Boycotted a "Saturday Night Live" (1975) episode in May 1990 because controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay was hosting the show.
Nora Dunn Detailed Biography
Nora Dunn cut her teeth in cabaret theater and improvisation in Chicago and worked with defectors from the famous Second City Comedy Troupe where she was spotted by visiting 'Saturday Night Live' casting directors. She joined the SNL cast in 1984 and entertained audiences for five years on the NBC late night hit.
A graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, Dunn also studied at San Francisco's Jean Sheldon Acting Workshop. She has acted in countless films and was just recently seen in the Disney feature, Max Keeble's Big Move. She was also in What's The Worst That Could Happen?, opposite Danny DeVito and Martin Lawrence and HeartBreakers, opposite Sigourney Weaver. Nora received critical acclaim for her work opposite George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg in Three Kings and in Mike Nichols' What Planet Are You From? with Annette Bening and Garry Shandling. Other feature credits include Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bulworth, Father of the Bride Part 2, I Love Trouble, Born Yesterday, Passion Fish and Working Girl.
In addition to her roles on television and film, Dunn performs her critically acclaimed 'one woman' show in theaters around the country. She recently completed a screenplay that she will direct and is the author of a book, Nobody's Rib.
