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The legendary comedienne hit the red carpet arm in arm with another funny lady: SNL alum Kristen Wiig.
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Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
Often, vaudeville routines co-starred zany Hebrew comediennes, who sassed and scolded their counterparts, rebuffing Abie Cohen’s advances in favor of Irishmen or Italians.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
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Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
Veteran comedienne Caroline Rhea made the tough gig of keeping the seen-it-all crowd engaged during dinner look easy, helping a live auction raise more than $160,000 from the audience of 750.
—Nicholas White, Variety, 13 May 2024
The women performers and artists of this time are so varied — comediennes, torch singers, political singers, grotesque dancers, naked dancers, dadaists and showgirls.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
Often, vaudeville routines co-starred zany Hebrew comediennes, who sassed and scolded their counterparts, rebuffing Abie Cohen’s advances in favor of Irishmen or Italians.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedienne
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On Friday, comedian Shane Gillis was tapped as the guest picker.Chantz Martin, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
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While looking back at past projects, Chris Columbus, the director behind holiday classics Home Alone and Gremlins, shared a not-so-merry holiday recollection involving comedian Chevy Chase.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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The jokester reprises his role as antagonist and comically-large-mustache enthusiast Dr. Robotnik in the franchise’s third installment, in theaters Dec. 20.Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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David Naughton is great as the backpacker who survives an attack by a werewolf, but Griffin Dunne steals the show as his deteriorating, jokester friend who does not.Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Armisen voices a number of droll characters and is hilariously — and fittingly — deadpan as the figure of Death who becomes seduced by show biz via a clever agent (Kind).Frank Rizzo, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
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But the miraculous truth is that Kim Gordon, Sonic Youth’s droll co-founder, made one of the most sheerly amusing albums of the year.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.Outside Online, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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There are colorful characters, but no bombastic buffoons.Longreads, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Comedienne.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comedienne. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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