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Gilda Radner

Gilda Radner

Actress, comedian
Classic Emmys—Gilda Radner
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Gilda Radner

Actress, comedian

June 28, 1946

Detroit, Michigan

May 20, 1989

Gilda Radner was an American comedian, actress, and one of seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. In her routines, Radner specialized in broad and obnoxious parodies of television stereotypes, such as annoying advice specialists and news anchors. She also portrayed those characters in her highly successful one-woman show on Broadway in 1979.

As a member of the original cast of Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2017.

Classic Emmys—Gilda Radner
Awards & Nominations News & Features
4 Nominations
1 Emmy
1 Honor
Hall of Fame - 2017
Gilda Radner (as original cast member of Saturday Night Live), as Honoree
Outstanding Guest Performer In A Comedy Series - 1988
Gilda Radner
It's Garry Shandling's Show
SHO
Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program - 1979
Gilda Radner
Saturday Night Live
NBC
SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Continuing Or Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In Variety Or Music - 1978
Gilda Radner
Saturday Night Live
NBC
SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Continuing Or Single Performance By A Supporting Actress In Variety Or Music - 1977
Gilda Radner
NBC's Saturday Night
NBC
2017 Hall of Fame: Saturday Night Live Original Cast

Lily Tomlin presents the original cast of Saturday Night Live with the Television Academy Hall of Fame award and Bill Murray gives a special speech.

The Interviews: Alan Zweibel
Perfect Harmony: Love, Gilda

A live performance of the score for the documentary Love, Gilda and a conversation with its Composer and Director.

Perfect Harmony: A Live Performance Celebrating Music in Documentaries

Led by Emmy Award-winning musical director Rickey Minor, Perfect Harmony: A Live Performance Celebrating Music in Documentaries is a concert celebrating the significance of original songs and scores, using live music and extended video clips to share how music enhances documentary storytelling.

Hall of Fame Inductees Announced for 2017 Ceremony
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