Gilda Radner

Approval Rate: 83%

83%Approval ratio

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    jewdah2025

    Mon Aug 24 2009

    one of the greatest female comidiennes ever!

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    spike65

    Mon Aug 18 2008

    Portaying Emily Latella on weekend update with Chevy Chase, and as Lisa Lupner with Bill Murray were my favorite skits of hers. Never cared for the Rosanne R...... or the Baba Wawa though.

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    hoochie2122

    Mon Jul 28 2008

    She was good.

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    comedyalliance

    Sat Jul 05 2008

    Simplicity and Sillyness only she can pull off

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    randyanglin

    Tue May 13 2008

    Truly my favorite SNL cast member of all time. Only Molly Shannon can come close with her similarly fearless comedic timing. Gilda had the stunning once-in-a-lifetime ability to make you laugh until it hurt while subtly causing you to fall in love with the beautiful and awesome human being that she was. She is and always will be timeless.

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    rightdivider22

    Thu Jan 03 2008

    I would watch every week for Roseanne Roseannadanna. She was the best!!!!

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    badgerfan

    Thu Dec 13 2007

    I love her. Emily Litella is my favorite.

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    going2oahu

    Wed Dec 12 2007

    What a hilarious lady! I loved her characters - especially Roseanne-Rosanna-Danna. Gilda Radner made me laugh till it hurt. Aloha ~

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    sillyface

    Mon Apr 09 2007

    Gilda is timelessly amazing. All of her characters have such honesty to them that every line deliver has perfect comedic timing. Her kindness projects. She is hysterical and incredible and always will be.

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    derek880

    Mon Feb 12 2007

    Had some funny moments, but over-rated in my opinion. No offense, but passing away doesn't automatically grant someone legend status

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    graceplusnothi_ng

    Sat Aug 19 2006

    Greatest SNL player ever.

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    bugahane

    Tue Nov 22 2005

    Wow, I miss Gilda. What an awesome comedianne and a sweet person. Somany memorable characters. What was the character, she played like a mentally challenged or autistic girl, kept like running into the wall until someone turned her? I know they could not get away with that in todays PC world, but that was so funny !

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    djahuti

    Fri Apr 01 2005

    What a funny lady! I loved her charachters-especially Roseanne Rosannadanna-she made me laugh till it hurt.She had such a sweet aura of innocence.It's so sad we lost her so young.

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    teresap721

    Sat Feb 26 2005

    It is so obvious that anyone on this site that did not view Gilda Radner as great was very young at the time of her SNL days, or not born yet. Maybe those who say that Gilda was not funny or that she was over-rated are the same group of people that need a comic to use every four letter word in the book in order to be funny. Gilda, on the other hand, was hilarious, without the curse words. All of her characters, Rosanne Rosanadana, Emily Latella, The character with Todd, the Jewish Jeans girls, just to name a few, brought tears to my eyes during each and every viewing. I hope that everyone goes to their DR often, for annual exams, because breast cancer, ovarian cancer (which took Gilda's young life), and other rotten stinkin cancers can grab onto you when you least expect it. God bless you, Gilda. You are one in a million.

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    edt4226d

    Fri Jan 21 2005

    I thought she was very talented, but the truth was I never found her funny. In fact, I never thought any of the women on SNL were funny, and I used to feel somewhat guilty about that, attributing it to a sexism that I hadn't even been aware of. Thankfully, the women on Second City were hysterically funny, so I was reassured on that score.

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    distopic1969

    Sat Jan 15 2005

    she was good, but not nearly as good as most people on this site think, with 30 years of cast members to pick, she does not make the top 15

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    cowboyfan88

    Fri Jan 14 2005

    When I was a kid I couldn't wait to see her as Rosanne Rosannadanna. I laughed till I cried!!! She was the best!!!

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    doyouwash

    Wed Nov 10 2004

    Extremely overrated and BORING!

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    marcm9999

    Thu Jun 10 2004

    Class and greatness!

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    molfan

    Fri Apr 09 2004

    one of the best to me. She was funny. she could portray lot of good characters. Rosannrosanadana was good one. the hard of hearing Emily littila. lisa lupner the geek. she had a lot of talent. I always got the impression she loved what she was doing. too bad she had to die so young.

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    kolby1973

    Tue Jan 13 2004

    When will they ever stop talking about this overrated woman? She wasn't even funny, and for that matter, neither was Saturday Night Live during those years. Molly Shannon could do circles around this woman if she was still alive. I don't think Gilda deserved to die like she did, but I still didn't care for her on SNL.

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    byrdiohead

    Mon Jan 12 2004

    Anyone who thinks the new SNL is better than the old SNL should have their f***ing head examined. Gilda Radner always slayed me.

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    snl_luvah

    Wed Jan 07 2004

    Gilda lights up the screen on the old episodes. Funny, sweet and gone way too soon.

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    snlgirl

    Sun Jun 22 2003

    Looking back a many of the skits from the old days, they just aren't funny anymore. However, almost everything Gilda did still is funny after all this time. Rosanna Rosanna Danna was really funny, and she just lit up the stage.

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    jasonluver

    Sat Jun 21 2003

    funniest skits on there I've ever seen! She was hysterical! I suggest you get the best of gilda radner tape because it is awesome!

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    jimmyinatlanta

    Sat Jun 21 2003

    A groundbreaker & the most talented of the 1st cast, in my opinion. I loved her next day after the 1-nite stand film.

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    hannahbloom

    Thu May 22 2003

    she's hilarious. im jealous.

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    chickenpie

    Tue Apr 08 2003

    Who didn't fall in love with her? She was incredible.

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    drbanner

    Thu Apr 03 2003

    "What's all this talk about a web site called RapeItAll?" "Miss Litella, It's RateItAll not RapeItAll." "Oh, that's very different - never mind." I think I like all of her characters - like Rosanne Rosannadanna, Lisa Loopner, and Judy Davis. We miss you, Gilda.

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    hatefallon

    Tue Feb 25 2003

    Far and away the best cast member ever on SNL.

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    crimson_and_cl_over

    Wed Feb 19 2003

    the best cast member ever.

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    dugell1

    Sun Feb 02 2003

    Gilda was simply the best...When she left us, the world was heartbroken. I felt particularly sorry for her husband, Gene Wilder. The will never be another quite like her. God bless you Gilda.

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    bosguy

    Wed Jan 29 2003

    The best. Graceful, brilliant and hillarious!! She is missed greatly.

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    sbguyc5e

    Wed Jan 29 2003

    Oh my gosh. So funny. She was beautiful when she was on.

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    jason1972

    Thu Jan 16 2003

    Her work alone, proved that women were just as vital in the (at the time) male-oriented world of comedy. Her grace and wit have stood the test of time and are still funny til this day. She will be missed.

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    katelikesboys

    Wed Jan 01 2003

    Oh Gilda! So many laughs. I would love to be able to sit down and talk with her today. The world lost some laughter when she past away. :)

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    gorglesnort

    Tue Nov 05 2002

    never liked her comedy

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    lukskywlkr

    Thu Oct 17 2002

    Sure do miss this lady. She was so funny. There will never be another one like her.

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    flowerprincess

    Tue Jul 02 2002

    My absolute favorite.

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    queeniex

    Mon Jun 24 2002

    The absolute best. Nobody will EVER beat her.

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    littlep

    Tue Apr 30 2002

    She was such a great comedienne, and it was a shame to lose her so early in her life. I loved her as Bill Murray's geeky girl and Rosanna Danna.

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    kiwi8577

    Mon Jul 02 2001

    What a loss it was when she died! She was fantastic! There will never be another cast of SNL like the one from the late 1970's!!

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    callmetootie

    Sat Apr 07 2001

    What a great woman! She deserves full credit for her role on SNL. She was extremly funny and such a great woman. It was so, so sad when she died of overian cancer about 15 years ago. God bless you, you were one funny lady.

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    jonweho

    Sat Jan 27 2001

    Absolutely the funniest SNL cast member ever. She was so underrated.

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    stajon

    Wed Nov 22 2000

    I gave Gilda Radner a 5 because she was a ground breaking female. She was as funny and daring as any guy on SNL and showed great strength during her battle with cancer. She was hilarious and at the same time, someone you could feel was sensitive and compassionate.

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    wiggum

    Wed Feb 16 2000

    Not a big fan of the "Barbara Wa-Wa" thing, but Radner's manic energy cracked me up in a few different skits. I remember one where she was literally bouncing off walls. And she was hilarious as Bill Murray's geeky girlfriend/prom date.

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    shafty

    Tue Feb 15 2000

    Again, never really saw her when she was on the show since it was before my time, but from what I see on the reruns, she was a great sketch comic. Looking at this list makes me ponder the whole 'SNL Curse' idea. So many of these people have died before their time should have been up.