Rhonda Hansome
Rhonda Hansome is an African-American stand-up comedian, writer, director, and actress. She has appeared on Louie, Saturday Night Live, Caroline’s Comedy Hour, Stand-Up Spotlight, Arsenio Hall, Evening at the Improv, Showtime at the Apollo and The Joan Rivers Show.[1] She is known for her perspectives on race, class, and gender.[2]
Hansome is featured in Debra J. Robinson's 1984 documentary I Be Done Been Was Is about the obstacles faced in the careers four of black female stand-up comedians, Alice Arthur, Jane Galvin-Lewis, and Marsha Warfield.[3] She also appears in Pretty Woman (1990) and Little Sister (2016).
Selected filmography
- Getting Together (1976)
- I Be Done Been Was Is (1984)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
- 8:46 (2011)
- Murder on the A (2014) (Short)
- Little Sister (2016)
References
- "Word The Storytelling Show » Rhonda Hansome". wordthestorytellingshow.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- Finney, Gail (January 1, 1994). Look Who's Laughing: Gender and Comedy. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9782881246456.
- "I Be Done Been Was Is: An Interview with Director Debra Robinson". southsideprojections.org. South Side Projections. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017.
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