Judy Tenuta
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Emerging from a large Catholic family in Oak Park, Illinois, she studied theater at the University of Illinois at Chicago and sharpened her comedic instincts in a Second City improv class before opening for Chicago comics. Adopting the flamboyant “Love Goddess” persona, she progressed from the local circuit to an HBO special alongside Ellen DeGeneres, Rita Rudner and Paula Poundstone, later reloca…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
