George LopezGeorge Lopez (born April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California) is a Latino American comedian, actor and entertainer and star of a self-titled, ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show. Lopez grew up in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California. He became a popular stand-up comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirizing of Latin-American life and culture in the United States. Much of his humor was drawn from the financial poverty of his upbringing and of the Latino community in general. In 2000, after several years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock for Lopez to produce and star in a comedy. Bullock was concerned about the lack of Latino-oriented sitcoms on American television and pushed to get a sitcom on television that starred Latinos but wasn't exclusively about the Hispanic American community. ABC, who had been criticized by Latin-American groups for lack of Latinos on their television shows quickly picked up the television series, which began airing in 2002, aired in ABC's TGIF lineup in 2003-2004, and is now shown on ABC at 8:30 on Tuesday nights. In addition, Lopez performed in Real Women Have Curves, which was feaured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and later aired (to much acclaim) on HBO. This page about George Lopez includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about George Lopez News stories about George Lopez External links for George Lopez Videos for George Lopez Wikis about George Lopez Discussion Groups about George Lopez Blogs about George Lopez Images of George Lopez |
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In addition, Lopez performed in Real Women Have Curves, which was feaured in the 2002 Sundance Film Festival and later aired (to much acclaim) on HBO. Arthur was born in New York City and grew up in the state of Maryland. ABC, who had been criticized by Latin-American groups for lack of Latinos on their television shows quickly picked up the television series, which began airing in 2002, aired in ABC's TGIF lineup in 2003-2004, and is now shown on ABC at 8:30 on Tuesday nights. in a one-woman show which opened in Broadway in 2002 as Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends. In 2000, after several years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock for Lopez to produce and star in a comedy. Bullock was concerned about the lack of Latino-oriented sitcoms on American television and pushed to get a sitcom on television that starred Latinos but wasn't exclusively about the Hispanic American community. In 1981, she appeared in Woody Allen's The Floating Lightbulb; two decades later she toured the U.S. Much of his humor was drawn from the financial poverty of his upbringing and of the Latino community in general. On stage, her roles include Lucy Brown in the 1954 Off-Broadway premiere of The Threepenny Opera, Yente the Matchmaker in the 1964 premiere of Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, and a 1966 Tony Award-winning portrayal of Vera Charles in Mame. He became a popular stand-up comedian, especially among the Latino community for his satirizing of Latin-American life and culture in the United States. In the latter she played the character Dorothy Zbornak, a middle-aged woman who lived in a Florida house with two room mates (Betty White and Rue McClanahan) and Dorothy's short-tempered yet hip old mother, played by Estelle Getty. Lopez grew up in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles, California. In the former she played Maude Findlay, an outspoken liberal living in Westchester County, New York. George Lopez (born April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California) is a Latino American comedian, actor and entertainer and star of a self-titled, ABC sitcom, The George Lopez Show. Her notable television roles include the title role on the popular sitcom Maude in the 1970s and a co-starring role on The Golden Girls in the 1980s. Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel on May 13, 1923), is an American actress and comedienne. |