Renée Taylor
Biography
Renée Taylor is an American actress who has also worked as a screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director. She began in improv groups in the 1950s and performed comedy at the Bon Soir in the early 1960s. She appeared in Mel Brooks's The Producers (1968) as an actress playing Eva Braun and co-wrote the Broadway comedy Lovers and Other Strangers, earning an Academy Award nomination for the 1970 film adaptation. In 1971, she co-wrote and starred in Made for Each Other. On television she was Sylvia Fine on The Nanny, the role for which she is most recognized, and also appeared on Dream On, Daddy Dearest, How I Met Your Mother, Shake It Up, and Victorious. Her later films include Delirious (1991), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), The Do-Over (2016), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), and Tango Shalom (2021). She also appeared in the Off-Broadway show My Life on a Diet.
93years old
Turns 94 on March 19in 129 days
- Born The Bronx
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Renée Adorée Wexler (birth name)Also credited as Renee Taylor and Renée Adorée Taylor
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 60 years1961 to 2021
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A change of course
Taylor's opening act at the New York City nightclub Bon Soir in the early 1960s was a then-unknown Barbra Streisand.
Big break
Taylor appeared in Mel Brooks' 1967 movie The Producers as an actress playing Eva Braun. She got the role while performing in the play Luv alongside Gene Wilder, whom Brooks cast as Leo Bloom.
Behind the camera
Starting July 25, 2018, Taylor performed in My Life on a Diet, which she wrote with Bologna, at St. Clement's, an Off-Broadway theater. The show was extended twice, then she brought it on a U.S. tour.
Renée Taylor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Joseph Bologna appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joseph Bologna's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Lainie Kazan's page
William Hickey's page
Joanne Baron's page
Dyan Cannon's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- James CocoThat's Adequate (1989) and A New Leaf (1971)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Renée Taylor's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$177 million
13 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 13 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 95% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$53M30.0% of the total
- 2$35M19.8% of the total
- 3$26M14.8% of the total
- 4$17M9.9% of the total
- 5$15M8.4% of the total
- 6$10M5.7% of the total
- 7$6.5M3.7% of the total
- 8$5.5M3.1% of the total
$8.0 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 5% of the total
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| Emmy Award | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.