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Comedienne, Actress, and Writer Ellen DeGeneres.

Stand up comic Ellen DeGeneres, the star of the sitcom "Ellen." The show airs on Wednesday nights on ABC. Last year DeGeneres co-hosted the 1994 Emmy awards and received a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female in a New Television series. She now has a new book, My Point. . . And I Do Have One. (Bantam News).

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 13, 1995: Interview with Jeff Greenfield; Review of the film "Jeffrey"; Interview with Ellen DeGeneres; Review of Peter Sellars operas.

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