Brett Butler (actress)
Brett Ashley Butler (* 30 January 1958 in Montgomery , Alabama as Brett Ashley Anderson ) is an American stand-up comedian and actress .
Life
Brett Butler worked as a waitress in Houston after a failed marriage . She also tried herself as a stand-up comedian. When she moved to New York , she made her first television appearances. She gained greater fame from 1993 in the lead role in the television series Grace . Her behavior, caused in part by drug use, led to problems in production and ultimately to the show's cancellation in 1998. She has since appeared in smaller roles; including in the third season of How to Get Away with Murder .
From 1978 to 1981 she was married to the steel worker Charles Michael Wilson and from 1987 to 1999 with the musician Ken Ziegler.
Filmography (selection)
- 1993–1998: Grace (TV series, 122 episodes)
- 2000: Militia
- 2012–2014: Anger Management (TV series, 38 episodes)
- 2016: How to Get Away with Murder (TV series, three episodes)
- 2018: Friday's Child
- since 2018: The Walking Dead (TV series)
Works
- Knee deep in paradise. Hyperion, New York 1996, ISBN 0-7868-6136-3 (autobiography)
Web links
- Brett Butler in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Brett Butler Biography
- Brett Butler in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Brett Butler in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brett Butler Biography
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
- ↑ Knee Deep in Paradise ( Memento from February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Otto Bib
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butler, Brett |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Butler, Brett Ashley (full name); Anderson, Brett Ashley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American stand-up comedian and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 30, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montgomery , Alabama , United States |