Ellen Degeneres bio at Netflix
An award-winning comedienne and actress who made headlines with her very public "coming out" in 1997, Ellen DeGeneres was born outside New Orleans on Jan. 26, 1958. After perfecting her quirky stand-up delivery in comedy clubs for more than a decade, DeGeneres landed a spot on prime-time television with the eponymous and Emmy-winning sitcom "Ellen" (1994-98) and, a few years later, "The Ellen Show" (2001).

In 2003, she became host of her own Daytime Emmy-winning talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and also found her niche as the host of countless televised awards shows, including the Grammys in 1996, the Emmys in 2001 and 2005, and the Oscars in 2007.

Although DeGeneres has been less successful on the big screen, she's best known for providing the voice of the forgetful fish Dory in the animated hit Finding Nemo (2003).

Ellen DeGeneres Bio | The Ellen DeGeneres Show

ELLEN DEGENERES Host and Executive Producer Beloved television icon and entertainment pioneer, Ellen DeGeneres' distinctive comic voice has resonated with audiences from her first stand-up comedy appearances through her work today on television, film and in the literary world. Ellen DeGeneres has made a home for herself in the daytime arena with her hit syndicated talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." The show, now entering its seventh season, recently won four Daytime Emmy Awards. During its six seas - ellen.warnerbros.com

Ellen DeGeneres Biography - Biography.com

Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born January 26, 1958 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the daughter of an insurance salesman and a working mother who were divorced when DeGeneres was a teenager. When she was growing up she dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but she gave up the idea because she was "not book smart." Instead, she waited tables, sold vacuum cleaners, painted houses, worked as a legal secretary. DeGeneres' older brother, Vance, was the creator of the Play-Doh character "Mr. Bill" on the long-running - www.biography.com

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Ellen DeGeneres - Biography

Emmy-winning talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres was born on January 26, 1958, in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. Her father, insurance salesman Elliot De Generes and her mother Elizabeth, a real-estate agent, were divorced when she was 16 years old. Her mother remarried, and her new husband, salesman Roy Gruessendorf, moved the family (which included Ellen's brother) to Atlanta, Texas.After graduating from Atlanta High School in 1976, Ellen attended the University of New Orleans as a communication - www.imdb.com

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