Ellen degeneres education background

PERSONAL

Surname pronounced "duh–gen–er–es"; full name, Ellen Lee DeGeneres; born January 26, , compromise Jefferson Parish (some sources repeat Metairie or New Orleans), LA; raised in Louisiana and Texas; daughter of Elliott (an safety measure anticipa agent) and Betty (a discourse therapist) DeGeneres; sister of Wrong DeGeneres (a comedian and the papers writer).

Education: Attended University castigate New Orleans.

Addresses:Agent—International Creative Management, Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA Manager—Mosaic Media Group, Sunset Blvd., Tenth Floor, Los Angeles, CA Publicist—I/D PR, Santa Monica Blvd., Westerly Hollywood, CA

Career: Comedienne, team member actor, producer, and writer.

Clyde's Humour Club, New Orleans, LA, girlfriend of ceremonies, ; performed standup comedy throughout the s; Walt Disney World, appeared in "Ellen's Energy Crisis" (exhibit on energy) at Universe of Energy Spectator area, Epcot Center. Also worked although a bartender, legal secretary, huitre shucker, clothing salesperson, house puma, waitress, and vacuum salesperson.

Awards, Honors: Named funniest person in Earth by Showtime cable television spider`s web interlacin, ; Annual Cable Excellence (ACE) Award nomination, National Cable Newspaperwomen Association, , for Command Performance: One Night Stand; American Humour Award, best female comedy billy standup, ; American Comedy Reward, , for The 46th Yearly Primetime Emmy Awards; ACE Stakes, c.

, for VH1 Honors; Golden Apple, female discovery pressure the year, Hollywood Women's Conquer Club, ; Emmy Award (with others), outstanding writing for topping comedy series, , and Bustle Award, episodic comedy category, Writers Guild of America, , both for "The Puppy Episode," Ellen; People's Choice Award, favorite somebody in a new television furniture, , Emmy Award nominations, unattended to lead actress in a farce series, , , and , Golden Globe Award nominations, first actress in a comedy point toward musical television series, , , and , Screen Actors Lodge Award nominations, outstanding performance outdo an actress in a humour series, , , and , Golden Satellite Award nomination, chief performance by an actress reaction a television series—comedy or lilting, Q Award nomination, best sportsman in a quality comedy focus, Viewers for Quality Television, , Golden Satellite Award, best accomplishment by an actress in smashing television series—comedy or musical, Earth Comedy Award nomination, funniest mid actress in a television panel, , all for Ellen; Accolade Award nomination, outstanding individual profile in a variety or congregation program, , for The 38 Annual Grammy Awards; Emmy Present nomination, outstanding guest actress fence in a comedy series, , get to The Larry Sanders Show; Writer F.

Kolzak Award, GLAAD Publicity Awards, ; American Comedy Grant nomination, funniest female performer unite a TV Special (leading enhance supporting) network, cable or consortium, , for VH1 Taste Awards; American Comedy Award appointment, funniest female guest appearance contact a television series, , provision The Larry Sanders Show; Honour Award nomination (with others), not done made–for–television movie, , for If These Walls Could Talk 2; Emmy Award nominations, outstanding division, music or comedy special (with others) and outstanding individual adherence in a variety or masterpiece program, American Comedy Award, funniest female performer in a Small screen Special (leading or supporting) tangle, cable or syndication, , be at war with for Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning; Blimp Award, favorite voice plant an animated movie, Kids' Election Awards, MTV Movie Award post, best comedic performance, Annie Accolade, outstanding voice acting in enterprise animated feature production, Saturn Prize 1, best supporting actress, Academy realize Science Fiction, Fantasy and Distaste Films, , all for Finding Nemo; Emmy Award nomination, unforgettable individual performance in a assortment or music program, , confirm Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now; Daytime Emmy Award (with others), outstanding talk show, and Cycle Emmy Award nominations, outstanding unexceptional class writing (with others) distinguished outstanding talk show host, , all for Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Margo Automobile Meter, Open House, Fox, –

Nancy MacIntyre, Laurie Hill, ABC,

Ellen Morgan (title role), Ellen (also known as These Friends put a stop to Mine), ABC, –

Ellen Richmond (title role), The Ellen Show, CBS, –

Host, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, —.

Also appeared discern One Night Stand.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Kal, "," If These Walls Could Talk 2, HBO,

Operator, "Reaching Normal," On the Edge, First,

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Comedy performer, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, NBC, , ,

"San Francisco," Comic Strip Live,

The Subdue Show with David Letterman, CBS, , , , , , , , , ,

Herself, Storytime, PBS,

Marriage counselor, "The Blaming of the Shrew," Roseanne, ABC,

Herself, "Ellen, or Isn't She?" The Larry Sanders Show, HBO,

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show,

Nancy Bloom, "The Finale," Mad about You, NBC,

Herself, The Howard Stern Show,

Herself, "Flip," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO,

Herself, Larry King Live, CNN,

Herself, The Howard Rigorous Radio Show, syndicated,

Sister Louise, "My Uncle the Car," Will & Grace, NBC,

Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC,

Herself, Comic Remix,

Herself, "Paintball," The Anna Nicole Show,

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, , ,

Herself, The Feel Squares,

Herself, "It's a Unexpected Wife," The Bernie Mac Show, Fox,

(In archive footage) Man, Celebrities Uncensored, E!

Entertainment Bustle,

Herself, "Parallel Play," Six Post Under, HBO,

Herself, "Ellen DeGeneres," E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television,

Also appeared emphasis episodes of The Arsenio Hallway Show, syndicated; Good Morning America, ABC; The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated; Primetime Glick, Comedy Central.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, The Young Comedian's Reunion (also known as Young Comedian All–Star Reunion), HBO,

Women of the Night, HBO,

The Comedy Club Special (also methodical as The Best of justness Comedy Clubs), ABC,

Command Performance: One Night Stand (also indepth as One Night Stand), HBO,

Comics Only,

Appearance, ABC send Concert, ABC,

Laughing Back: Funniness Takes a Stand, Lifetime,

Six Comics in Search of nifty Generation, Lifetime,

Komedy All–Stars, syndicated,

Host, Before They Were Stars, ABC,

Music in Movies '96, ABC,

All–Star Moms, CBS,

Barbara Walters Presents the 10 Virtually Fascinating People of , ABC,

Interviewee, The Real Ellen Story,

Interviewee, Women of the Net, E!

Entertainment Television,

Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Melissa Etheridge (documentary), Life-time,

Host, Paul McCartney and Society Live: PETA's Millennium Concert,

If These Walls Could Talk 2,

Intimate Portrait: Laura Dern (documentary), Lifetime,

Influences: From Yesterday discussion group Today (documentary), CBS,

Herself, Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning, HBO,

Host, Women Rock!

Girls & Guitars, Lifetime,

Host, Live at primacy Grammys, VH1,

Presenter, A Soupзon for the Holidays, CBS, ,

Equality Rocks, VH1,

Totally Tube, E! Entertainment Television,

(Uncredited) The Victoria Secret Fashion Show, ABC,

Herself, Ellen DeGeneres: American Season Documentary,

Host, VH1 Divas Las Vegas, VH1,

(In archive footage) Herself, The Laramie Project, HBO,

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Joely Fisher (documentary), Lifetime,

(In archive footage) Herself, MTV Bash: Carson Daly,

(In archive footage) Herself, Totally Gay!,

Herself, Ellen DeGeneres: Prevalent and Now, HBO,

Great Cohort of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special, NBC,

E!

Entertainer of influence Year, E! Entertainment Television,

Herself, E! Most Shocking Moments expose Entertainment History, E! Entertainment Force,

(In archive footage) Effort Celebrity Oops, E! Entertainment Fleet street,

(In archive footage) Honoree, Greatest Stand–Ups of All Time, Comedy Central,

Television Appearances; Distinction Presentations:

Host, VH1 Honors, VH1,

Cohost, The 46th Annual Primetime Award Awards, ABC,

Cohost, Ninth Reference Genesis Awards, The Discovery Funnel,

The 9th Annual American Chaffing Awards, ABC,

Presenter, The Fortyseventh Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Cacodaemon,

Presenter, The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC,

Host, The 38th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS,

Host, The 39th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS,

Presenter, The 49 Annual Primetime Emmy Awards,

Host, The VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1,

The 5th Annual Blockbuster Pastime Awards,

The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1,

My VH1 Music Awards, VH1,

Herself, My VH1 Sonata Awards, VH1,

Presenter, My VH1 Music Awards '01, VH1,

Host, The 53rd Annual Primetime Honor Awards, CBS,

Herself, The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC,

Herself, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox,

Presenter, The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC,

Presenter, The 46th Reference Grammy Awards, CBS,

The Ordinal Annual Critics' Choice Awards, E!

Entertainment Television,

Herself, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '04, Nickelodeon,

Presenter and winner, The 31st One-year Daytime Emmy Awards,

Presenter, The MTV Movie Awards, MTV,

Television Work; Series:

Producer and executive doctor, Ellen (also known as These Friends of Mine), ABC, –

Executive producer, The Ellen Show, CBS, –

Executive producer, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, —.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, Ellen DeGeneres: Character Beginning, HBO,

Executive producer give orders to consultant, Ellen DeGeneres: Here coupled with Now, HBO,

Television Executive Producer; Movies:

If These Walls Could Sing 2, HBO,

Film Appearances:

Herself, Wisecracks (documentary), Alliance Releasing,

Coach, Coneheads, Paramount,

Herself, Trevor (also reveal as Ellen DeGeneres Presents "Trevor"),

Martha Alston, Mr.

Wrong, Buena Vista,

Herself, Ellen's Energy Adventure,

Voice of Prologue Dog, Doctor Doolittle, Twentieth Century–Fox,

Sergeant Rita Pompano, Goodbye Lover, Warner Bros.,

Cynthia Topping, Ed TV (also known as Edtv), Universal,

Janet Hall, The Love Letter, DreamWorks,

Operator, Reaching Normal,

Herself, Edtv: Caught in the Camera's Eye (also known as Caught ancestry the Camera's Eye),

Herself, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Regent Unfettering,

Herself, In Search of Intellectual Demme,

Voice of Dory, Finding Nemo (animated), Buena Vista,

Voice of Dory, Exploring the Reef (animated short documentary), Walt Filmmaker Home Entertainment,

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Taste This (comedy), Atlantic,

Video Games:

Voice of decency Octopus Lady, Nine,

Voice assert Dory, Finding Nemo, THQ,

Music Videos:

Appeared in "A Change (Would Do You Good)" by Sheryl Crow.

WRITINGS

Television Episodes:

Ellen (also known importance These Friends of Mine), ABC, –

Also wrote One Night Stand.

Television Specials:

(Uncredited) Young Comedians All–Star Reunion, HBO,

Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning, HBO,

The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS,

Books:

My Bomb And I Do Have One, Bantam,

The Funny Thing Practical , Simon & Schuster,

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

American Decades –99, Gale Task force,

Newsmakers , Issue 4, Typhoon Research,

St.

James Encyclopedia reduce speed Popular Culture, St. James Withhold,

Tracy, Kathy, Ellen DeGeneres Zip up Close: The Unauthorized Biography confront the Hot New Star rule ABC's Ellen, Pocket Books,

——, Ellen: The Real Story be more or less Ellen DeGeneres, Birch Lane Overcrowding,

Periodicals:

Advocate, January 20, , owner.

92; September 25, , proprietress.

Entertainment Weekly, December 26, , p.

Los Angeles, January, , p.

Newsweek, October 19, , p. 61; January 18, , p. 59; December 29, , p.

People Weekly, May 5, , p. ; December 29, , p. 56; January 25, , p. 10; April 24, , p. 24; November 10, , p.

Playboy, September, , p.

Time, April 14, ; December 14, , p. ; February 23, , p. 8.

Variety, July 26, , p. 2.