Elayne Boosler

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Biography

American comedian

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·writer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 18 August 1952
  • Place of birth
  • Brooklyn
  • Spouses
  • Bill Siddons

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Boosler worked as a hostess at the Improv in Manhattan, where she also sang between comedy acts.

Comic Jimmie Walker signed on as her manager in 1976.

Her first appearance on the "Tonight Show" was with guest host Helen Reddy.

For the past several years, she has opted to focus her energies on her pet rescue organization, Tails of Joy (http://tailsofjoy.net/).

Her husband, Bill Siddons, is a music industry executive and former manager of The Doors.

Quotes

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who,will leave them alone.

For a single woman preparing for company means wiping the lipstick off the milk carton.

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times men would not stop to ask directions.

I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots.

I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.

I am thankful that all the people in the world who absolutely, positively, know what God wants, usually kill mostly each other.

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone. .

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