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Ellen DeGeneres  Television Writer, Producer, Performer

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Courtesy I/D Public Relations
 

Career Includes

Actress (1994–98), Producer (1995–98), Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine); Actress, Executive Producer, If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000); Host, The Primetime Emmy Awards (1994, 2001, and 2005); Performer, Executive Producer, Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning (2000); Actress, Executive Producer, The Ellen Show (2001–02); Author, My Point. . . and I Do Have One (1995) and The Funny Thing Is (2003); Performer, Executive Producer, Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now (2003); Host, Writer, Executive Producer, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003– )
 

Education

Attended University of New Orleans
 

Born

January 26, 1958
Metairie, Louisiana

 

 

 

 

 


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