| Ellen DeGeneres | |
|---|---|
 Ellen at Tulane University in 2009 | |
| Born |
Ellen Lee DeGeneres January 26, 1958[1] Metairie, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of New Orleans |
| Influenced by | Woody Allen, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Steve Martin, Bob Newhart[2] |
| Spouse | Portia de Rossi (m. 2008) |
| Partner |
Anne Heche (1997–2000) Alexandra Hedison (2001–04) |
| Parents |
Betty DeGeneres Elliott DeGeneres |
| Relatives | Vance DeGeneres (brother) |
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer.[3] DeGeneres starred in the popular sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicated TV talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, since 2003.
Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, culminating in a 1986 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Carson likened her to Bob Newhart, and invited her for an onscreen chat after her set; DeGeneres was the first female comedian invited by the iconic host to join him for such a discussion, at a time when such an invitation was widely regarded as one of the most influential endorsements available for a comic. As a film actress, DeGeneres starred in Mr. Wrong (1996), appeared in EDtv (1999), and The Love Letter (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated films Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016); for Nemo, she was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first time an actress won a Saturn Award for a voice performance. In 2010, she was a judge on American Idol for its ninth season.
She starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998, and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterward, her character, Ellen Morgan, also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues, including the coming-out process. This made her the first openly lesbian actress to play an openly lesbian character on television.[4] In 2008, she married her longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi.
DeGeneres has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys. She has authored three books and started her own record company, Eleveneleven. She has won 29 Emmys, 20 People's Choice Awards (more People's Choice Awards than any other person[5]), and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. In 2016, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.[6]
Early life and education[]
DeGeneres was born and raised in Metairie, Louisiana, the daughter of Betty DeGeneres (née Elizabeth Jane Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott Everett DeGeneres, an insurance agent.[1][7] She has one brother, Vance, a musician and producer. She is of French, English, German, and Irish descent. She was raised as a Christian Scientist until age 13.(citation needed) In 1973, her parents filed for separation and were divorced the following year. Shortly after, Ellen's mother married Roy Gruessendorf, a salesman. Betty Jane and Ellen moved with Gruessendorf from the New Orleans area to Atlanta, Texas. Vance stayed with his father. On a February 2011 episode of her show, she told her studio audience of a letter from the New England Historic Genealogical Society confirming she is 15th cousin to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge via their shared common ancestor Thomas Fairfax.[8][9]
DeGeneres graduated from Atlanta High School in May 1976, after completing her first years of high school at Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana. She moved back to New Orleans to attend the University of New Orleans, where she majored in communication studies. After one semester, she left school to do clerical work in a law firm with a cousin, Laura Gillen. Her early jobs included working at J. C. Penney,[10] and being a waitress at T.G.I. Friday's and another restaurant, a house painter, a hostess, and a bartender. She relates much of her childhood and career experiences in her comedic work.
Stand-up comedy[]
DeGeneres started performing stand-up comedy at small clubs and coffee houses. By 1981 she was the emcee at Clyde's Comedy Club in New Orleans. DeGeneres cites Woody Allen and Steve Martin as her main influences at this time.[11] In the early 1980s she began to tour nationally, and in 1982 she was named Showtime's Funniest Person in America.(citation needed)
Film career[]
Ellen DeGeneres at the Emmy Awards, September 1997
Ellen's work in the late 1980s and early 1990s included the film Coneheads. DeGeneres starred in a series of films for a show named Ellen's Energy Adventure, which is part of the Universe of Energy attraction and pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot. The film also featured Bill Nye, Alex Trebek, Michael Richards, and Jamie Lee Curtis. The show revolved around DeGeneres' falling asleep and finding herself in an energy-themed version of Jeopardy!, playing against an old rival, portrayed by Curtis, and Albert Einstein. The next film had DeGeneres co-hosting an educational look at energy with Nye. The ride first opened on September 15, 1996, as Ellen's Energy Crisis, but was quickly given the more positive-sounding name Ellen's Energy Adventure.
Television career[]
DeGeneres's first regular TV role was in a short-lived Fox sitcom called Open House. She played the role of Margo Van Meter, an office worker at the Juan Verde Real Estate company. The show co-starred Alison LaPlaca and Mary Page Keller. In 1992, producers Neal Marlens and Carol Black cast DeGeneres in their sitcom Laurie Hill, in the role of Nurse Nancy MacIntyre. The series was canceled after only four episodes, but Marlens and Black were so impressed with DeGeneres' performance that they soon cast her in their next ABC pilot, These Friends of Mine, which they co-created with David S. Rosenthal.
At the Governor's Ball after the 46th Annual Emmy Awards telecast, September 1994
DeGeneres's comedy career became the basis of the successful sitcom Ellen, named These Friends of Mine during its first season. The ABC show was popular in its first few seasons due in part to DeGeneres's style of observational humor; it was often referred to as a "female Seinfeld."[12]
Ellen reached its height of popularity in February 1997, when DeGeneres came out as a lesbian on The Oprah Winfrey Show. That April her character on the sitcom came out of the closet to her therapist, played by Oprah Winfrey.[13] The coming-out episode, titled "The Puppy Episode", was one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. The series returned for a fifth season but experienced falling ratings due to ABC's cutting back on promoting the show.(citation needed) It was believed that The Walt Disney Company, ABC's parent owner, had become uncomfortable with the subject matter depicted on the show now that DeGeneres' character was openly gay.(citation needed) In May 1998, Ellen was canceled. DeGeneres returned to stand-up comedy and later re-established herself as a successful talk show host.
DeGeneres returned to television in 2001 with a new CBS sitcom, The Ellen Show. DeGeneres launched a daytime television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in September 2003. One of several celebrity-hosted talk shows surfacing at the beginning of that season, including those of Sharon Osbourne and Rita Rudner, her show has consistently risen in the Nielsen ratings and received widespread critical praise. It was nominated for 11 Daytime Emmy Awards in its first season, winning four, including Best Talk Show. The show has won 25 Emmy Awards for its first three seasons on the air. DeGeneres is known for her dancing and singing with the audience at the beginning of the show and during commercial breaks. She often gives away free prizes and trips to be in her show's studio audience with the help of her sponsors.
DeGeneres celebrated her thirty-year class reunion by flying her graduating class to California to be guests on her show in February 2006. She presented Atlanta High School with a surprise gift of a new electronic LED marquee sign. In May 2006, DeGeneres made a surprise appearance at the Tulane University commencement in New Orleans. Following George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton to the podium, she came out in a bathrobe and furry slippers. "They told me everyone would be wearing robes," she said. Ellen then went on to make another commencement speech at Tulane in 2009.[14]
The show broadcast for a week from Universal Studios Orlando in March 2007. Skits included DeGeneres going on the Hulk Roller Coaster Ride and the Jaws Boat Ride. In May 2007, DeGeneres was placed on bed rest due to a torn ligament in her back. She continued hosting her show from a hospital bed, tended to by a nurse, explaining "the show must go on, as they say." Guests sat in hospital beds as well. On May 1, 2009, DeGeneres celebrated her 1000th episode, featuring celebrity guests such as Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, and Paris Hilton, among others. (citation needed)
DeGeneres attending Oprah Winfrey's 50th birthday party in Los Angeles, California, in January 2004
On September 9, 2009, it was confirmed that DeGeneres would replace Paula Abdul as a judge of the ninth season of American Idol. Her role started after the contestant auditions, at the beginning of "Hollywood Week".[15][16] It is reported that DeGeneres also signed a contract to be a judge on the show for at least five seasons.[17] She made her American Idol debut on February 9, 2010. However, on July 29, 2010, DeGeneres and Fox executives announced that the comedian would be leaving American Idol after one season. In a statement, DeGeneres said that the series "didn't feel like the right fit for me".[18]
Award shows[]
DeGeneres received wide exposure on November 4, 2001, when she hosted the televised broadcast of the Emmy Awards. Presented after two cancellations due to network concerns that a lavish ceremony following the September 11 attacks would appear insensitive, the show required a more somber tone that would also allow viewers to temporarily forget the tragedy. DeGeneres received several standing ovations for her performance that evening, which included the line: "What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?"
In August 2005, DeGeneres hosted the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held on September 18, 2005. This was three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, making it the second time she hosted the Emmys following a national tragedy. She also hosted the Grammy Awards in 1996 and in 1997.
On September 7, 2006, DeGeneres was selected to host the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, which took place on February 25, 2007.[19] This makes her the first openly gay or lesbian person to have hosted the event. During the Awards show, DeGeneres said, "What a wonderful night, such diversity in the room, in a year when there's been so many negative things said about people's race, religion, and sexual orientation. And I want to put this out there: If there weren't blacks, Jews and gays, there would be no Oscars, or anyone named Oscar, when you think about that."[20] Reviews of her hosting gig were positive, with one saying, "DeGeneres rocked, as she never forgot that she wasn't just there to entertain the Oscar nominees but also to tickle the audience at home."[21] Regis Philbin said in an interview that "the only complaint was there's not enough Ellen."
DeGeneres was nominated for an Emmy Award as host of the Academy Awards broadcast.[22] On August 2, 2013, it was announced that DeGeneres would host the Academy Awards on March 2, 2014, for the second time.[23]
A selfie orchestrated by 86th Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres during the March 2, 2014, broadcast is the most retweeted image ever.[24][25] DeGeneres said she wanted to homage Meryl Streep's record 17 Oscar nominations by setting a new record with her, and invited other Oscar celebrities to join them. The resulting photo of twelve celebrities broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes and was retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour.[26][27][28] By the end of the ceremony it had been retweeted over 2 million times, less than 24 hours later, it had been retweeted over 2.8 million times.[25][26] As of 9 March 2014[update], it has been retweeted over 3.3 million times.[25] The group selfie effort was parodied by Lego and Matt Groening with The Simpsons.[29][30] It beat the previous record, 778,801, which was held by Barack Obama, following his victory in the 2012 presidential election.[28][31][32]
Other ventures[]
Ellen at Tulane University in 2009
Voice acting[]
DeGeneres lent her voice to the role of Dory, a friendly fish with short-term memory loss, in the 2003 animated Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo.[33] The film's director, Andrew Stanton, said that he chose Ellen because she changed the subject five times before one sentence had finished on her show.[34] For her performance as Dory, DeGeneres won the Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Supporting Actress; Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie from the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards; and the Annie Award from the International Animated Film Association, for Outstanding Voice Acting. She was also nominated for a Chicago Film Critics Association Award in the Best Supporting Actress category. She also provided the voice of the dog in the prologue of the Eddie Murphy feature film Dr. Dolittle. Her win of the Saturn Award marked the first and only time the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has given the acting award for a voice performance.
She reprised the role of Dory from Finding Nemo in the 2016 sequel, Finding Dory.
Commercial spokesperson[]
In November 2004, DeGeneres appeared, dancing, in an ad campaign for American Express. Her most recent American Express commercial, a two-minute black-and-white spot in which she works with animals, debuted in November 2006 and was created by Ogilvy & Mather. In 2007, the commercial won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Commercial.
DeGeneres began working with CoverGirl Cosmetics in September 2008, for which she has been criticized, as her animal-friendly values clash with Procter and Gamble's (the maker of CoverGirl Cosmetics) animal testing.[35] Her face became the focus of CoverGirl advertisements starting in January 2009. The beauty campaign was DeGeneres's first.[36]
On December 3, 2011, DeGeneres headlined the third annual "Change Begins Within" gala for the David Lynch Foundation held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[37][38]
In spring 2012, DeGeneres became the spokesperson for J. C. Penney in a tour and advertising campaign.[10]
DeGeneres represents a line of products on QVC, a home shopping network. Her line of home products, initialized as E.D., for Ellen DeGeneres, began being offered on QVC on October 24, 2014, under the name E.D. on Air.[39]
Eleveneleven[]
On May 26, 2010, DeGeneres announced on her show that she was starting her own record label entitled "eleveneleven". She explained her choice of name, claiming that she often sees the number 11:11 when looking at her clocks, that she found Greyson on the 11th, and that the singer's soccer jersey has the number 11.[40] She mentioned that she had been looking for videos of performances on YouTube to start her label. The first act she signed to the label is Greyson Chance.[41]
Personal life[]
Forbes estimated DeGeneres' 2015 earnings at US$75 million.[42] In 2015, she was named the 50th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes[43] and number two on the World Pride Power list.[44]
She is a fan of the National Football League and has shown particular support for the New Orleans Saints and the Green Bay Packers.[45] In 2011, she attended a Saints practice dressed as Packers Hall of Famer Don Hutson.[46]
Sexual orientation and relationships[]
In 1997, DeGeneres came out as lesbian. The disclosure of her sexual orientation sparked intense interest by American tabloids.[47] The contentiousness of the media coverage stunted DeGeneres' professional career and left her "mired in depression".[47] In her book Love, Ellen, DeGeneres' mother, Betty DeGeneres describes being initially shocked when her daughter came out, but she has since become one of her strongest supporters; she is also an active member of Parents & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's Coming Out Project.
The same year she came out, DeGeneres started a romantic relationship with actress Anne Heche that lasted until August 2000.[48] From 2000 to 2004, DeGeneres maintained a close affair with actress/director/photographer Alexandra Hedison.[49] The couple appeared on the cover of The Advocate after their separation had already been announced to the media.[50]
Portia de Rossi and DeGeneres in September 2012
Since 2004, DeGeneres has had a relationship with Portia de Rossi.[51] After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California, DeGeneres and de Rossi were engaged, and married on August 16, 2008, at their home in Beverly Hills, California, where they live with their four dogs and three cats.[52][53] The passage of Proposition 8 cast doubt on the legal status of their marriage, but a subsequent California Supreme Court judgment validated it because it occurred before November 4, 2008.[54][55][56] On August 6, 2010, de Rossi filed a petition to legally change her name to Portia Lee James DeGeneres.[57] The petition was granted on September 23, 2010.[58]
Animal rights and being a former vegan[]
DeGeneres is a former vegan.[59][60][61][62] She previously described herself as a vegan and "big animal lover".[63][64] De Rossi, too, is a former vegan.[64][60] Ellen co-ordinates a vegan outreach website titled 'Going Vegan with Ellen'.[65] She intended to open a vegan tapas bar, Bokado, in Los Angeles, but plans fell through.[66]
The site for The Ellen DeGeneres Show contains a section called "Going Vegan With Ellen," in which she promotes "Meatless Mondays" and features vegan recipes.[67] She has several times invited Humane Society of the United States CEO Wayne Pacelle to speak on her show about the organization's efforts in animal protection legislation. In 2009, PETA named her their "Woman of the Year."[68] In April 2013, she donated $25,000 to stop Ag-Gag anti-whistleblower legislation in Tennessee, which would prohibit undercover investigators from recording footage of animal abuse on farms.[69]
DeGeneres served as campaign ambassador to Farm Sanctuary's Adopt-A-Turkey Project in 2010, asking people to start "a new tradition by adopting a turkey instead of eating one" at Thanksgiving.[70]
Humanitarianism[]
In November 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named her a Special envoy for Global AIDS Awareness.[71] On December 3, 2011, DeGeneres opened the show at the David Lynch Foundation's 3rd annual "Change Begins Within" gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to raise funds to bring Transcendental Meditation to at-risk populations suffering from epidemic levels of chronic stress and stress-related disorders. She says: "TM is the only time I have that stillness… it gives me this peaceful feeling, and I love it so much. I can’t say enough good things about it. All the benefits that you can achieve from sitting still and going within—it really is a beautiful experience. David Lynch is such a wonderful man to start this foundation to help people."[72][73]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Arduous Moon | Herself | Short film |
| 1991 | Wisecracks | Herself | Documentary |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Coach | |
| 1994 | Trevor | Herself | Short film |
| 1996 | Mr. Wrong | Martha Alston | |
| 1998 | Goodbye Lover | Sgt. Rita Pompano | |
| 1998 | Dr. Dolittle | Prologue Dog (voice) | |
| 1999 | EDtv | Cynthia | |
| 1999 | The Love Letter | Janet Hall | |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Dory (voice) | |
| 2003 | Exploring the Reef | Dory (voice) | Short film |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Herself | |
| 2004 | My Short Film | Herself | Short film |
| 2014 | Unity | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2016 | Finding Dory[74] | Dory (voice) |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1990 | Open House | Margo Van Mete | 2 episodes |
| 1990–1992 | One Night Stand | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Laurie Hill | Nancy MacIntyre | 10 episodes |
| 1994–1998 | Ellen | Ellen Morgan | 109 episodes; also writer, executive producer |
| 1995 | Roseanne | Dr. Whitman | Episode: "The Blaming of the Shrew" |
| 1996 | The Dana Carvey Show | Ellen Morgan | Episode: "The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show" |
| 1996–1997 | The Larry Sanders Show | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | 38th Annual Grammy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 1997 | 39th Annual Grammy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 1998 | Mad About You | Nancy Bloom | Episode: "The Finale" |
| 2000 | Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning | Herself | Stand-up special |
| 2000 | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Kal | TV movie |
| 2001 | Saturday Night Live | Herself (host) | Episode: "Ellen DeGeneres/No Doubt" |
| 2001 | On the Edge | Operator | Segment: "Reaching Normal" |
| 2001 | Will & Grace | Sister Louise | Episode: "My Uncle the Car" |
| 2001 | 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2001–2002 | The Ellen Show | Ellen Richmond | 18 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2003 | Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now | Herself | Stand-up special |
| 2003–present | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Herself (host) | Also creator, writer, executive producer |
| 2003 | 55th Primetime Emmy Awards | Herself (co-host) | TV special |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | Herself | Episode: "Parallel Play" |
| 2005 | Joey | Herself | Episode: "Joey and the Sex Tape" |
| 2005 | 57th Primetime Emmy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2007 | Ellen's Really Big Show | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2007 | 79th Academy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2007 | Sesame Street | Herself | Episode: "The Tutu Spell" |
| 2008 | Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2009 | Ellen's Bigger, Longer & Wider Show | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2010 | American Idol | Herself (judge) | Season 9 |
| 2010 | The Simpsons | Herself (voice) | Episode: "Judge Me Tender" |
| 2010 | Christmas in Washington | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2014 | 86th Academy Awards | Herself (host) | TV special |
| 2016 | The Big Bang Theory | Herself | Episode: "The Geology Elevation" |
As executive producer[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2012–2014 | Bethenny | 170 episodes |
| 2015 | Repeat After Me | 8 episodes |
| 2015–present | Ellen's Design Challenge | 6 episodes |
| 2015 | One Big Happy | 6 episodes |
| 2016–present | Little Big Shots | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Green Eggs and Ham[75] | |
| TBA | Castle Hangnail[76] |
Video game[]
| Year | Title | Voice |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9: The Last Resort | The Octopus Lady |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo | Dory (Only during clips of the movie shown in game) |
| 2016 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Dory |
Discography[]
| Year | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Ellen DeGeneres: Taste This | comedy Live album |
Awards and honors[]
Bibliography[]
- DeGeneres, Ellen (1995). My Point...And I Do Have One. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-09955-8.
- DeGeneres, Ellen (2003). The Funny Thing Is.... New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-4761-2.
- DeGeneres, Ellen (2011). Seriously...I'm Kidding. New York: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-58502-5.
- DeGeneres, Ellen (2015). Home. Grand Central Life & Style. ISBN 1455533564.
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- ↑ Natalie Finn, " PETA's Top Dogs: Ellen DeGeneres and Tim Gunn," EOnline, 30 December 2009.
- ↑ Ellen Speaks Out on Ag-Gag Bills. HSUS.
- ↑ "White House to pardon two turkeys, helping them find better lives this Thanksgiving", USA Today, November 18, 2010.
- ↑ Michaud, Chris. "Ellen DeGeneres named global envoy for AIDS awareness", November 9, 2011.
- ↑ Featured Past Events – David Lynch Foundation.
- ↑ Codeway. Ellen DeGeneres on Transcendental Meditation (Video transcription).
- ↑ Keegan, Rebecca. "'The Good Dinosaur' moved to 2015, leaving Pixar with no 2014 film", September 18, 2013. Retrieved on September 18, 2013.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (April 30, 2015). Netflix Picks Up ‘Green Eggs and Ham’ Animated Series From Ellen DeGeneres.
- ↑ Ellen DeGeneres, Disney to Adapt Kids Fantasy Book 'Castle Hangnail' (Exclusive).
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