Sandra Bernhard on the King of Comedy

If you live close to New York City, please join us in person. The Hudson Union Society™ www.hudsonunionsociety.com is where todays leaders come to discuss tomorrows ideas. For the past 25 years, Sandra Bernhard has been delighting fans and critics alike with her unparalleled comedy and acting. Bernhard blends it all into a body of work defined by her iconoclastic style and ironic look at the world that spins around her. Bernhard is on Comedy Centrals list of the 100 greatest stand-ups of all time. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy where she often bitterly critiqued celebrity culture and political figures. Her first professional credit came when she joined the cast of Richard Pryors 1977 TV show. Bernhards riveting performance as an obsessed fan in 1983s hit film King Of Comedy earned Bernhard the award for Best Supporting Actress from the National Society of Film Critics. It was this film -- director Martin Scorseses dark meditation on fame which propelled her into the public consciousness. Bernhard managed to upstage not only Jerry Lewis but also the film's lead Robert De Niro. Bernhard also starred in Zoolander. Her television credits include a six year stint as Nancy Bartlett on the hit network series Roseanne, Crossing Jordan, hosting her own talk show (The Sandra Bernhard Experience), and roles on everything from Sopranos, Ally McBeal, and Chicago Hope to Will & Grace, and Law & Order. But it's Bernhard's solo stage performance that showcase the full range of her comedic, dramatic, and musical talents. Bernhard's eclectic, confrontational and largely autobiographical one-woman stage show, has taken Broadway by storm in the 1990s and this past year. Bernhard has been a headlining attraction for more than two decades, mounting U.S. and foreign tours.

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