Bonnie Hunt to Host Paley Center Gala
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TV Week - Found Nov. 13, 2008 Talk show host Bonnie Hunt has been selected to host the ?s annual Los Angeles gala. |
Bonnie Hunt's couchside manner
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Chicago Sun-Times - Found Nov. 12, 2008 I've sort of known Bonnie Hunt for awhile, from Second City and here and there, and I really like her. |
James Denton on the Bonnie Hunt Show Today!
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Desperate Housewives - Found Oct. 28, 2008 Tuesday, October 28th (that?s today!), one of my all-time favorite Desperate Housewives stars James Denton , will be on the Bonnie Hunt show. |
Bonnie Hunt's Talk Show Uh-Oh?
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EOnline.com - Found Oct. 24, 2008 Today 9:12 AM PDT by Ted Casablanca Michael Caulfield/ We adore Bonnie Hunt. Hear that? Adore. Fiercely. |
Scheduled To Appear - 11/20
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POLLSTAR - Found 3 hours ago Chelsea Lately' - rerun Russell Peters, - 'The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos' Scott Foley - 'The Bonnie Hunt Show' The All-Starz... |
CBS Dominates Tuesday Overnights; Strong ABC
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Mediaweek - Found Nov. 19, 2008 3.2), women 18-49 (2.8), women 25-54 (3.2) and men 25-54 (3.2). -Warner Bros.? The Bonnie Hunt Show matched its series high in households... The Obamas' Post-Election '60 Minutes' Scores Top Ratings - Washington Post Arts, Briefly: Dancing Wins, Sun Rises in East - New York Times CBS wins week with '60 Minutes,' 'NCIS' - Entertainment Weekly Online Post-election, ratings return - Hollywood Reporter Explore All |
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Syndication Ratings: 'Legend Of The Seeker' Performing Well
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Broadcasting & Cable - Found Nov. 18, 2008 Bonnie Hunt and Debmar-Mercurys Trivial Pursuit: America Plays all were flat at a 0.9, 0.9 and 0.6, respectively. |
Queerview television guide for November 18
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After Elton - Found Nov. 18, 2008 The Bonnie Hunt Show (syndicated) Check local listings Today Bonnie's guest list includes Kathy Griffin. Considering Bonnie's understated style... |
Women in Television: Hilary Estey McLoughlin
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TV Week - Found Nov. 18, 2008 Show? to ?The Tyra Banks Show.? Most recently, she was the executive behind ?The Bonnie Hunt Show.? ?We?ve aligned ourselves... |
QuVIS Performs With Pixar’s “Cars” Jun 8, 2006 Once ...
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Dcinematoday.com - Found Nov. 17, 2008 The feature includes the voice talents of Owen Wilson (Lightning McQueen), Paul Newman (Doc Hudson), Bonnie Hunt (Sally Carrera) and Larry The... |
Bonnie Hunt Biography
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Bonnie Hunt
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Hunt at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. |
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| Born | Bonnie Lynn Hunt September 22, 1961 Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupation | Actress, Comedienne, Writer, Director, Television Presenter, Television Producer |
| Years active | 1984 — present |
Bonnie Lynn Hunt (born September 22, 1961)1 is a two-time Golden Globe- and a Emmy Award-nominated American actress, comedienne, writer, director, television producer and daytime television host of The Bonnie Hunt Show.
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Biography
Early life
Hunt was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Alice, a homemaker, and Bob Hunt, an electrician.2 She was raised in a large Irish Catholic family,3 and has three older brothers, Patrick, Kevin, and Tom, two older sisters, Cathy and Carol, and one younger sister, Mary. Hunt was educated in Catholic schools and attended St. Ferdinand Grammar School and Notre Dame High School for Girls in Chicago.
In 1982, Hunt worked as a oncology nurse at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. In 1984, she co-founded An Impulsive Thing, an improvisational comedy troupe, with Holly Wortell, Andy Miller and John Gripentrog. Hunt also performed as a member of Chicago's world-famous The Second City, joining in 1986.
Career
Hunt is said to have refused to become a cast member of Saturday Night Live because the show's producers generally frowned on her preferred improvisational style. In 1992, she turned down a higher-paying role on Designing Women to co-star in Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters, Randy Quaid, and Audrey Meadows.
In 1993, Hunt teamed with good friend David Letterman to produce The Building, a short-lived sitcom that was modeled after early-1950s television shows. The show was also filmed live; mistakes, accidents, and forgotten lines were often left in the aired episode. Hunt reportedly declined the female lead in the series Mad About You, which went to Helen Hunt (no relation).
Hunt and Letterman re-teamed in 1995 with The Bonnie Hunt Show (later retitled Bonnie), which featured many of the same cast members as The Building and the same loose style. The show was praised by critics but was canceled after 11 of the 13 episodes produced were aired. In 2002, Hunt returned to television with Life with Bonnie, a show known for clean and offbeat humor. Her role on that show earned her a 2004 Emmy nomination, her first. Despite fair ratings, the show was canceled in its second season. Hunt announced on Live with Regis and Kelly that ABC had offered her another sitcom, in which she played a divorced detective. This pilot, Let Go (also known as Crimes and Dating), was not picked up for the fall 2006 schedule.
Hunt served as screenwriter, director and supporting actress for the 2000 film Return to Me, a romantic comedy starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. It was filmed in her Chicago neighborhood and included bit parts for a number of her relatives.
A recognizable film actress, Hunt has starred opposite Charles Grodin in the popular children's films Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd, with Tom Cruise in the hit Jerry Maguire, with Robin Williams in Jumanji as well as opposite Steve Martin in Cheaper by the Dozen and its sequel. Also, she played the biological mother, Grace Bellamy, of Mark Austin (played by Kip Pardue) in Loggerheads, a 2005 independent film written and directed by Tim Kirkman. Hunt not only starred as the voice of Sally in Pixar's Cars but received a writing credit on the film as well.
In June 2007, Hunt taped a talk show pilot for Telepictures. The pilot was picked up by ABC for broadcast on its ABC-owned stations as well as for syndication to other broadcast and cable outlets; again her show is titled The Bonnie Hunt Show. She began her foray into the competitive daytime market in September of 2008. The pilot took place in the same studio as The Ellen DeGeneres Show and guest-starred DeGeneres. Hunt's brother was asked medical questions in a segment called "Ask Dr. Hunt." The pilot also featured Teri Horton, the author of Who is Jackson Pollock.4 In September 2007, ABC announced a two-year commitment for the program.5
Personal life
Hunt married investment banker John Murphy in 1988. However, during her June 6, 2006, appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, she mentioned that she is single again.
Hunt is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, having not missed an Opening Day at Wrigley Field since 1977. She is also a supporter of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation where she is an honorary board member.6
Filmography
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2012 | Cars 2 | Sally Carrera | Voice |
| 2006 | Cars | Sally Carrera | Voice |
| 2006 | I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With | Stella Lewis | |
| 2006 | From Hair To Eternity | Martha Bakerson | |
| 2005 | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Kate Baker | |
| 2003 | Cheaper by the Dozen | Kate Baker | |
| 2002 | Stolen Summer | Margaret O'Malley | limited release |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | Mrs. Flint | Voice |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Megan Dayton | also director/writer |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Jan Edgecomb | |
| Random Hearts | Wendy Judd | ||
| 1998 | Kissing a Fool | Linda Streicher | |
| A Bug's Life | Rosie | Voice | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Laurel Boyd | |
| Getting Away with Murder | Dr. Gail Holland | ||
| 1995 | Jumanji | Sarah Whittle/Madam Serena | |
| Now and Then | Mrs. DeWitt | ||
| 1994 | Only You | Kate Corvatch | |
| 1993 | Beethoven's 2nd | Alice Newton | |
| Dave | White House Tour Guide | ||
| 1992 | Beethoven | Alice Newton | |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Sally Dibbs |
References
External links
Bonnie Hunt Videos and Clips
Description: 1999 and the final week of Toms CBS show one of his last guest was the magical Bonnie Hunt Watch the picture as they fly through the air!
Description: Segment with Cloris
Description: Melissa joins Bonnie Hunt to talk about Pinktober, cancer research and eating organic. She also performs her song "I Run For Life"
Description: alicia on the bonnie hunt show 9/12/08
Description: Bonnie Hunt Part 1
Description: David Boreanaz on The Bonnie Hunt Show 17.09.08
Description: Lauren Graham on The Bonnie Hunt
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