Happenings
PRIME – May 2013
AGAWAM
"THE REPUBLIC OF DANCE"
On May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Agawam Senior Cen...
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PRIME – May 2013
By Debbie Gardner
debbieg@thereminder.com
Caroline Rhea admitted to being "jet lagged and headachy" on the morning PRIME reached her by phone to talk about her upcoming CityStage appearance. The 48-year-old actress and comedian apologized, explaining that she and her toddler, Ava, had just returned to their New York City home after a whirlwind weekend trip to California.
"I just got back from Disneyland with my daughter," Rhea said. "It's spring break so we were just visiting the princesses."
Fortunately, she added, Ava was occupied during the mid-day call so she didn't have to be "half-mom, half-interviewee."
It seems you can now add adoring mother to this accomplished entertainer's litany of credits, which include portraying Hilda Spellman on the long-running TV comedy, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," Drew Carey's girlfriend on "The Drew Carey Show," hosting the first three seasons of "The Biggest Loser" and voicing the harried mother Linda Fletcher Flynn on the Disney Channel's long-running tween animated comedy series, "Phineas and Ferb."
If you've missed her in any of those roles, you might have caught some of her comedy during her recurring guest host spots on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," appearances on "Conan O' Brien," or on networks such as Comedy Central, Bravo or Showtime, where her jokes have run the gamut from bawdy single girl shenanigans in her early days to couples' challenges and snoring boyfriends in her recent acts.
Rhea said she would be bringing her latest comedy act to ...
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