Rita Rudner is an American comedian, actress and writer. She began her career as a dancer, appearing in several Broadway musicals, but switched to stand up comedy at the age of 25 when she saw a gap in the market for female comedians in New York City. She became one of the premier American female comedians to come to success in the 1980s and '90s and at one point Rudner was working successfully both in her native America (with HBO specials and acclaimed appearances on The Tonight Show) and in the UK (with her own six part TV series for BBC2). In 1989 Rudner married her long term partner, the English producer Martin Bergman and together they have collaborated on numerous films, writing and producing Peter's Friends in 1992 which starred Kenneth Branagh, Fry and Laurie, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton and Rudner herself, and in Bergman's 1995 directorial debut A Month In The Country which she starred in alongside Jack Lemmon, Dudley Moore and Richard Lewis. Presently she has the longest running solo comedy show in Las Vegas history a twelve year run with over 2,000 shows and one and a half million tickets sold to date.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 17, 1953 (73)
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Actor and writer
- 12 on MovieCove · 22 credits in all
What are Rita Rudner's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Sally Shelton in A Weekend in the Country (1996)
- Heraldas Bunny in Thanks (2011)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Rita Rudner's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Rita Rudner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
22 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Magnum P.I.(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Thanks(2011)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Love Hurts(2009)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Rita Rudner: Live from Las Vegas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Ask Rita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
As Told by Ginger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
V.I.P. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
A Weekend in the Country(1996)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Nanny(1993)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Peter's Friends(1992)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Rita Rudner: Born to be Mild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Rita Rudner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Tales from the Crypt(1989)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
One Night Stand(1989)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
That's Adequate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Gleaming the Cube(1989)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
The Wrong Guys(1988)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Landing on their Feet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 61st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 22 titles, 21 of them dated from 1988 to 2018; peak year 1991.
Film career
Peak 1991 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1989Screen debut· Gleaming the Cube
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Rita Rudner's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 8; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 12 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed6
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Rita Rudner work with?
People who share at least 2 of Rita Rudner's MovieCove titles; Martin Bergman shares the most, 3.
- Martin BergmanShared titles: Thanks (2011), A Weekend in the Country (1996), Peter's Friends (1992)See all 3 shared titles with Martin Bergman
- Roger LanserShared titles: A Weekend in the Country (1996), Peter's Friends (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Lanser