 movie version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (his scenes were cut), Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery, Stonebrook, Idle Hands, Enemy Of The State, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Can't Hardly Wait.
Interestingly, Seth had a part in the movie version of Buffy - unfortunately, his part ended up on the cutting room floor, though a still photo of him (as a vampire) is on the back of the box of the US video release.
He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1991.
Though Seth has a very large list of credits, he didn't gain notoriety until Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Austin Powers came along.
Now he has less anonymity and a lot of fans to attest to it, from two distinctly separate groups eleven to seventeen-year-old girls and drug-dealers.
While his involvement with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie only goes back as far as the cutting room floor of 1992 he is apparently on the cover of the US video release.
In 1997 his return to the realm of Buffy came, it was not as grand as it would become: his contract was only for three episodes in Season Two (namely 'Inca Mummy Girl', 'Halloween' and 'What's My Line, Part One') as Oz, the first person to show an interest in Willow [Alyson Hannigan], but fairly early on it became apparent to Buffy creator Joss Whedon that Seth and Alyson got on well enough to make more of Oz and so he increased Oz's relevance to the story of 'What's My Line' and put him in Part Two (taking a bullet for Willow). Whedon wanted to give the characters besides Buffy [Sarah Michelle Gellar] more of a private life and Willow's love life had really only been explored with Xander [Nicholas Brendon]. Whedon wanted the audience to hate Oz for driving Willow and Xander apart and then love him. He wrote Oz into the big two part story of season two: 'Surprise' and 'Innocence' and gave him a scene with Willow where he tells her how he feels about her and it worked, Oz fans appeared all over. Oz was officially admitted into the Scooby Gang when he saw Buffy slay a vampire at The Bronze, helped steal a rocket launcher from the army and pick up immolated parts of a dead invincible demon. Not bad for a day's work.
Joss Whedon gave a copy of the next episode's script to Seth as a way to convince him to become a regular for the next season. It worked and Oz became the werewolf in 'Phases'. In 'Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered' he searched for Buffy after Amy [Elizabeth Anne Allen] turned her into a rat. In 'Passion' someone had to die and it was going to be Oz, but his signing up for the third season fortunately scuppered that and the unlucky honour fell to Jenny Calendar [Robia La Morte]. After his rodent recovery duties in 'Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered' he next appeared in the both parts of the two part Season Two finale 'Becoming, Part Two'. In the latter part of that Willow is in a coma and Xander, sitting at her bedside tells her he loves her, she wakes up and the first thing she says is "Oz?".
He made Entertainment Weekly's '1998 It List,' the magazine's annual pick of the hottest stars.
Oz naturally returned in Season Three in 'Anne' with a promotion to series regular and as part of the Buffy-absent slaying. In 'Dead Man's Party' and 'Faith, Hope & Trick' he is an integral part of the Scooby Gang. The next episode 'Beauty And The Beasts' starts as an Oz feature episode, but becomes a reminder of who Angel [David Boreanaz] is. For the remainder of the season Oz fulfils two roles: Willow's boyfriend and 'boy-in-a-band'. This is primarily due to the sheer amount of screen time devoted to new slayer Faith [Eliza Dushku]. That said he is still great in every scene in which he appears, highlights include 'Band Candy', 'Lover's Walk', 'The Wish', 'Amends', 'The Zeppo', 'Dopplegangland', 'Choices' and 'Earshot'. He becomes increasing under-utilized as the season progresses until 'Graduation Day, Part One and Two' where he has some of his best scenes all year.
Having decided to leave Buffy for a further career in movies Seth handed in his noticed and agreed to appear in the beginning of Season Four. In 'The Freshman' the gang (minus Angel and Cordelia [Charisma Carpenter], who have left for LA and their' own show: Angel) relocate to UC Sunnydale. In 'Living Conditions' Oz spots Veruca [Paige Moss] on campus and is strangely attracted to her (all in a split second). 'The Harsh Light of Day' and it's Angel crossover 'In The Dark' gave Oz double duties as he took the Gem of Amarra retrieved from Spike [James Marsters] and gave it to Angel and then helped Cordelia & Doyle [Glenn Quinn] save the day. In 'Fear, Itself' the gang get to feel the worst fears coming true two of which: Oz losing control of the wolf within and Willow losing Oz would come true two episodes later. Oz is almost infatuated with Veruca all through 'Beer Bad' and discovers that she is a werewolf like him in 'Wild At Heart' and they attack Prof. Walsh [Lindsay Crouse]have sex in wolf form. Realising he has no control over his wolf side he flees Sunnydale and Willow.
When he left to make the thriller 'Knockaround Guys' (with John Malkovich and Barry Pepper) it was not known if he was going to return. It was expected that he would and in a regular role, those with expectations were half right: he did return in 'New Moon Rising' but only as a guest star. Oz claims to have found a cure for his condition and doesn't change on the night of a full moon and he and Willow seem likely to be back together until Willow tells Buffy that she and Tara [Amber Benson] are involved. Oz meets Tara and is enraged and transforms into wolf form warning her to "Run". He is caught by The Initiative and almost killed by Riley [Marc Blucas] because he mistakenly thought Oz was the demon that attacked co - soldier Graham [Bailey Chase]. When Riley realises that it is Oz he attempts to help him escape risking a court martial at the hands of Col. McNamara [Conor O'Farrell] and held in the brig. Willow, Buffy, Xander and Spike attempt to break both of them out with the help of Giles, Anya [Emma Caulfield] and albeit unwittingly Adam [George Hertzberg]. Oz suspects that it is Willow that brings out the wolf in him and leaves again, Willow professes her love to Tara.
He also appears in the season finale, 'Restless' in Willow's dream as a metaphor for her life with him being different to her life with Tara. Only time will tell whether he will return to Buffy or in fact Angel. The rumours say yes, but then they always do. Don't they?
As for the future, Seth is apparently not interested in directing, but he would like to produce, as well as keep acting. He and his best friends Breckin Meyer and Ryan Phillippe have an office where they peruse scripts, and they are aiming to produce films together.
Next on the horizon the dark comedy Scorned. The film, which is based on an idea from Seth and his childhood-friend-turned-screenwriter Hugh Sterbakov, centres on a young engaged couple whose romance takes an ugly turn when they head to college; the affair becomes a grudge match, and the pair's dorm turns into a war zone.moreless -
Joan Rivers
Herself
Joan is the younger of two daughters of Russian immigrants Beatrice and Meyer Molinsky. Joan got into acting from an early age and continued throughout college; appearing in almost every college production. After graduating and at a loss for what to do Joan took a job as a buyer for a department store. Whilst there she married the Boss's son a marriage which only lasted 6 months. After this and determined to fulfill her dream Joan started making the rounds in New York going through the normal motions of sleazy agents, dirty clubs and hostile audiences. It wasn't until 1965 when her dreams came true with a booking on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. After this Joan met and married her second husband and had a daughter, Melissa. For Joan 1968 through 1972 was when she started making it with appearances on both television and the big screen. In 1983 Joan thought she was at the top of the world, she had book deals, permanent guest star positions on television, sold out concerts and comedy albums. After hitting rock bottom in her personal life Joan picked herself back up and in 1989 she was back on the screens and the stage.moreless -
Delta Burke
Herself
Born in Orlando, Florida, Delta Burke is the eldest of three. She began modeling and participating in beauty contests at an early age, having won 18 pageant titles by the time she was 17. She represented Florida in the Miss America Pageant, winning a talent scholarship, which she used to attend a two-year study program at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. In Hollywood, Delta won the co-starring role in the television movie Charleston, followed by starring roles in the miniseries The Seekers and The Chisholms and guest spots on numerous television movies and series. She landed the leading role in the series Filthy Rich and a starring role in HBO's first weekly series, First and Ten. Of course, she is best known for her five-year stint as Suzanne Sugarbaker in CBS's Designing Women -- for which she received two Emmy award nominations for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. After leaving Designing Women, Delta produced and starred in the ABC television series Delta where she actually sang and dyed her dark hair blonde. She later reunited with Designing Women creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason to star in and produce Women of the House, a spin-off where she reprised her popular Suzanne Sugarbaker character. It took Delta extensive therapy and medication to deal with her severe depression and realize she liked herself better as a size 16 than as a "starved" size 6. The self-described "beautiful, curvy woman" is now on a mission to make other "real-size" women feel good about themselves with her line of plus-size clothing. She started designing fashions for herself during her very public weight gain on Designing Women. Fan letters helped her through that difficult time, making her want to give back. So the actress created her first size 14-26 collection several years ago, and now Delta Burke Designs is in several clothing chains and catalogs. Her autobiographical book, Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am I, explains how she dealt with a lot of problems, including sexual abuse as a child and her very public battle with her weight. In addition to managing her successful New York design company, she continues to act and produce through her production company Perseverance, Inc. and is married to actor Gerald McRaney -- star of television hits Simon and Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. In 1999, Delta took on the recurring role of Cherry Cherry on the WB's Popular. A part written specifically for Delta, Cherry is a former Miss Texas 1974. In addition, she co-starred in the cult classic film Sordid Lives and landed the part of Mel Gibson's secretary in What Women Want. For the 2000-2001 TV season, she appeared with David Alan Grier in the series DAG, where she played the First Lady. Delta followed that up with a starring role in the Lifetime Original Movie, Dangerous Child. For 2003, The WB signed Delta as the lead in Sweet Potato Queens, a comedy based on the series of books by Mississippi writer Jill Conner Browne, however the Pilot was not picked up. Delta and Mac also starred together in the Lifetime Original Movie, Going Broke. Delta made her Broadway debut in 2003 as villainess Miss Mears in the musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie. Mrs. Meers is a corrupt former actress who dons Asian dragon-lady drag to sell orphan chorus girls to a white slavery ring. Delta continues to act and has been speaking candidly about her struggles with depression in order to help others deal with the disease.moreless -
John Lithgow
Himself
John Lithgow was born October 19 1945 as the son of Arthur Lithgow and Sarah Jane Price. Arthur Lithgow was directing and producing theater and John followed his footsteps as he got into acting during his time at Harvard University. After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, John attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He has a brilliant Broadway career with 2 Tony awards and 5 nominations. For TV-viewers John is mostly known as Dr. Dick Solomon, the main character of 3rd Rock from the Sun. 3rd Rock from the Sun was aired for six seasons and John was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for every one, he won 3 of the times (-96, -97 and -99). More recently we have seen John in movies as Kinsey and the voice of Lord Farquaad in Shrek.moreless -
Doris Roberts
Herself
Multiple-award-winning actress Doris Roberts has distinguished herself with her versatility on Broadway and in numerous film and television roles. She starred on Broadway in "The Death of Bessie Smith," "Marathon '33," "The Desk Set," "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," "Cheaters," "The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild" and "Bad Habits," for which she won the Outer Critics Circle Award.
Her nearly 30 feature-film credits include Nominated for nine Emmy Awards, Roberts won the 2001, 2002 and 2003 Emmy Awards as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, for which she was also nominated in both l999 and 2000. She also won an Emmy Award for a guest-starring role in "St. Elsewhere" and was nominated for an Emmy for "Remington Steele." She received three Viewers for Quality Television Awards as Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy, the l999 American Comedy Award as Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series, the 2001 TV Guide Award as Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the 2002 Golden Satellite Award as Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical. She was nominated for the 2002 American Film Institute Award as Best Actress in a Comedy Series and shared the 2003 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Her completed memoir, Are You Hungry, Dear? Wich was on the best seller lists for many weeks.
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Herself
The daughter of film stars Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis launched her film career as a "scream queen." After a nondescript supporting role on the TV seriesOperation Petticoat, Curtis rose to cult stardom playing the straightlaced teenage baby sitter imperiled by an unknown slasher in Halloween (1978). Upon appearing in the film's sequel and in such spookers as The Fog (1979) and Prom Night (1980), she seemed in danger of being limited to blood-splattered horror films. But Curtis wasn't about to be typed this early in the game: with a meaty secondary role as a prostitute -- featuring several well-publicized nude scenes -- in the big-budget comedy Trading Places (1983), she made the transition from imperiled teen type to knowing adult with nary a hitch.
Curtis didn't exactly have a string of box-office smashes after Trading Places, but she was always worth watching even when the films weren't. And when the good parts did come along, notably her roles in A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and My Girl (1991), she proved she was an actress of range and stature and not just another "movie star's kid." Taking a potentially humiliating role as the unknowing wife of a secret agent in the megabucks Schwarzenegger adventure True Lies (1994), Curtis delivered a sparkling performance, emerging as the only truly likable character in a very loud and extremely misogynistic melodrama. In 1997, she was reunited with the cast of A Fish Called Wanda (Kevin Kline, John Cleese, and Michael Palin) for Fierce Creatures, another comedy/farce in the same vein as Wanda. Unfortunately, the film was largely disappointing, but the following year, Curtis rebounded with a return to familiar territory in Halloween: H2O. The slasher flick, though less than a critical favorite, proved to be popular with audiences. In 1999, Curtis again ventured into the big-budget realm with the action thriller Virus, and had a supporting role in Daddy and Them, Billy Bob Thornton's sophomore writing/directorial effort. She could then be seen in Drowning Mona, a black comedy in which she played a waitress caught up in an affair with the husband of her town's most infamous dead woman.
Jamie is now returning in a 7th sequel to the 1979 hit Halloween and will also be reprising her role as Helen Tasker in True Lies 2. Both are out late 2002.
Married to actor Christopher Guest since 1984, Curtis became a Baroness, Lady Haden-Guest, when her husband inherited the Barony in 1996.moreless -
Regis Philbin
Himself
A native New Yorker, Regis Philbin took A.M. Los Angeles from the bottom of the ratings to number one. Philbin is the co-host of the long-running morning show, originally The Morning Show, then changed to Live with Regis and Kathy Lee when Kathy Lee Gifford joined. Upon Gifford's departure, Kelly Ripa became co-host, and the name was changed to Live with Regis and Kelly. Philbin has also hosted Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and currently hosts a reincarnation of the c game show Password titled Million Dollar Password. In the summer of 2004, he became the most filmed television personality of all-time, with over 15,000 hours. Regis and wife Joy have two adult daughters, Joanne and Jennifer.moreless -
Whoopi Goldberg
Guest Co-Host
Whoopi Goldberg is one of just four actresses, and ten people all together, to win Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards (a.k.a. the quadruple crown of acting) for her work in film, television, recordings and theater, also winning Golden Globe Awards, as well. She is also equally well-known for her tireless humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, education, substance abuse and fight AIDS, and numerous other causes. Born and raised in New York City, Goldberg began working in theater and improvisation in San Diego and San Francisco, where she performed with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theater troupe. It was there that she created the gallery of characters that became The Spook Show, and later evolved into her breakthrough hit show on Broadway that yielded a Grammy Award-winning album.moreless -
Whoopi Goldberg
Herself
Whoopi Goldberg is one of just four actresses, and ten people all together, to win Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards (a.k.a. the quadruple crown of acting) for her work in film, television, recordings and theater, also winning Golden Globe Awards, as well. She is also equally well-known for her tireless humanitarian efforts on behalf of children, the homeless, human rights, education, substance abuse and fight AIDS, and numerous other causes. Born and raised in New York City, Goldberg began working in theater and improvisation in San Diego and San Francisco, where she performed with the Blake Street Hawkeyes theater troupe. It was there that she created the gallery of characters that became The Spook Show, and later evolved into her breakthrough hit show on Broadway that yielded a Grammy Award-winning album.moreless -
Samuel L. Jackson
Himself
Samuel Leroy Jackson is an American actor. He has starred in many Hollywood movies. His performance in Jungle Fever was so acclaimed, the 1991 Cannes Film Festival created a Supporting Actor award just for him. Along with that award, he has won many others including a Silver Berlin Bear, A BAFTA Film Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards.
He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Spike Lee movies Do The Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues and Jungle Fever, the Quentin Tarantino movies Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and as Jedi Mace Windu in the prequel Star Wars Trilogy. Thus, he is usually cast into roles that involve a cool, controlled, "in-the-know" black man. His roles most always involve a memorable line delivery; and Jackson's trademark voice inflection lend heavily to this key attribute.
He received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction.
His impressive film career has given him the title of highest box office grossing actor, just passing Harrison Ford.
Partial filmography:
The Spirit (2008)
Jumper (2008)
In My Country (2005)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)
XXX: State of the Union (2005)
Coach Carter (2005)
The Incredibles (2004) (voice only)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (video game character voice-over)
Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Basic (2003)
XXX (2002)
The House on Turk Street (2002)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)
Changing Lanes (2002)
The 51st State (2001)
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Unbreakable (2000)
Shaft (2000)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Any Given Sunday (2000)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Red Violin (1998)
The Negotiator (1998)
Sphere (1998)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Eve's Bayou (1997)
One Eight Seven (1997)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Trees Lounge (1996)
The Great White Hype (1996)
Sydney (1996)
Fluke (1995)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Kiss of Death (1995)
Losing Isaiah (1995)
Hail Caesar (1994)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
The New Age (1994)
Assault at West Point (1994)
Fresh (1994)
True Romance (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Menace II Society (1993)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Fathers & Sons (1992)
Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992)
Patriot Games (1992)
White Sands (1992)
Juice (1992)
Johnny Suede (1991)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Betsy's Wedding (1990)
Def by Temptation (1990)
School Daze (1988)
Coming to America (1988)
Eddie Murphy: Raw (1987)
Ragtime (1981)
Together for Days (1972)moreless -
Anne Heche
Herself
A waifish blonde, Anne Heche (pronounced 'haytch') was still relatively unknown when she made headlines in April 1997 disclosing her relationship with comedienne Ellen DeGeneres. Almost immediately, there was speculation and questions about whether the actress' decision to reveal her lesbianism would adversely affect her career, particularly as Heche had been cast as Harrison Ford's love interest in "Six Days/Seven Nights" (1998). Reportedly, the marketing campaign for the film was altered to play up the adventure aspect of the film instead of the romance. Heche, however, had already proven herself as an actress. The daughter of a Baptist minister who was a closet homosexual and succumbed to AIDS complications in 1983 (although Heche has hinted he committed suicide in interviews), the thin wide-eyed performer began her career as a singer and dancer in dinner theater. After her father's death, Heche did not perform for several years until graduating from high school. Within weeks, she had landed her first major role, that of good and evil twins, Vicky and Marly on the NBC soap opera "Another World". During her four year stint, Heche earned a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Younger Actress in 1991 and engaged in a high profile romance with her co-star Richard Burgi. Feeling stifled, Heche decided to leave the show after four years and enroll at the Parsons School of Design. Instead, she landed a role alongside Jessica Lange in the CBS production "O Pioneers!" (1992) and decided to concentrate on an acting career. Film roles soon followed, including her debut as Mary Jane Wilks in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1993). She gradually landed larger roles in "I'll Do Anything" (1994) and the TV-movies "Against the Wall" (HBO, 1994), as Kyle MacLachlan's wife, and "Kingfish: A Story of Huey Long" (TNT, 1995), as the politician's mistress. Heche landed the breakthrough role of a doctor friend of Demi Moore who falls victim to a hit man in "The Juror" (1996). She went to co-star with Catherine Keener in the indie "Walking and Talking' (also 1996) before landing the role of Johnny Depp's neglected wife in "Donnie Brasco" (1997). Later that year, Heche was teamed with Tommy Lee Jones in the disaster flick "Volcano" and won praise for her turn as a presidential advisor in Barry Levinson's political satire "Wag the Dog" (a role written for a man which Heche played with no changes to the dialogue). By the time of the latter's release, Heche and DeGeneres had taken their relationship public. While pundits fretted over what the disclosure might do to Heche's career, the actress pressed on landing co-starring roles with Harrison Ford in the romantic adventure "Six Days, Seven Nights" and Vince Vaughn in "Return to Paradise" (both 1998). She further solidified her rising star status by tackling the role of Marion Crane (again opposite Vaughn as Norman Bates) in a color remake of Hitchcock's classic "Psycho" (also 1998).The summary was used with permission from Hollywood.com!moreless
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Rebecca Budig
Herself
Rebecca was born in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky and has five sisters and two brothers.
Rebecca is best known for her role of Greenlee Smythe du Pres Lavery on All My Children. She has played the role since August 1999. She also appeared for three years as Michelle Bauer on Guiding Light (1995-1998).
Rebecca won a Soap Opera Digest Award in 2003 for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
Rebecca worked for the World Wrestling Federation as an interviewer for a while in 2000.
Rebecca married former Bachelor star Bob Guiney in July 2004.
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Hilary Duff
Guest Co-Host
Hilary Erhard Duff, born in Houston, Texas on 28 September 1987, is an American actress/singer. She rose to national stardom when she won the role of Lizzie in the Disney show Lizzie McGuirethat aired in 2001.
Since her days at Disney, Hilary has continued to star in various movie and tv roles.
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Mario Cantone
Himself
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Kelly Ripa
Herself
After mastering marriage, motherhood and daytime television (as a star on All My Children), Kelly Maria Ripa stepped into a new role as co-host of Regis Philbin's popular morning show.
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Ripa grew up dazzled by the lights of New York City. The oldest daughter of Joe, a labor union president and a bus driver, and Esther, a homemaker in New Jersey, Ripa and her younger sister, Linda, now a children's book author, began taking ballet and piano lessons at an early age. In her own words, Kelly also states that she is "no Barbara Streisand," but can carry a tune. The family visited Manhattan frequently to see live shows and explore the culture of the big city. The young girl dreamed of the day when she would live in - and make her mark on - the Big Apple. After graduating from high school, Ripa enrolled at Camden County community college. While attending college, she landed parts in local theater productions, including , H.M.S. Pinafore, The Wizard of Oz, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. During the first week of school, Kelly auditioned for ABC's All My Children. Although she was competing against several other actresses with more experience, she won a role on the soap. In 1990, she moved to New York City to play teen wild child, Hayley Vaughan on the hit soap opera. Kelly is the first in her family to enter the acting profession. The television gig was a wonderful experience for Ripa, but it also set the stage for love. In 1996, the actress married her co-star Mark Consuelos; a year later, the couple had their first child, Michael.
While Ripa successfully navigated her career, marriage and motherhood, she couldn't have been prepared for the changes that would occur in the new millennium. After several appearances as a guest host on Philbin's morning show, Ripa was offered the co-host seat that had been vacated by Kathie Lee Gifford. When Ripa accepted the job on February 12, 2001, while she was five months pregnant with her second child, Lola. Ripa kept her job at All My Children and began her career as Philbin's sidekick.
In her first months on the Live with Regis and Kelly, she shared private information about her pregnancy and life with the show's large television audience. They adored her instantly. The program's ratings soared, and the job has catapulted Ripa into national superstardom. Viewers can relate to Ripa because she is a shining example of a contemporary working mother. She holds two jobs, maintains a great relationship with her husband, and is the mother of three young children when Ripa gave birth to her third child, Joaquin. -
Cynthia Nixon
Herself
Born in New York City on 9 April, 1966, Nixon made a memorable film debut in the 1980 movie Little Darlings (1980). Her Broadway works include: The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Indiscretions, Angels in America, The Heidi Chronicles, The Women and she managed to appear in both Hurlyburly and The Real Thing at the same time. Her stage honors include winning a Theatre World Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and a Tony Award nomination. She is also a founding member of Drama Dept., a New York based theater company. Despite her many roles, her breakthrough was HBO's Sex And The City (1998), where Nixon played red-haired workaholic lawyer Miranda Hobbes.moreless -
Richard Lewis
Himself
Richard Lewis is an author, stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. Richard was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in New Jersey. After graduation from Ohio State University he spent four years working as a copywriter for an ad agency. He decided he wanted to be a comedian and left the agency. He became a regular at The Improv which was a comedy club hosted by Budd Friedman. Richard plays Larry David's long time friend on the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Richard has worked on such productions as Anything But Love, Rude Awakening, and Hiller and Diller.moreless -
Rosie O'Donnell
Herself
Rosie has 3 brothers, Timothy, Edward, and Daniel, and 1 sister, Maureen. She started her career as a stand up comedian, and later had her own talk show, The Rosie O'Donnell Show. She has also done work on the big screen in movies such as A League of Their Own. She is an avid fan of Broadway. After a controversial season on ABC's The View Rosie now stars on the Logo series The Big Gay Sketch Show. Rosie has adopted four children and lives with her life partner Kelly.moreless -
Lorraine Bracco
Herself
Lorraine Bracco showed her 6th grade classmates: after being voted "ugliest girl in the 6th grade" at her Long and became a fashion superstar for Jean-Paul Gautier. She came to prominence ion the Martin Scorsese gangster movie 'Goodfellas,' and followed that with turns in 'Sea of Love' and 'Medicine Man.' She attained accolades when she played the part of psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi on the HBO drama, 'The Sopranos.'moreless -
Edie Falco
Herself
Born of Swedish and Italian heritage, Edie has 'the arts' in her blood. She is the daughter of an art director and an actor, and the niece of fiction writer Ed Falco. Edie attended and graduated from the acting program at the State University of New York at Purchase. Soon she was appearing in small roles in films such as "Copland" and "Bullets Over Broadway", and in the HBO series "Oz". In 1999, she got a huge break when she was offered the part of Carmela Soprano on the soon-to-explode HBO drama, "The Sopranos". For her complex and layered portrayal of a gangster's wife, Edie received well-deserved critical accolades and many awards. Edie went through her own personal drama when she was diagnosed with, and recovered from, breast cancer. As of 2010, Edie has two children and resides in New York.moreless
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