Sandra Bernhard
Biography
Sandra Bernhard is an American actress, comedian, and singer who first drew notice in the late 1970s for stand-up comedy that frequently examined celebrity culture and political figures. She performed in clubs and was cast on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977. She turned to acting in 1981, taking the role of Masha in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy (1982), which brought her a best supporting actress award from the National Society of Film Critics. On television she played Nancy Bartlett on Roseanne from 1991 to 1997, later Nurse Judy on Pose and Cecily on Severance. Her film credits include Hudson Hawk (1991). She also created one-woman shows including I'm Your Woman and Without You, I'm Nothing, With You, I'm Not Much Better, earned a Grammy nomination for best comedy album in 1990, and released the album Excuses for Bad Behavior (Part One) in 1991. Comedy Central placed her 96th on its list of the greatest stand-ups.
71years old
Turns 72 on June 6in 236 days
- Born Flint
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 19
- Career span
- 44 years1980 to 2024
Genres
- Comedy79%, 15 films
- Drama32%, 6 films
- Documentary21%, 4 films
- Action16%, 3 films
- Adventure16%, 3 films
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Early training
At the Comedy Store, Paul Mooney and Lotus Weinstock were Bernhard's mentors. As she grew more popular as a comedian, she landed a supporting role on The Richard Pryor Show in 1977.
Big break
Bernhard pivoted to acting in 1981 when Martin Scorsese cast her in The King of Comedy, a role that won her the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Sandra Bernhard movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together2 more actors
- Tommy DavidsonDying Laughing (2016) and Plump Fiction (1997)
- Judy TenutaWhy We Laugh: Funny Women (2013) and Plump Fiction (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sandra Bernhard's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$84.6 million
10 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$37M43.8% of the total
- 2$17M20.4% of the total
- 3$14M16.5% of the total
- 4$9.6M11.4% of the total
- 5$3.7M4.3% of the total
- 6$2.5M3.0% of the total
- 7$429K0.5% of the total
- 8$71K0.1% of the total
$63,867from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total