Brett Butler
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Brett Ashley Anderson
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Montgomery, Alabama, USA
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January 30, 1958 -
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Brett Butler is best-known for her stint as Grace Kelly in the hit
sitcom Grace Under Fire, in which she starred and for which she acted as
executive consultant from 1993 to 1998. As the title of the show
implies, Grace struggles with the everyday pressures of a life
less-than-charmed and still manages to bring some dignity to it. Brought
to you by the same people who created the smash series Roseanne, Ms.
Butler's show takes the blue-collar bit even further, working in an oil
refinery and single-handedly raising her three kids. Grace is a
recovering alcoholic recently divorced from an abusive husband. For
these aspects of the character, Butler drew on her own life, her
struggle with substances and abusive relationships and her ability to
cope with life through the use of humor. Her authenticity and
willingness to appear as the not-so-perfect family on TV won her the
loyalty of many viewers. The show was nominated for two Golden Globe
Awards. In 1995 the show won the People's Choice Award for Favorite New
Comedy, with Brett Butler also winning the award Favorite Female in a
New Comedy. Brett Butler got her television break appearing on Dolly
Parton's musical variety show Dolly in 1987. After that first
appearance, she took a position as a writer on the show. She made over
70 other appearances on television before finally being offered her own
Showtime standup comedy special: Showtime Comedy Superstars: Brett
Butler -- the Child Ain't Right. She later had another Showtime special,
Showtime Comedy Superstars: Brett Butler -- Sold Out. Brett Butler's
rigorously touring nightclub act (where she was pegged as the "Southern
Lenny Bruce") served to sharpen her comedic skills. There Butler fired
searing one-liners to the audience, delivered with all with the grace
and charm of a smart-aleck deep-voiced Southern belle. Her humor hit
hard -- politicians, rednecks, and the man who'd hit her -- former
husband, "Mr. Right Hook." Born Brett Anderson, after Lady Brette Ashley
in The Sun Also Rises, the literary Ms. Butler got her coincidental
last name from her stepfather. She endured a hectic home life, and
finished high school through taking night classes. After marrying and
divorcing her first husband, Brett Butler waited tables in Texas and was
convinced by a comedy-club owning customer she should go onstage.
Comedian Robert Klein later convinced her she should be in New York. She
packed up her 1969 Grand Prix, and never looked back. Ms. Butler wrote
her autobiography Knee Deep in Paradise in 1997. She married and divorced
her second husband during the span of career. She likes to write
stories and poems in her spare time, and continues to make television and onscreen appearances. Source: AllMusic
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Thanks LJL!
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