Sandra Bernhard

Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, singer and author. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy in which she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. 2Early life Bernhard was born in Flint, Michigan, the daughter of Jeanette (née LaZebnik) and Jerome Bernhard. Her parents raised her as a Conservative Jew. She has three older brothers. Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, when she was 10. She has often addressed her childhood in interviews and within the context of her stand-up comedy. Of her family, Bernhard stated in her show Without You I'm Nothing: "My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist. That's how I view the world." In the documentary program Girls Who Do: Comedy, she discusses being a funny teenage