Dominique Jackson
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We are here with actor, author, and activist Dominique Jackson. You Might Know Her From Pose, Strut, Chick Fight, American Horror Stories, Fantasmas, and American Gods. Dominique opened up to us about the writing process for her 2014 memoir The Transsexual From Tobago, how she learned to love Elektra Abundance Evangelista, and documenting her life as a model on the reality series Strut. Plus, we talked about her genre work as Bloody Mary in American Horror Stories, the upcoming documentary I’m Your Venus she executive produced about ballroom icon (and Paris Is Burning star) Venus...
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Beth Broderick
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“But, have you played lesbian multiple times!?” We’re journalists, kids. And we’re here with the one and only Beth Broderick. You Might Know Her From Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Lost, Psycho Beach Party, The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Bad Actress, Sharp Objects, Love & Death, Hearts Afire, and The Bonfire of the Vanities. Beth gave us all the goods on playing witch-cum-scientist-cum-CANDLE (!) Zelda Spellman on Sabrina the Teenage Witch and the specialness of reprising that role in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 18 years later. We also got to discuss her working relationships with...
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Nicole Eggert
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🎶 I’ll be ready, forever and always I’m always here 🎶…with Nicole Eggert. You Might Know Her From Baywatch, Who’s The Boss?, Rich & Famous, The Real Gilligan’s Island, Splash, Just One of the Girls, The Demolitionist, Charles in Charge, and the new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun. Nicole talked to us about her time on Baywatch playing fan favorite Summer Quinn, acting underwater opposite a latex octopus puppet, discovering a washed up corpse during scene work, and recounting her time in the new Hulu doc After Baywatch. We also talked about her early days in...
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Rosalind Chao
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Live long and prosper, Trekkies! We are here with the inimitable Rosalind Chao. You Might Know Her From: The Joy Luck Club, Mulan, 3 Body Problem, Sweet Tooth, M*A*S*H, Star Trek: The Next Generation & Deep Space Nine, I Am Sam, Just Like Heaven, Freaky Friday, and The L Word: Generation Q. Rosalind gave us all the goods on “the summer of Chao” with her one-two fantasy punch on Netflix, the fervent (and divided) base of fans formerly known as “trekkies,” and her history-making turns in The Joy Luck Club and the live-action Mulan (but is the industry making any progress? Sigh.)...
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Eva Le Gallienne with Barrie Kreinik
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Back for an extra-special, extra pride episode. You can listen to this complete Eva Le Gallienne deep dive with author and actor Barrie Kreinik on the You Might Know Her From Patreon. You’re gonna love this dig into backstage lore and OG celesbian gossip as we explore the oeuvre of American theatre icon Eva Le Gallienne. Here to break it down with us is Barrie Kreinik, whose new audio drama, , digs into Le G’s robust stage credits, her dedication to creating an artistic institution of and for the people (the Civic Repertory Theatre), and her storied relationships with many an actor and...
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Veronica Cartwright
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I wasn’t in Speed! It’s Pride and we’re proud to be here with Veronica Cartwright. You Might Know Her From Alien, The Witches of Eastwick, The Birds, The Children's Hour, Will & Grace, The Right Stuff, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Inserts, and The X-Files. Veronica talked to us about her proper role in the queer canon byway of the Scissor Sisters, Jerry Herman, and StraightJacket; the trans retcon via James Cameron of Lambert in Alien; and her performance in the old Hollywood lesbian film The Children’s House opposite Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. And that’s just the...
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Julia Duffy
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Bang bang! We are here this month with Julia Duffy. You Might Know Her From Palm Royale; Designing Women; Newhart; Looking; Baby Talk; The Mommie; Intolerable Cruelty; and Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. We got to chat with Julia about her incredible arc as Mary Meredith Davidsoul on Apple TV’s starry Palm Royale. That finale twist, huh? She also gave us the scoop on playing Patrick’s mom on Looking (and the importance of playing mom to a queer person), her iconic run on Newhart (7 Emmy nominations!), and her ‘90s run as “Julia Duffy, sitcom saver” including joining the powerhouse...
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Siobhan Fallon Hogan
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This month we’re just wild about Siobhan Fallon Hogan. You Might Know Her From Men In Black, Forrest Gump, Dancer in the Dark, Dogville, The House That Jack Built, Shelter in Solitude, Rushed, Holes, Seinfeld, and Saturday Night Live. Siobhan gave us all the goods: from iconic dialect work in your favorite movies to her years-long collaborations with Lars von Trier. Siobhan spilled on doing bits while performing in Shakespeare in the Park, having fart competitions with Ben Gazzara on the set of Dogville, and getting horrifically killed by Matt Dillon in The House That Jack Built. We...
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Judy Reyes
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Judy, Judy, Judy! We’re just mad about Judy Reyes. You Might Know Her From Birth/Rebirth, Claws, Scrubs, The Horror of Dolores Roach, Smile, Bringing out the Dead, One Day at a Time, and Devious Maids. We talk to Judy all about her Indie Spirit-nominated turn in the indie horror Birth/Rebirth which is a little Frankenstein, a little Thelma & Louise, a little Whatever Happened to Baby Jane–we highly recommend it! Judy takes us through the psychology of playing a grieving mother, acting opposite a child and a pig, and grounding the horror elements. Then, we dig deep into her oeuvre from...
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The Year of Madonna & Barbra, Maestro, May December, & Patreon
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Chickens, it’s the year of Barbra! Are you ready? Anne and Damian are back with a special “just us” episode to officially launch the You Might Know Her From Patreon–link in below! Please savor the final just us episode on the regular feed. What we’re getting into: Jason Gould,, the progeny of Barbra and Elliot Gould, as well as Alexis Kalehoff, the daughter of Broadway star Andrea McArdle. Anne also finally saw Maestro and May December and we’re discussing them deeply including Bradley Cooper’s fake liver spots. Plus, we are READY to discuss Barbra’s memoir and ready to...
info_outlineTell me more, tell me more! Today we are joined by Didi Conn. You Might Know Her From Grease, Grease 2, You Light Up My Life, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, The Magic Show, Frida, Benson, and Shining Time Station. We spoke with THEE Didi Conn about her iconic performance in the Grease films as Frenchie, the legacy of the franchise carrying on with Grease Live! and Joan Blondell’s shoes, and our age-old question about psoriasis as heart disease. Plus, how Toy Story stole from Raggedy Ann & Andy, standing by for Mercedes Ruehl on Broadway, her horrific experience with Joseph Brooks, and the beauty of the musical The Magic Show. This one was a total thing of dreams.
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Discussed this week:
Jacob Elordi is hot to everyone. And Barry Keoghan has the ugly sexy thing down
We loved Cailly Spaeny and Lily Gladstone and Erika Alexander
Golden Globes were a mess this year
Da’Vine Joy Randolph is so good and we are hoping for an Oscar nomination for The Holdovers (don’t jinx it)
Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey special
Aloha (2015) was indeed directed by Cameron Crowe, not Alexander Payne
Tracy Morgan took Eddie Murphy’s advice for The Last O.G. and hired Da’Vine
Love Chris Klein in Election
Our Oscar nominated guests on YMKHF: Kathleen Turner (Ep #9), Shohreh Aghdashloo (Ep#72), JoBeth Williams (#99), and Lesley Ann Warren (Ep #78)
Yalitza Aparicio from Roma garnered all kinds of acclaim, and where is she now?
Tantoo Cardinal is so good
In the Stephen Schwartz musical, The Magic Show starring Doug Henning
Starred in the movie, Joseph Brooks You Light Up My Life
Joseph Brooks who “wrote” and directed it was a horrible man,. He met a grisly end
Her son is autistic and is currently living in The Center for Discovery
Played Denise, Benson’s new secretary on Benson
Didi Conn introduced herself to David Shire as his crush, Charlotte Rampling, who wrote the music for Farewell My Lovely
Was the voice of Raggedy Ann in the 1977 Richard Williams animated movie, Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure
Joe Raposo wrote all the music for the movie and he had written a lot of music for Sesame Street and The Electric Company (including the “C is for Cookie” and the Sesame Street song)
Was a standby and then replacement for Mercedes Ruehl in Lost in Yonkers (1991) with Irene Worth and Kevin Spacey
Fonz and the Happy Days Gang cartoon
Stacey Jones in Shining Time Station, which she says was horrible for her career
Conductors: Ringo Starr, George Carlin, Alec Baldwin
The tv show was funded by Amtrak and MTH Electric Trains
Thomas movie was filmed on The Isle of Man
Of course played Frenchie in the 1978 classic, Grease (director: Randal Kleiser, choreographer: Pat Birch, producer: Allan Carr)
Kelly Ward (Putzie) was dance captain for Pat Birch
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies has been wiped from Paramount+
Tegrin’s ad: “The heartbreak of psoriasis”
Was there film in the camera for Frenchie’s number in Grease 2?
Skating with the Stars judge was a dick (start at 3:27)
Was Alice Ghostley’s Mrs Murdoch gay (watch the dancing)
Was waitress in Frida and had Across the Universe (friends with Julie Taymor and worked with her on the stage play, The Green Bird)
Lifted out the door on Cagney and Lacey (s6e12). Who had more upper body strength? Both!
CGI’d pink ladies guy head on body in Rise of the Pink Ladies
Dr Pepper theme song: “I’m a Pepper, You’re a Pepper”
In My Life one of the worst Broadway shows I’ve ever seen (it was a huge flop) and he has Tourette's not autism
Our interview with Talia Balsam (ep #12) introduced us to You Light Up My Life
David Shire (Didi’s husband) wrote the Oscar-nominated song for Norma Rae
Barry Pearl holds all the Grease secrets