History Creator / GildaRadner

* PlatonicLifePartners: Creator/JohnBelushi, as both of them were very slapstick in their time on ''SNL''. As noted, Radner was also perhaps the only woman Belushi truly respected as a peer.

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian, best known as one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', on which she played such characters as obnoxious news reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner, and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Creator/BarbaraWalters). Shortly before she left ''SNL'', Creator/LorneMichaels directed her in a one-woman show on Broadway, ''Gilda Radner: Live from New York'', a performance of which was captured on camera by Creator/MikeNichols and released as the 1980 film ''Gilda Live''.

In the 1980s, she left television behind to focus on her film career. She met Creator/GeneWilder on the set of ''Hanky Panky''. Although she was married to guitarist G.E. Smith at the time, she would state in her autobiography ''It's Always Something'' that meeting Wilder was "love at first sight". She subsequently divorced Smith and married Wilder. The couple would go on to make two more films, ''Film/TheWomanInRed'' and ''Film/HauntedHoneymoon'', before Radner's death from ovarian cancer at age 42. Her death led to the founding of Gilda's Club, an organization for those living with cancer and their families.

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->'''Garry:''' Oh that -- yeah, what was wrong?

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her characters on the show included obnoxious reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner, and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Creator/BarbaraWalters). Shortly before leaving SNL, Creator/LorneMichaels directed her in her own one-woman show on Broadway, ''Gilda Radner: Live from New York''. One performance of that show was captured on camera by Creator/MikeNichols and released as the film ''Gilda Live''.

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her characters on the show included obnoxious reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner, and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Barbara Walters). Shortly before leaving SNL, Creator/LorneMichaels directed her in her own one-woman show on Broadway, ''Gilda Radner: Live from New York''. One performance of that show was captured on camera by Creator/MikeNichols and released as the film ''Gilda Live''.

In the 1980s, she left television behind to focus on her film career. She met Creator/GeneWilder on the set of ''Hanky Panky''. Although she was married to guitarist G.E. Smith at the time, she would state in her autobiography ''It's Always Something'' that meeting Wilder was "love at first sight". She subsequently divorced Smith and married Wilder. The couple would go on to make two more films, ''Film/TheWomanInRed'' and ''Haunted Honeymoon'', before Radner's death from ovarian cancer at age 42. Her death led to the founding of Gilda's Club, an organization for those living with cancer and their families.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Creator/JohnBelushi, as both of them were very slapstick in their time on ''SNL''.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Creator/JohnBelushi, as both of them were very slapstick in their time on ''SNL''. Gene Wilder became a second one later on, however.

* NotLikeOtherGirls: Despite the bad blood between Jane Curtin and John Belushi, when asked on Andy Cohen's "Watch What Happens Live" if John thought Gilda was funny, Jane's reply was, "He thought Gilda was funny, but she really — he didn't classify her as a woman. She was Gilda."
* PlatonicLifePartners: John Belushi, as both of them were very slapstick in their time on ''SNL''. Gene Wilder became a second one later on, however.

* NotLikeOtherGirls: When appearing in an edition of ''Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen'', fellow SNL cast member Jane Curtin described Creator/JohnBelushi as "one of those who thought, 'Women should not be there (in SNL).'" When asked if John thought Gilda was funny, Jane's reply was, "He thought Gilda was funny, but she really — he didn't classify her as a woman. She was Gilda."

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her characters on the show included obnoxious reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Barbara Walters). Shortly before leaving SNL, Creator/LorneMichaels directed her in her own one woman-show on Broadway, ''Gilda Radner: Live from New York''. One performance of that show was captured on camera by Creator/MikeNichols and released as the film ''Gilda Live''.

-->-Gilda's last TV appearance, ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow''

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* NotLikeOtherGirls: When appearing on an edition of ''Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen'', fellow SNL cast member Jane Curtin described Creator/JohnBelushi as "one of those who thought, 'Women should not be there (in SNL).'" When asked if John thought Gilda was funny, Jane's reply was, "He thought Gilda was funny, but she really — he didn't classify her as a woman. She was Gilda."

A documentary about her, ''[[https://www.lovegilda.com/ Love, Gilda]]'' was released on September 21, 2018.

* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: When Creator/BillMurray wrote sketches that Radner appeared in, he would often write part of the sketch and then simply, "Gilda does something funny".

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946- May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her characters on the show included obnoxious reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Barbara Walters). Shortly before leaving SNL, Creator/LorneMichaels directed her in her own one woman-show on Broadway, ''Gilda Radner: Live from New York''. One performance of that show was captured on camera by Creator/MikeNichols and released as the film ''Gilda Live''.

Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946- May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the original cast members (often referred to as the Not Ready for Prime Time Players) of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. Her characters on the show included obnoxious reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna, hard of hearing Emily Litella, nerdy Lisa Loopner and "Baba Wawa" (a parody of Barbara Walters). Shortly before leaving SNL, she had her own one woman-show ''Gilda Radner Live on Broadway''.

-->--Gilda's last TV appearance, ''Series/ItsGarryShandlingsShow''

->'''Gilda:''' I haven't been on television for a while.//
'''Garry:''' Oh that -- yeah, what was wrong?//
'''Gilda:''' ''(matter-of-factly)'' Oh, I had cancer. ''({{beat}})'' What did you have?

In the 1980s, she left television behind to focus on her film career. She met Creator/GeneWilder on the set of ''Hanky Panky''. Although she was married to guitarist G.E. Smith at the time, she would state in her autobiography ''It's Always Something'' that meeting Wilder was "love at first sight". She subsequently divorced Smith and married Wilder. The couple would go on to make two more films, ''The Woman in Red'' and ''Haunted Honeymoon'', before Radner's death from ovarian cancer at age 42. Her death led to the founding of Gilda's Club, an organization for those living with cancer and their families.