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Betty DeGeneres. Betty Jane DeGeneres (née Pfeffer; born May 20, 1930) is an American LGBT rights activist. [1] She is the mother of Ellen and Vance DeGeneres and the first straight spokeswoman for the Human Rights Campaign 's National Coming Out Project [2] and an active member of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana, to Elizabeth Jane "Betty" (née Pfeffer) (born 1930), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres (1925–2018), an insurance agent. [7] [8] She has one brother, Vance, a musician and producer. She was raised a Christian Scientist. [9] Her parents filed for separation in 1973 and were divorced the following year. [9] Shortly ...
The Ellen Show (2001–2002) Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. Ellen DeGeneres stars as the title character of Ellen Morgan, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The title of the series was These Friends of Mine for the first season, but it was ...
Kathy Griffin Griffin at the 2015 TCA Press Tour Birth name Kathleen Mary Griffin Born (1960-11-04) November 4, 1960 (age 63) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. Medium comic actress producer author presenter advocate Years active 1980–present Genres observational comedy blue comedy black comedy improvisational comedy Subject(s) Popular culture current events Catholicism LGBTQ community Irish-American ...
Green Acres. Green Acres is an American television sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965, to April 27, 1971.
Lori Petty (born October 14, 1963) [1] is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She made her big screen debut appearing in the 1990 comedy film Cadillac Man and later starred in films Point Break (1991), A League of Their Own (1992), Free Willy (1993), In the Army Now (1994), The Glass Shield (1994) and played the title role in Tank Girl (1995). She created and starred in the short ...
3. Lucille Frances Lawless MNZM ( née Ryan; born 29 March 1968) [1] is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, and Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series.
Recipients of the Edith Allen Perry Award have included Betty DeGeneres (1999), [12] Marian Schoenwether and Barbara Chase Wilson (2007), [13] [14] the family of James Byrd (2010), Linda Brock of Canada (2005), Edafe Okporo, a refugee from Nigeria (2021), [15] and Nan McGregor (2003) [16] and Rev. June Norris (1997) of Australia.