1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84
1995 Marti Lynne Stringer Caine, singer/comedienne, dies at 50
1994 Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35
1989 Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42
1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1985 Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64
1985 Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89
1983 Judy Canova, singer/comedienne (Chatterbox), dies of cancer at 66
1983 Mary Livingstone, [Sadye Marks] Comedienne, (Jack Benny), dies at 77
1982 Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City
1978 Totie Fields, [Sophie Feldman], comedienne, dies at about 48
1975 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1973 Constance Talmadge, U.S. comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
1970 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
1968 Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne, Face/Off
1966 Kathy Griffin, Chicago, comedienne, Vicki Groener-Suddenly Susan
1966 Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52
1965 Ellen Cleghorne, comedienne, Saturday Night Live
1965 Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42
1964 Janeane Garofalo, born in New Jersey, comedienne, SNL, Truth about Cats and Dogs
1963 Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne, Benny Hill Show
1962 Rosie O'Donnell, comedienne, League of Their Own, Flintstones, Rosie
1962 Ria Coyne, Scranton Penn, comedienne, Betsy-Batman Forever
1961 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian pilot, dies
1961 Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at 62
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, born in New York City, comedienne, SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll
1959 Paula Poundstone, comedienne, Emmy Awards
1959 Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies
1959 Danitra Vance, comedienne, SNL, Little Man Tate, Limit Up
1958 Brett Butler, born in Montgomery, Alabama, comedienne, Grace-Grace Under Fire
1957 Jan Hooks, born in Decatur, Georgia, comedienne actress, SNL, Designing Women
1955 Cathy Ladman, comedienne, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
1955 Rita Rudner, comedienne, Funny People
1954 Robin Duke, born in Toronto, Canada, comedienne, SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise
1954 Catherine O'Hara, born in Toronto, Ontario, comedienne, Beetlejuice, SCTV
1952 Elayne Boosler, comedienne, Night Court
1952 Elayne Boosler, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne, Broadway Baby, Party of One
1952 Nora Dunn, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl
1952 Laraine Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, comedienne and actress on Saturday Night Live
1950 Louise Duart, Quincy, Massachusetts, comedienne, Paramount Comedy Theater # 5
1949 Judy Tenuda, comedienne, Spotlight Cafe
1948 Stefanie Marrian, Paris, France, comedienne, Benny Hill Show
1946 Jenny Jones, born in Canada, comedienne, Jenny Jones Show
1946 Chelsea Brown, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln
1944 Marilyn Michaels, comedienne, ABC Comedy Hour
1942 Ann Elder, born in Cleveland, Ohio, comedienne, Smothers Brothers Show, Laugh-In
1939 Lily Tomlin, born in Detroit, comedienne/actress, 9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me
1939 Judy Carne, born in Northhampton, England, comedienne, Laugh-in, Fair Exchange
1939 Judy Carne, comedienne, Laugh-In, Love on a Rooftop
1937 Jo Anne Worley, born in Lowell, Indiana, comedienne, Laugh-in
1937 Anna Dawson, British comedienne, Violet-Keeping Up Appearances
1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl
1935 Kaye Stevens, Pittsburgh, singer/comedienne, Jerry Lewis Show
1933 Dawn French, actress/comedienne, Supergrass
1933 Joan Rivers, born in Brooklyn, comedienne, Late Show, Hollywood Sq
1932 Joyce Jameson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Spike Jones Show
1932 Elaine May, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, comedienne/writer/actress, New Leaf
1927 Pat Carroll, Shrevport, Louisiana, comedienne/actress, Make Room for Daddy
1926 Kaye Ballard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, actress/comedienne, Kaye-Mothers-in-Law
1925 Rose Marie, actress/comedienne, Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show
1922 Judy Holliday, born in New York City, comedienne/actress, Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib
1920 Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne, Selma-Night Court
1917 Phyllis Diller, born in Lima, Ohio, comedienne, Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number
1916 Judy Canova, born in Jacksonville, Florida, comedienne/actress, Cannonball
1915 Dody Goodman, Columbus Ohio, comedienne, Mary Hartman!, Max Duggan
1913 Alice Pearce, New York City, comedienne/actress, Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched
1911 Lucille Ball, born in Jamestown, New York, comedienne/actress, I Love Lucy, Mame
1908 Imogene Coca, Philadelphia, comedienne, Your Show of Shows, Grindl
1906 Gracie Allen, Mrs. George Burns, comedienne, George Burns Show
1901 Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne, Pygmalion
1899 Winnie Lightner, Greenport, New York, comedienne, Sit Tight, Side Show
1898 Constance Talmadge, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedienne/actress, Intolerance
1898 Marian Jordan, Peoria, Illinois, radio comedienne, Fibber McGee and Molly
1895 Louise Fazenda, Lafayette, Indiana, actress/comedienne, Almost an actress
1894 Mabel Normand, [Muriel Fortescue], born in Boston, Massachusetts, comedienne, Mickey
1894 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, born in Brevard, South Carolina, comedienne, Merv Griffin Show
1891 Fanny Brice, born in New York City, singing comedienne, Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks
1891 Helen Broderick, U.S., comedienne/actress/singer, Swing Time
1880 Mary Boland, Philadelphia, U.S., comedienne/actress, Ruggles of Red Gap
1877 Helene Dutrieu, comedienne/stuntwoman/1st Belgian female pilot
1862 May Irwin, U.S. comedienne/singer, Hot Time in the Old Town
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