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Rosie O'Donnell
(1962-)
Who Is Rosie O'Donnell?
Rosie O'Donnell began her career as a stand-up comedian before moving to television. After her role in the 1992 film A League of Their Own, O'Donnell went on to further success on the small screen, notably with her own daytime talk show and later as co-host of The View. An outspoken LGBT activist, O'Donnell has found herself in tabloid headlines for her multiple marriages and personal issues.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Roseann O'Donnell
BORN: March 21, 1962
BIRTHPLACE: Commack, NY
SPOUSE: Michelle Rounds (m. 2012-2015), Kelli Carpenter (m. 2004-2004)
CHILDREN: Chelsea Belle O'Donnell, Parker Jaren O'Donnell, Vivienne Rose O'Donnell, Blake Christopher O'Donnell
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aries
Early Life
O'Donnell was born Roseann O'Donnell on March 21, 1962, in Commack, New York. The third of five children, she is the daughter of Roseann and Edward O'Donnell, a homemaker and an electrical engineer, respectively.
Being part of a large family had its challenges. "We weren't poor—my father was an electrical engineer—but there were five children," O'Donnell later said. "The kids who went to school with us in Dix Hills [New York] would all get Camaros on their 16th birthdays. And at our house, we had a Plymouth Vol
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O'Donnell, Rosie
(1962-)
The Rosie Agricultural show, Rosie Magazine
Overview
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Rosie: The Life and Humor of Rosie O'Donnell
Gloria Goodman, Bill Adler, Jr.. William Morrow & Company, $22 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-688-15315-1
Show-biz biographers often feel compelled to deliver dirt on their subjects, but not so Goodman in this exuberant, gossipy examination of TV's ""Queen of Nice"" (per Newsweek magazine). With O'Donnell, it seems, what you see is what you get. Schoolmates, owners of the comedy clubs where she got her start, co-stars on Broadway (Grease) and in the movies (Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own), reviewers and even the ""dream guests"" on her hit daytime TV talk show have apparently had nothing negative to say about this girl next door. Goodman, described in the publisher's promo material as a ""longtime fan"" of her subject, recounts O'Donnell's early life as a ""bubbling Broadway fan from Commack, Long Island,"" whose mother introduced her to the thrill of Broadway and movies before dying of cancer when O'Donnell was 10 years old. The aspiring starlet was so popular in high school that she was elected ""senior class president, and homecoming queen, and prom queen."" Even early on in her career, according to the author, she used only positive humor to delight and endear herself to friends and fans alike. Her compassion permeates ever