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Rain Pryor
Born (1969-07-16 ) July 16, 1969 (age 54 ) Occupations
comedian
Years active 1988–present Spouses
(m. 2002; div. 2006)
(m. 2007; div. 2012)
(m. 2018) Children 1 Parents
Shelley R. Bonus
Relatives Ludacris (third cousin)
Rain Pryor (born July 16, 1969) is an American actress. Her television credits include sitcoms Head of the Class Rude Awakening Richard Pryor .
Early life [ edit ]
Pryor was born in Los Angeles, California , the daughter of Shelley R. (née Bonus)[1] Richard Pryor . Rain Pryor's mother was a Jewish go-go dancer and Rain was largely raised with her Jewish maternal grandparents, who taught her about Jewish culture.[2] Fried Chicken and Latkes explores racism in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[3] [4]
Pryor graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1987.[citation needed
She went on to star in the ABC series Head of the Class Showtime series Rude Awakening The Division Chicago Hope The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show with Jay Leno The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Tavis Smiley Show
Pryor's stage credits include playing the title role of Billie Holiday in the UK tour of the Billie Holiday Story and the title role of Ella Fitzgerald in the UK premiere of Ella, Meet Marilyn . She performed in the Los Angeles productions of Eve Ensler 's The Vagina Monologues Nora Dunn (of Saturday Night Live Charlene Tilton ; Joan by Linda Chambers , in which she portrayed Joan of Arc ; Cookin' With Gas, with the Groundlings improvisation troupe; The Exonerated Aidan Quinn ; and The Who's Tommy La Jolla Playhouse .[5]
Pryor has also performed as a jazz/blues vocalist since 1993, having played to sold-out crowds in Los Angeles, DC, Hong Kong, Scotland and London, where she released a performance CD, Rain Pryor Live in London .
Pryor created and toured in the award-winning show based on her life, Fried Chicken and Latkes , in 2004 and 2005. She appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006.
In 2012, Pryor was named the artistic director of Baltimore's Strand Theater.[citation needed
In 2015, Pryor received the inaugural British Urban Film Festival honorary award from Ellen Thomas on behalf of her father for his outstanding contribution to film and television. The festival also screened the UK premiere of That Daughter's Crazy , a documentary about her life living in the spotlight of her famous father.
HarperCollins published her book Jokes My Father Never Taught Me in 2006.
Personal life [ edit ]
In 2002, Pryor married family therapist Kevin Kindlin; they divorced in 2006.
In 2007, she began dating Yale Partlow, a Baltimore nursing student/meditation teacher[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Baltimore with daughter Lotus and husband, Dave Vane.[6]
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
2015 British Urban Film Festival honorary award (recipient) – on behalf of Richard Pryor (posthumously)
2008 Marin Services For Women Founders Award (recipient)
2007 NAACP Image Award, Best New Author Biography (nomination) – Jokes My Father Never Taught Me, Life, Love & Loss with Richard Pryor
2007 African American Literary Awards (nomination) – Jokes My Father Never Taught Me:Life, Love & Loss with Richard Pryor
2005 NAACP Theatre Award, Best Female Performer Equity (recipient) – Fried Chicken & Latkes
2005 NAACP Best Original Playwright Equity (nominated) – Fried Chicken & Latkes
2005 Invisible Theatre's Goldie Klein Guest Artist Award (recipient) – Fried Chicken & Latkes
2004 Los Angeles Ovation Awards, Best Solo Performance (nominated)
References [ edit ]
^ "Rain Pryor: Pouring The Tea" . The BV Entertainment Newswire Blog . November 1, 2006. Archived from the original on January 15, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2015 .
^ "Multiracial Celebrities" . Blackflix.com. November 6, 1972. Retrieved March 10, 2011 .[dead link
^ "Rain Pryor & Mixed Rain Productions Inc - Home" . Rainpryor.com . Retrieved March 10, 2011 .
^ a b Vozzella, Laura (June 1, 2008). "Big girls find a home here" The Baltimore Sun . Retrieved October 19, 2021 .
^ Pressley, Nelson (September 20, 2012). "Rain Pryor: Drought buster for Baltimore's Strand Theater?" . The Washington Post .
^ http://www.biography.com/people/rain-pryor-21093215?page=1 After multiple miscarriages, the couple had a daughter, Lotus Marie, on April 1, 2008.[dead link
^ "Rain Pryor Pregnant with First Bagy" . Black Celebrity Kids . February 5, 2008.
^ "Rain Pryor Welcomes Baby Lotus Marie" . Black Celebrity Kids . August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2022 .
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