Rhonda Hansome facts for kids
Rhonda Hansome is a talented American comedian, writer, director, and actress. She is known for her funny stand-up comedy shows. She has also worked behind the scenes in TV and movies.
Rhonda Hansome's Career
In 1975, Rhonda Hansome started her career as a puppeteer. She worked with the Muppet Vazh on the TV show Saturday Night Live. She has performed comedy before big music stars. These include Aretha Franklin and Diana Ross. Rhonda is known for talking about race in her comedy acts.
Rhonda began doing stand-up comedy to earn money. This was between her acting jobs. By 1989, she was performing regularly. She performed at colleges and comedy clubs. She also used the stage name Passion for some comedy shows. In 1985, she was part of "Comedy Comes to Harlem." Later, she performed in "The Poet and the Preacher." This show was at the Nuyorican Poets Café. In 1997, she had her own show called "Last stop before dreadlocks."
Rhonda Hansome is also featured in a documentary. It is called I Be Done Been Was Is. This film was made in 1984 by Debra J. Robinson. It talks about challenges faced by four Black female comedians.
In 1989, she appeared in the HBO comedy series First & Ten. She was also in the movie 3,000.
Rhonda Hansome has directed plays too. In 2005, she directed Sweet Songs of the Soul. This play starred Melba Moore. In 2006, she directed another play. It was called Real Black Men Don't Sit Cross-legged on the Floor: A Collage in Blues.
She also appeared in the movie Pretty Woman in 1990. Later, she was in Little Sister in 2016.
Selected Film and TV Work
- Getting Together (1976)
- I Be Done Been Was Is (1984)
- Pretty Woman (1990)
- 8:46 (2011)
- Murder on the A (2014) (Short film)
- Little Sister (2016)
Awards and Honors
- 1986 Bistro Award Hall of Fame
- 2019 Anderson & Bert Cade Fulton Foundation Honoree, for her long career in many arts
Personal Life
Rhonda Hansome was born in New York. She is an African-American woman. She went to a Catholic school when she was younger.
