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| About Lea DeLaria~  www.DelariaDammit.com | Lea DeLaria Biography | Lea DeLaria (born May 23, 1958 at Belleville, Illinois) is a US comedian and jazz musician.
An extremely prominent figure in the world of lesbian stand-up comedy, she is noted for her raunchy persona and inflammatory, irreverent political commentary, which have proven controversial inside and outside the gay and lesbian community. Some of her comedy releases include Bulldyke in a China Shop and Box Lunch. She has also written a humorous book entitled Lea's Book of Rules for the World.
She has also appeared in a number of films, including Edge of Seventeen, and in musicals, including The Rocky Horror Show and On the Town.
Much like fellow comedienne Sandra Bernhard, DeLaria has always integrated musical performance into her stand-up comedy. However, unlike Bernhard, DeLaria focuses on traditional and modern be-bop jazz. She has even said at her shows "It is my personal goal to bring be-bop jazz back into the gay and lesbian community." In 2002 she followed up on the goal, releasing a CD of jazz standards called "Play It Cool."
"I'm at West Virginia University to do a show, right, and they've done all this fucking publicity about it...so when I get to my show, who's waiting for me but five hundred Christian protestors with great big signs. 'Lea DeLaria is going to hell.' Not generic 'gay is not good': 'Lea DeLaria is going to hell.' Which is what I need five hundred strangers to tell me, like twelve years of Catholic fuckin' school wasn't enough, right?!"
-Lea DeLaria, from Box Lunch |
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FILMOGRAPHY - "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Frankie (1 episode, 2009)
... aka "Law & Order: SVU" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Special Victims Unit" (New Zealand: English title)
- Transitions (2009) TV episode .... Frankie - "One Life to Live" .... Madame Delphina / ... (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
- The Tao of David (2009) TV episode .... Madame Delphina
- Sex, Drugs and David's Soul (2009) TV episode .... Madame Delphina
- Don't Cry for Me, Mendorra (2008) TV episode .... Madame Delphina
- Fort Bliss (2008) TV episode .... Madame Delphina/Professor Del Fina
- Crank Dat Soldier Boy (2008) TV episode .... Madame Delphina/Professor Del Fina
(11 more) - Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006) .... Fat Rose
- "Will & Grace" .... Nurse Carver (1 episode, 2003)
- Swimming from Cambodia (2003) TV episode .... Nurse Carver - "The Job" .... Kiki (1 episode, 2002)
- Gina (2002) TV episode .... Kiki - Mercury in Retrograde (2002) .... Betsy Brick
- "The Oblongs..." .... Helga Phugly (3 episodes, 2001)
... aka "The Oblongs" (USA)
- Pickles' Little Amazons (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Helga Phugly
- Disfigured Debbie (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Helga Phugly
- Misfit Love (Pilot) (2001) TV episode (voice) .... Helga Phugly - "Further Tales of the City" (2001) TV mini-series .... Willie Omiak
... aka "Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City" (USA: complete title) - "The Beat" (2000) TV series .... Kathy Speck (unknown episodes)
- Edge of Seventeen (1998) .... Angie
- Homo Heights (1998) .... Clementine
... aka Happy Heights (USA: video title) - In Through the Out Door (1998) (TV) .... Various characters
- Plump Fiction (1997) .... Mr. Purple
- "The Drew Carey Show" .... Jewel (1 episode, 1997)
- Drewstock (1997) TV episode .... Jewel - The First Wives Club (1996) (as Lea De Laria) .... Elise's Fan
- "Friends" .... Woman (1 episode, 1996)
- The One with the Lesbian Wedding (1996) TV episode .... Woman - Rescuing Desire (1996) .... Sadie
- "Saved by the Bell: The New Class" .... Miss Hearst (1 episode, 1995)
- Ryan's Worst Nightmare (1995) TV episode .... Miss Hearst - OP Center (1995) (TV) .... Capt. White
... aka Tom Clancy's 'OP Center' - "The John Larroquette Show" .... Loreli (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
... aka "Larroquette" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Wrestling Matches (1995) TV episode .... Loreli
- A Dark and Stormy Night (1994) TV episode - "Matlock" .... Det. Pat Jordan / ... (2 episodes, 1994)
- Dead Air (1994) TV episode .... Det. Pat Poletti
- The Murder Game (1994) TV episode .... Det. Pat Jordan
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