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USA (1962 -). Actriz y comediante norteamericana nacida en 1962 en Commack, Nueva York. This brazen, unabashed comedienne first made her mark with the movie-going public as Doris Murphy, the third basewoman with the mouth of a truck driver, in Penny Marshall UN EQUIPO MUY ESPECIAL (1992). O'Donnell started performing her stand-up routines from age 18, and in 1981 started touring. After a brief stint as Nell Carter's neighbor on the TV sitcom Gimme a Break, O'Donnell was asked to host and produce VH-1's Stand Up Spotlight, which gave her an outlet for her earthy humor. It also helped broaden her appeal and opened the door for her own TV show, Fox's Stand By Your Man (1992), a vehicle that let O'Donnell improvise and hone her scene-stealing talents. She subsequently appeared as Meg Ryan's friend in SINTONIA DE AMOR (1993) and starred with Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez in NUEVAMENTE AL ACECHO (1993). In the latter, she essayed a tough-talking district attorney who goes undercover to locate a missing witness. O'Donnell and Dreyfuss were quite amusing as each tried to outsmart the other. She next co-starred as Betty Rubble in the popular live-action feature version of LOS PICAPIEDRAS (1994) and was the only thing worth watching in the misguided comedy EXIT TO EDEN (1994). That same year, O'Donnell made her singing and dancing debut on Broadway in the revival of Grease. She next played a wisecracking doctor (portrayed as a teenager by Christina Ricci) in the female ensemble comedy AMIGAS PARA SIEMPRE (1995) and followed with another smart-mouthed character in the ensemble comedy CHICAS LINDAS (1996).
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