Ellen DeGeneres

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in Metairie, Louisiana, The United States

January 26, 1958

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Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

She has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in Edtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of "Dory" in the Pixar animated hit film Finding Nemo. She also starred in two television sitcoms, The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002 and Ellen from 1994 to 1998. In 1997 during the fourth season of Ellen, she "came out" publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues as well as the "coming...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 34,088 ratings · 3,169 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors

	Seriously...I'm Kidding 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 26,805 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Funny Thing Is... 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 3,653 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Point...And I Do Have One 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 3,407 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Book 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1995	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vegan Cooking for Carnivores: Over 125 Recipes So Tasty You Won't Miss the Meat by Roberto Martin, Quentin Bacon (Photographer), Ellen DeGeneres (Afterword) 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Signet Book of American Humor by Regina Barreca (Editor), Woody Allen, Molly Ivins 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is.”
― Ellen DeGeneres

tags: age, exercise, family, grandmothers, grandparents, humor, walking

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“You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.”
― Ellen DeGeneres, The Funny Thing Is...

tags: book, writing

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“I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.”
― Ellen DeGeneres

tags: animal-protection, animals, deer, humor, hunting, killing, taxidermy

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I Like You Hospitality Under the Influence by Amy Sedaris

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I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) True Tales of a Loudmouth Girl by Laurie Notaro

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The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck

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Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

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Cannibalism in the Cars And Other Humorous Sketches (Prion Humor Classics)

Cannibalism in the Cars And Other Humorous Sketches by Mark Twain

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The Funny Thing Is... by Ellen DeGeneres

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Common Nonsense by Andy Rooney

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Naked Beneath My Clothes Tales of a Revealing Nature by Rita Rudner

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