Tracey Ullman

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Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959 in Slough , England ) is a British actress , comedian and singer . She has also been a US citizen since 2006 . She is considered the most commercially successful British comedian.

Life

Ullman was in 1959 in the English county of Berkshire born. She first appeared on British television programs and produced songs for the London music label Stiff Records . From 1983 to 1985, seven of her titles reached the UK charts . From 1987 to 1990 she appeared on the Tracey Ullman Show , for which she received the Emmy Award in 1989 and 1990 and was nominated several times for the same prize in different categories. The animated series The Simpsons comes from this show . In 1988 she won the Golden Globe Award , and in 1989 and 1990 she was nominated for the same award. It also won the American Comedy Award in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

Ullman played in the film A Demancipated Woman (1985) alongside Meryl Streep , in the comedy I love you to death (1990) she played one of the leading roles alongside Kevin Kline . In the television series Tracey Ullman: A Class Act (1992), she was next to Michael Palin to see. From 1996 to 1999 she starred in the comedy television show Tracey Takes On ... , for which she was nominated for a 1997 Golden Globe . She won the Golden Satellite Award in 1998, the Screen Actors Guild Award in 1999, the American Comedy Award in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and the CableACE Award in 1996 in two categories. She was also seen as the main character's therapist in the first three seasons of the series Ally McBeal . She was nominated for a Golden Globe and an American Comedy Award for her role in the movie Narrow Gauntlet , in which she played alongside Woody Allen . She was nominated for an Emmy for her leading role in the television movie Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003).

After Ullmann said he had not received any offers for a long time, she has been successfully appearing again with her own television show since January 2016, for the first time in over two decades on British television. The title of the BBC show Tracey Ullman's Show is based heavily on the title of her previous TV show on Fox , but is a slightly differently conceived sketch show in which she parodies well-known women politicians. Ullman received special praise in the German media for her parody of Chancellor Angela Merkel .

Ullman was married to British producer Allan McKeown from 1983 until his death on December 24, 2013 and has two children. Since December 2006, she has had US citizenship in addition to British citizenship.

Filmography (selection)

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1983 You Broke My Heart in 17 Places - - - UK14th
silver
silver

(20 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 25, 1983
1984 You caught me out - - - UK92 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1984

Compilations

  • 1984: Forever - The Best of Tracey Ullman
  • 1992: The Best of Tracey Ullman: You Broke My Heart in 17 Places
  • 1996: The Very Best of Tracey Ullman
  • 2002: The Best of ... Tracey Ullman
  • 2002: Tracey Ullman Takes on the Hits
  • 2010: Tracey Ullman - Move Over Darling: The Complete Stiff Recordings

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1983 Breakaway
You Broke My Heart in 17 Places 		DE8 (15 weeks)
DE 		- CH11 (3 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(12 weeks)UK 		US70 (4 weeks)
US
First published: 1983
In the United States Break-A-Way
Original: Irma Thomas - Breakaway (1964)
They Don't Know
You Broke My Heart in 17 Places 		DE35 (13 weeks)
DE 		- - UK2
silver
silver

(11 weeks)UK 		US8 (17 weeks)
US
First published: September 9, 1983
Original: Kirsty MacColl - They Don't Know (1979)
Move Over Darling
You Broke My Heart in 17 Places 		- - - UK8 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1983
Original: Doris Day - Move Over Darling (1964)
1984 Bobby's Girl
You Broke My Heart in 17 Places 		DE45 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: 1984
Original: Marcie Blane - Bobby's Girl (1962)
My Guy (My Guy's Mad At Me)
You Caught Me Out 		- - - UK23 (7 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 1984
Original: Madness - My Girl (1980)
Sunglasses
You Caught Me Out 		DE52 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT6 (8 weeks)
AT 		- UK18 (9 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1984
Original: Skeeter Davis - Sunglasses (1964)
Helpless
You Caught Me Out 		- - - UK61 (3 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1984
Original: Kim Weston - Helpless (1966)
1985 Terry
You Caught Me Out 		- - - UK81 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: 1985
Original: Kirsty MacColl - Terry (1983)

Further single releases

  • 1984: Me Has Descubierto (You Caught Me Out) (released only in Spain)
  • 1985: Shattered

Awards for music sales

  • 1983: Silver record in the UK for the single "Breakaway"
  • 1983: Silver record in the UK for the single They Don't Know
  • 1983: Silver record in the UK for the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places

Web links

Commons : Tracey Ullman  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fifty Shades of Gray author earns £ 75m in four years from worldwide hit making her the country's fourth wealthiest author… .but JK Rowling holds on to the top spot . In: The Daily Mail . Daily Mail Online. May 3, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b The ex-singer who parodies Angela Merkel , Die Welt, January 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Tracey Ullman's Show , BBC Media Center.
  4. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  5. ↑ a b c BPI Certified Awards. British Phonographic Industry , accessed May 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Ullman, Tracey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Slough , Berkshire , UK