Ellen DeGeneres





Ellen DeGeneres

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January 26, 1958 in Metairie, Louisiana, The United States

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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


Average rating: 3.58 · 13,863 ratings · 1,716 reviews · 6 distinct works
Seriously...I'm Kidding
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 9,268 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions
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The Funny Thing Is...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 2,417 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions
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My Point...And I Do Have One
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 2,132 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
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The First Book
4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995
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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

“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...

“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

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