Gilda's Life, Broken-Down to most important events.

        (1946-1989)          

~noted for her performances on the television program Saturday Night Live during 1975-1980.

~born on June 28, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan.

~She was the second of Herman and Henrietta's two children.  Michael, who was the first, was born five years earlier.

~attended the University of Michigan, where she studied drama, but dropped out and moved to Toronto.

~ In Toronto, she played in a production of the rock musical Godspell.  

~A member of Second City, a Toronto offshoot of a Chicago-based improvisational comedy group.

~In 1974, "National Lampoon Radio Hour", which was syndicated weekly.  

~A year later, she appeared in The National Lampoon Show, an off-Broadway satirical revue.

~Her wacky characters and zany celebrity spoofs earned her fame and in 1978, she was awarded an Emmy.  

~1979, Gilda fulfilled her life long dream and created her own one-woman show, "Gilda Radner-Live From New York."

~Gilda starred and appeared in several movies: Hanky Panky, Haunted Honeymoon, etc.

~Met Gene on set of Hanky Panky.

 ~Before Gene, was married to G.E. Smith (Saturday Night Live Band). It didn't last long.

~Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in 1986.  

~Passed away in 1989