Profile
Ellen DeGeneres
Stand-up Comedian + Television Host + Actress
Female
Born
Jan 26, 1958
Age
55
Hometown
Metairie, Louisiana
Nationality
American
Other Names
DeGeneres, Ellen
Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedian, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr.… Read More
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Teresa BoydDated 1995
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Ellen DeGeneres
Age 55
parents
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Elliot DeGeneresFather
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Elizabeth Jane PfefferMother
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Mike Ragogna: Diversity: A Conversation With Emily Bear, Plus Arian Saleh's "Underhill" Video PremiereHuffington Post - 13 days ago
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5 Famous People You Won't Believe Didn't ExistHuffington Post - 13 days ago
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Bits Blog: Ellen De Generes’ I Phone Game Quickly Becomes A SensationNYTimes - May 05, 2013
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Ellen De Generes Wears Cher's Iconic Sheer Bodysuit As The Singer Promotes Her Mother Georgia Holt's New AlbumDaily Mail (UK) - May 04, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1958
Birth
Born on January 26, 1958.
TEENAGE
1973
15 Years Old
In 1973, DeGeneres's parents filed for separation and were divorced the following year.
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1976
18 Years Old
DeGeneres graduated from Atlanta High School in May 1976, after completing her first years of high school at Grace King High School in Metairie, Louisiana.
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TWENTIES
1981
23 Years Old
DeGeneres started performing stand-up comedy at small clubs and coffee houses. By 1981 she was the emcee at Clyde's Comedy Club in New Orleans.
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1982
24 Years Old
In the early 1980s she began to tour nationally, being named Showtime's Funniest Person in America in 1982.
1986
28 Years Old
In 1986 she appeared for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, who likened her to Bob Newhart.
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THIRTIES
1992
34 Years Old
In 1992, producers Neal Marlens and Carol Black cast DeGeneres in their sitcom Laurie Hill, in the role of Nurse Nancy MacIntyre.
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1994
36 Years Old
DeGeneres's comedy material became the basis of the successful 1994–1998 sitcom Ellen, named These Friends of Mine during its first season.
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The ride first opened on September 15, 1996, as Ellen's Energy Crisis, but was quickly renamed to the more positive-sounding Ellen's Energy Adventure.
1997
39 Years Old
Ellen reached its height of popularity in February 1997, when DeGeneres made her homosexuality public on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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FORTIES
2000
42 Years Old
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That same year, she began a romantic relationship with bisexual actress Anne Heche; they broke up in August 2000.
DeGeneres returned to series television in 2001 with a new CBS sitcom, The Ellen Show.
2003
45 Years Old
DeGeneres launched a daytime television talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show in September 2003.
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2005
47 Years Old
In August 2005, DeGeneres hosted the 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held on September 18, 2005.
DeGeneres celebrated her thirty-year class reunion by flying her graduating class to California to be guests on her show in February 2006.
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FIFTIES
2008
50 Years Old
After the overturn of the same-sex marriage ban in California, DeGeneres announced on a May 2008 show that she and de Rossi were engaged, and gave de Rossi a three-carat pink diamond ring. They were married on August 16, 2008, at their home, with nineteen guests including their mothers. The passage of Proposition 8 cast doubt on the legal status of their marriage, but a subsequent California Supreme Court judgment validated it because it occurred before November 4, 2008.
On May 1, 2009, DeGeneres celebrated her 1000th episode, featuring celebrity guests such as Oprah Winfrey, Justin Timberlake, and Paris Hilton, among others.
She made her American Idol debut on February 9, 2010.
On a February 9, 2011, episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, DeGeneres told her studio audience via a letter from the New England Genealogical Society that she is Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's 15th cousin via their shared common ancestor Thomas Fairfax.
2012
54 Years Old
In Spring 2012, DeGeneres becomes the spokesperson for J.C. Penney in a tour and advertising campaign.
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