Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Eleanor Kerrigan |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
Wedding / Husband / Single / Marriage / Boyfriend | No confirmed information is available. |
Children / No. of Kids | No confirmed information is available. |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White (Irish) |
Nationality | American |
hat happened to Eleanor Kerrigan? | Comedian Eleanor Kerrigan appears on Comedy Central . |
Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Former waitress Eleanor Kerrigan is now counted as one of America’s funniest women!
- While working at the world-famous club The Comedy Store visiting comedians would laugh incessantly at Eleanor’s stories of growing up. Realizing that she had an innate talent for comedy, Eleanor never looked back.
- Often outspoken, which audiences love, Eleanor now has a glittering career telling stories about her hilarious upbringing.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Eleanor J Kerrigan was born in America to an Irish-Catholic family.
- Parents : Her father, a former marine, owned a typewriter store while her mother, a former secretary, stayed at home to bring up the family.
- Eleanor is the eight one of ten children and grew up in a three-room house in South Philadelphia, where her mother still lives today.
- Six of her siblings are brothers & the rest two are sisters. Her siblings are named Tommy, Karen, Kathleen, Jimmy, Johnnie, Edie, Bobbie, Charlie, Billy.
- In 2003, Eleanor dated her co-star Andrew Dice Clay.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- When Eleanor was eight years old, her parents split up, but she went to work in her father’s store every day after school.
- She was educated at an All-girls Catholic high school.
- In the evenings, she watched the news with her mother and tried to make her laugh by recreating some of the newsreels.
- As a youngster, she spent seven years as a lifeguard at her local pool.
- Later, she attended the Joanne Baron / D. W. Brown Studio in Santa Monica, California, to try and fulfill her dreams of becoming an actress.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Recognition of Eleanor’s talents first came as one of ‘Harley’s Angels’ on UPN’s Women of Wrestling.
- After co-starring in Dice Undisputed with Andrew Dice Clay, he persuaded her to go on the road with him to help promote the show because he thought her one-woman show was ‘hilarious and that everyone should see it.’
- From here, Kerrigan launched her successful stand-up comedy career regaling stories of her childhood in Philadelphia and her later adult life in Los Angeles.
- Eleanor has had several acting roles in series such as Entourage, Dice, The Gift Box, The Melt and The Brothers Garcia, to name but a few which outlines her versatility as an artist.
- She has co-hosted The Comedy Store Podcast, Blue Show on Showtime and Women of Wrestling.
- January 2019 saw the release of her latest film ‘Love not Likes’ where she has a starring role.
- In August 2021, Eleanor appeared in an episode of the super-popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast. This catapulted her number of followers.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Eleanor says that she credits her mother for her sense of humor.
- She thought growing up in such a large family was normal!
- Despite her success in stand-up comedy, her first love was acting.
- Inspiration for her comedy routines comes from life, love and being silly.
- She has travelled to Australia to perform.
- Eleanor started smoking at the age of 9, when she stole cigarettes from her father’s pocket while he was asleep on the couch.
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It’s always nice to know actors, actresses, and comedians who are from the same place where I grew up…SOUTH PHILLY!
It’s even nicer to watch comedians who talk about their childhood growing up in South Philly because I can relate.