Portrait of comedian Moms Mabley. Printed on front: "'Moms' Mabley. Recording exclusively on Mercury Records." Handwritten on back: "'Moms' Mabley."
E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library
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“Yes. All the good ones are taken.”
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Three Cheers for Fran Drescher
We have two reasons for selecting this birthday on which to celebrate comic actress Fran Drescher (b. 1957).
The first will be obvious to anyone who has followed the news. As the President of SAG-AFTRA since 2021 she not only led her union through the recent strike in solidarity with the WGA, but gave a couple of the most galvanizing speeches on behalf of labor, or anything else, I have ever…
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Queen of Candy-Pants, Empress of Elvis Impersonators, and sole saint of her own religion ("Judyism") has ascended to rejoin the choir invisible.
🪗 Rest in Peace, Love Goddess 🪗
Popular stand-up comic Judy Tenuta, known to her fans as “The Love Goddess” and “Aphrodite of the Accordion,” died of ovarian cancer on Thursday afternoon in Los Angeles. She was 72.
🐖 x-posted to instagram, Pigs!
I drew this Judy Tenuta illustration in 2011 as a part of the "Women of the Night" series of stand-ups
I have always meant to make a Judy Tenuta Halloween costume but forget until it's too late. Now it's really too late.
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Judy Tenuta attends the Night of 100 Stars benefit gala, 1990. Photographed by Ron Galella.
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Happy Birthday To Gorgeous American Actress
Thelma Todd (Born 29th July 1906)
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Bianca Del Rio at New Orleans Mardi Gras
2000
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Portrait of Marion Davies by Leo Sielke, Jr. on the cover of Motion Picture Classic Magazine, January 1920
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