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Yet the screwball comedies of the 1930s and '40s did have a group of actresses who gave as good as they got — Myrna Loy, Carole Lombard, and Katharine Hepburn held their own against the likes of William Powell and Carey Grant, dishing out one-liners and snappy comebacks.
Ana Gasteyer (/ˈɑːnə ˈɡæˌstaɪ.ər/; born May 4, 1967) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She is most notable for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002.
Lily Tomlin and Roseanne Barr paved the way for women, as they were in their prime in the 1970s and became known as two of the funniest people to ever walk the earth. Meanwhile, great 70s comedians like Paula Poundstone and Kaye Ballard redefined what it meant to be a woman in comedy.
Results of 173 votes:
- Whoopi Goldberg. Won in 1986 for Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Recording.
- Lily Tomlin. Won in 1972 for This is a Recording.
- Kathy Griffin. Won in 2014 for Calm Down Gurrl.
- Tiffany Haddish. Won in 2021 for Black Mitzvah.
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