54-511: Jacqueline Frances Stallone ( née Labofish ; November 29, 1921 – September 21, 2020) was an American astrologer , dancer and wrestling promoter. She was the mother of actor Sylvester Stallone , singer Frank Stallone , and actress Toni D'Alto, the latter by her former husband Anthony Filiti. Jacqueline Frances Labofish was born on November 29, 1921, in Washington, D.C. , the older of two girls. Her father, John Paul Labofish (1891–1956),
108-546: A bike messenger in Boston . Garofalo officially began her career in comedy in the mid-1980s during the pre-grunge era. Her appearance was often in line with very mid-1980s style: disheveled with thick black glasses and unkempt hair. Her comedy is often self deprecating; she has made fun of popular culture and the pressures on women to conform to body image ideals promoted by the media. When in San Francisco, Garofalo
162-577: A man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,
216-461: A Comedy Series nominations in 1996 and 1997. For a time, she was actually working on both series simultaneously. After The Ben Stiller Show was cancelled, Garofalo joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (SNL) for its 1994–95 season . She left SNL in March 1995 (mid-season) after only six months, saying that the experience left her "anxious and depressed", and that a sexist attitude pervaded
270-456: A February 23, 2003, episode of Fox News Sunday , Garofalo said of the Iraqi leader: Yes, I think lots of people are eager to obtain weapons of mass destruction . But there's no evidence that he (Hussein) has weapons of mass destruction. There's been no evidence of him testing nuclear weapons . We have people that are in our face with nuclear weapons. We've got Iran and North Korea. We've got
324-463: A Man in Vegas . In 1996 she was cast in the starring role in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs , a variation on Cyrano de Bergerac , which featured Uma Thurman in the top-billed but smaller role as a beautiful but vapid model, while Garofalo played a highly intelligent radio host. Initially an independent film, it became a studio movie when Thurman joined the project. Based on
378-736: A buffoon of, that people will say, 'You were wrong. You were a fatalist.' And I will go to the White House on my knees on cut glass and say, 'Hey, you and Thomas Friedman were right ... I shouldn't have doubted you ...' Garofalo said she had misgivings in 2007 about the depiction of torture in the television series 24 but joined the cast because "being unemployed and being flattered that someone wanted to work with me outweighed my stance". In April 2009, Garofalo drew criticism from The Washington Times when she denounced Tea Party protests , which she referred to as racist. She continued to criticize Tea Party protesters. In February 2009, Garofalo
432-482: A clip on the TV show Talk Soup , Stallone ate shrimp and a producer dubbed in belches. This caused host Greg Kinnear to laugh uncontrollably on camera. Stallone had three children and seven grandchildren. Her first marriage was to Frank Stallone Sr. which lasted from 1945 to 1957, and produced her two sons, Sylvester and Frank Jr. They divorced in 1957. Her second marriage was to Anthony Filiti in 1959, with whom she had
486-532: A comedy talent search sponsored by the Showtime cable network, and won the title of "Funniest Person in Rhode Island ." Dreaming of earning a slot on the writing staff of the TV show Late Night with David Letterman , she became a professional standup comic upon graduating from college with degrees in history and American studies. She struggled to make a living for a number of years, even working briefly as
540-400: A daughter, the late, Toni D'Alto. They later divorced. Her third and final marriage was to Stephen Levine in 1998, and lasted until her death in 2020. Her eldest grandchild Sage Stallone died unexpectedly in 2012. She had another grandson and three granddaughters through eldest son Sylvester, a grandson through Frank, and a grandson through Toni. Jackie Stallone died on September 21, 2020, at
594-461: A heated on-air argument with Sylvester's dad, Frank Stallone Sr. She accused him of being horrible in bed and wanting to have Sylvester aborted. She said that she faked the abortion and that Frank did not know about it until she gave birth. Several curse words were said and some were not censored. In January 2005, she appeared on the UK TV series Celebrity Big Brother as a "surprise" contestant. She
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#1732787520199648-504: A liberal when she voiced opposition to what became the 2003 Iraq War , appearing on CNN and Fox News to discuss it. She said that she was approached by groups such as MoveOn .org and Win Without War to go on TV, because these organizations say that the networks were not allowing antiwar voices to be heard. Garofalo and the other celebrities who appeared at the time said they thought their fame could lend attention to that side of
702-463: A movie where a teen girl was disemboweled. I didn't know it turned out so good, and it was a funny movie." Following up The Truth About Cats and Dogs , Garofalo played the lead role in The Matchmaker , a 1997 romantic comedy film about the misadventures of a cynical American woman who reluctantly visits Ireland; it is Garofalo's first and only lead role to date. That same year, she played
756-747: A one-hour stand-up special entitled If I May , performed at Seattle 's Moore Theatre that aired on Epix in June 2010 and was released on DVD in September 2010. Garofalo has performed a variety of roles in more than 50 feature films, playing leading or large roles in The Truth About Cats & Dogs , I Shot a Man in Vegas , The Matchmaker , Clay Pigeons , Steal This Movie! , Sweethearts , Mystery Men , The Independent , Wet Hot American Summer , Manhood , Ash Tuesday , and Bad Parents . Her first movie role, filmed
810-540: A problem with Pakistan. You know, I don't know what to say about that. There's a whole lot of people that are going nuclear. And I think that Saddam Hussein is actually, with the evidence, the least able to use nuclear weapons and the least obvious offender in that area at this moment. In March 2003, she took part in the Code Pink anti-war march in Washington, D.C. That autumn, she served as emcee at several stops on
864-930: A pronounced French accent for the role, appropriate for a character based on a French cook described as the world's best female chef. She made cameo appearances in The Guitar in 2008 and Labor Pains in 2009, and starred in Bad Parents in 2012, a comedy about New Jersey soccer moms obsessing over their children's experiences playing the sport. She starred in the 2015 film 3rd Street Blackout . Garofalo's big break came in 1990 after meeting Ben Stiller at Canter's Deli in Los Angeles, where they were hanging out with stand-up friends. They bonded over their "love of SCTV , early Saturday Night Live , and Albert Brooks ." Her first exposure on national television came soon thereafter by way of her appearance as
918-458: A series regular on television programs such as The West Wing , Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp , 24 , Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce , and Ideal . Garofalo was born in Newton, New Jersey , the daughter of Joan and Carmine Garofalo. Her mother, a secretary in the petrochemical industry, died of cancer when Janeane was 24; her father is a former Exxon executive. Garofalo
972-521: A stand-up comedian and became a cast member on The Ben Stiller Show , The Larry Sanders Show , and Saturday Night Live , then appeared in more than 50 movies, with leading or major roles in The Truth About Cats & Dogs , Wet Hot American Summer , The Matchmaker , Reality Bites , The Wild , Steal This Movie! , Clay Pigeons , Sweethearts , Mystery Men , The Minus Man , and The Independent . She has been
1026-454: A stand-up comic on MTV's Half Hour Comedy Hour . Subsequently, her first television series debut was on the short-lived Ben Stiller Show on Fox in 1992, on which she was a cast member alongside longtime friends Bob Odenkirk and Andy Dick . A chance meeting on the set of that show led her to being offered the role of Paula on The Larry Sanders Show on HBO , earning her two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in
1080-583: A supporting role as a deputy sheriff in the drama Cop Land , a police gangster film starring Sylvester Stallone , Harvey Keitel , Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro . In 1998, she performed her first voice-acting job playing "Ursula the Artist" in Disney 's English dub of Studio Ghibli 's Kiki's Delivery Service and briefly appeared in Permanent Midnight . In 1999, she starred as "The Bowler" in
1134-458: Is of Italian descent. She grew up in various places, including: Ontario, California ; Madison, New Jersey ; and Houston , Texas, where she graduated from James E. Taylor High School . Garofalo has said that she disliked life in Houston because of the heat and humidity and the emphasis on prettiness and sports in high school. While studying history at Providence College , Garofalo entered
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1242-620: The Tell Us the Truth tour, a political-themed concert series featuring Steve Earle , Billy Bragg , Tom Morello , and others. Throughout the year, Garofalo also actively campaigned for Howard Dean . While on Fox News' program The Pulse , O'Reilly asked Garofalo what she would do if her predictions that the Iraq war would be a disaster were to turn out wrong. Garofalo stated: I would be so willing to say, 'I'm sorry'. I hope to God that I can be made
1296-512: The Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née
1350-482: The 1980s wrestling program GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling . Stallone was shown rapping with Americana, Mt. Fiji , and Susie Spirit behind her. She rapped about Aunt Kittie's girls and making them kitty litter. Stallone became famous in her own right during the mid-1990s, by publishing astrology books, making television appearances, and setting up a psychic hotline where she would charge telephone callers for advice from her and other operators. She also invented
1404-466: The 2003 ABC show Slice O'Life about a reporter consigned to sappy human interest stories appearing at the end of news broadcasts, and the 2005 NBC program All In , based on the life of poker star Annie Duke , were not picked up by their respective networks. Throughout the 2005–06 television season, Garofalo appeared on The West Wing as Louise Thornton , a campaign adviser to the fictional Democratic presidential nominee. In 2006, she provided
1458-554: The United Kingdom was parodied on the British TV comedy show French and Saunders , with Dawn French playing Stallone and Jennifer Saunders playing Brigitte Nielsen . In Absolutely Fabulous , Season 1, Episode 1, entitled "Fashion" (1992), Saffy mistakes £300 worth of royal jelly for honey and eats it on toast, to which Edina says, "This is the stuff, sweetie... Jackie Stallone would kill for this, darling". In
1512-445: The age of 98. Her death was announced by her son Frank. Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in
1566-463: The cast of 24 , where she starred as Janis Gold . In 2010, Garofalo joined the cast of Ideal as Tilly. She was a cast member of the Criminal Minds short-lived spinoff TV series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior in 2011. In 2014, she portrayed Lyla, an entertainment lawyer, in seven episodes of the TV series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce . In 2015, she starred alongside most of
1620-410: The debate. Her appearances on cable news prior to the war garnered her praise from the left and spots on the cover of Ms. and Venus Zine . Garofalo has had frequent on-air political disputes with Bill O'Reilly , Brian Kilmeade , and Jonah Goldberg . Prior to the 2003 Iraq War, she took a position on the alleged threat posed by Saddam Hussein . For example, in an interview with Tony Snow on
1674-699: The documentary Left of the Dial , which includes a debate between Garofalo and her conservative father Carmine, who was initially a regular guest on The Majority Report . Garofalo commented on her show of April 28, 2006, supporting the Scientology -linked New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project , a controversial treatment for workers suffering ailments from 9/11 clean-up efforts in New York City. Garofalo struggled with alcoholism, giving up drinking in 2001. Garofalo married Robert Cohen , then
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1728-494: The early 1990s, appearing at Un-Cabaret and other venues and co-created the "Eating It" alternative stand-up comedy show, which ran at Luna Lounge on the Lower East Side of New York City between 1995 and 2005, frequently hosting the show and appearing as a performer. She appeared on HBO's Comedy Half-Hour and Comedy Hour specials in 1995 and 1997, respectively, among similar subsequent appearances, including
1782-531: The fact they didn't send me my puppet, that bothered me even more." In 2005, she played the ex-wife of a man coping with the reverberations of a divorce in Duane Hopwood . In 2006, she performed Bridget the giraffe's voice in the animated Disney feature film The Wild . In 2007, she provided the voice of Colette Tatou, a chef in the Pixar / Disney feature film Ratatouille , in which Garofalo affected
1836-448: The family in gymnastics, weight lifting, and jogging, when she was a girl. Stallone was the first woman to have a daily television show on exercise and weight lifting in Washington, D.C., and later opened a women-only gym, named Barbella's. During her youth, Stallone was a trapeze artist in a circus and a chorus girl in a nightclub. She was also a hairdresser. She lived relatively quietly for most of her life. Even after Sylvester starred in
1890-575: The film Mystery Men , about an underdog group of super heroes. In 2000, she portrayed Abbie Hoffman 's wife Anita Hoffman opposite Vincent D'Onofrio as Hoffman in Steal This Movie! , involving the couple's political activism during the Vietnam War era. Later that same year, she received second billing under Jerry Stiller in a comedic film about a low-budget movie producer entitled The Independent . The following year, Garofalo
1944-683: The film Rocky in 1976, she remained unknown to the general public. In the 1970s, she owned and operated a facial salon in which she used her own concoctions to treat several skin issues. In her salon, which was on 71st Collins Avenue in Miami Beach , she had a huge poster of Sylvester Stallone and The Lords of Flatbush . Stallone was just starting to make it big as an actor and she was very proud. She talked often to her clients about her three children. She enjoyed talking for hours to one client in particular, she would read her palm and entertain her with her love for astrology. Stallone appeared on
1998-487: The final episode of Mad About You ; Jerry Seinfeld 's female counterpart (and, briefly, fiancée) Jeannie Steinman on Seinfeld ; a recurring correspondent on Michael Moore 's TV Nation , and a former girlfriend of Dave Foley 's character on NewsRadio . She provided the voice for the weekly conversations between the series lead and an older friend (Garofalo) in Felicity . Two television pilots starring Garofalo,
2052-527: The original cast in the Netflix eight-episode prequel to the 2001 comedy film Wet Hot American Summer . In 2017, Garofalo starred in E4 's comedy-drama series Gap Year . Garofalo co-wrote a comedic New York Times bestseller with Ben Stiller in 1999, titled Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfaction , a spoof of the self-help books prevalent at
2106-468: The show. She said that many of the sketches were "juvenile and homophobic". According to New York Magazine , Garofalo was "largely stuck in dull, secondary wife and girlfriend roles", and quoted her friends as saying that she considered the stint "the most miserable experience of [her] life." Following SNL , Garofalo appeared in a plethora of guest star roles: the grown-up daughter of the Buchmans on
2160-526: The success of that film, a producer offered Garofalo the part of Dorothy Boyd in Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise if she could lose weight. After trimming down, however, she learned that Renée Zellweger had received the part. She turned down the role of television reporter Gale Weathers in Wes Craven 's Scream because she thought the film would be too violent: "I said I didn't want to be in
2214-490: The term z domu (literally meaning "of the house", de domo in Latin ) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as née . Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo ( / dʒ ə ˈ n iː n ɡ ə ˈ r ɒ f əl oʊ / jə- NEEN gə- ROF -əl-oh ; born September 28, 1964 ) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on Air America Radio 's The Majority Report . Garofalo began her career as
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2268-457: The term rumpology , which, according to her, is an art similar to that of palm reading except that the procedure is done by examining pictures of people's rear ends. She also claimed that she could consult dogs to find out about the future. She also became involved in the cosmetics industry, launching facial masks and other products that she claimed cured skin problems. On May 21, 1992, Stallone appeared on The Howard Stern Show and engaged in
2322-423: The time. She wrote her HBO Comedy Half-Hour along with similar appearances and programs, co-wrote some sketches on The Ben Stiller Show and an episode of the television series Head Case , and wrote and directed a 2001 comedy short, Housekeeping . Garofalo has been open and outspoken regarding her liberal political views. She is a feminist . In an interview for Geek Monthly magazine, she stated that she
2376-464: The voice for the animated character "Bearded Clam" on Comedy Central's Freak Show . In 2007, she wrote a dedication for the mini-book included in the six-DVD box-set of the 1994 cult series My So-Called Life . Garofalo had segments titled "the disquisition" in several episodes of the 2007 season of The Henry Rollins Show which took place in her apartment, much in the same way Rollins ' segments take place at his house. In 2009, Garofalo joined
2430-531: The year before she appeared on national television, was a brief comical appearance as a counter worker in a burger joint in Late for Dinner in 1991. Her breakthrough role came in Reality Bites (1994) as Winona Ryder 's character's Gap -managing best friend Vickie. Her further television work and supporting roles in feature films included Bye Bye Love and Now and Then , and a leading role in I Shot
2484-811: Was top-billed in Wet Hot American Summer , the 2001 cult comedy about an American summer camp, and starred in The Search for John Gissing . In 2002, she played Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project and in 2003, she starred in Manhood and Ash Tuesday , and appeared in the crime film Wonderland . She played a supporting role in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood in 2004. A puppet version of Garofalo appeared (and
2538-566: Was a Washington lawyer. Her mother, Jeanne Victoria Anne "Adrienne" Clerec (1901–1974), was Breton . Her parents had met while her father was serving in the U.S. Navy at Brest ( Brittany ) after the First World War . Her paternal grandparents, Rose (Lamlec) and Charles Labofisz, were Jewish immigrants from Odesa , Ukraine , then a part of the Russian Empire . Her family lived with body builder Charles Atlas who trained
2592-485: Was a frequent guest at the San Francisco Comedy Condo . Garofalo's comedy shows involve her and her notebook, which is filled with years' worth of article clippings and random observations she references for direct quotes during her act. Garofalo has said that she does not tell jokes as much as make observations designed to get laughs. She was part of the alternative comedy scene in Los Angeles in
2646-502: Was brought onto the show to create tension within the "house", as her former daughter-in-law Brigitte Nielsen , with whom she notoriously did not get along, was also a contestant. Stallone was the first contestant voted out by viewers after spending four days in the house. Stallone appeared on BBC TV show Through the Keyhole in March 2007. On the show, Stefanie Powers explored her LA home and then interviewed her. In 1994, Stallone
2700-620: Was criticized by conservative sites such as Newsbusters for saying that then-current Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele suffered from Stockholm Syndrome and that "any female or person of color in the Republican party is struggling with Stockholm Syndrome". She once again received attention and right-wing criticism in August 2011 after saying on Current TV 's former program Countdown with Keith Olbermann that she speculated that 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain
2754-417: Was graphically killed off) in the 2004 movie Team America: World Police ; while Garofalo was irritated by the parody, she was more upset by the filmmakers' lack of correspondence. "I ran into them in the street, Trey and the other guy , and I said to them, 'The least you could do is send me a puppet.' And they said OK, took my address down ... and never sent me a puppet! So while Team America bothered me,
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#17327875201992808-429: Was parodied in a Saturday Night Live skit in which Janeane Garofalo played Stallone. In the skit, Stallone advertised a psychic hotline telling of her two sons "Sylvester, the famous star, and Frank, a struggling musician". Stallone encouraged customers to call so she could steer them away from the "Frank" (negativity) in their lives and toward the "Sylvester" (success). Her appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 3 in
2862-487: Was possibly getting paid to run for president to deflect from racism in the Republican Party , conservative movement , and Tea Party . She was criticized by Cain, who denied her criticisms and called them "pathetic and hilarious". In late March 2004, Garofalo became a co-host for Air America Radio 's new show The Majority Report , alongside Sam Seder . The early days of Air America Radio are chronicled in
2916-489: Was raised in a conservative family. She has appeared with political figures such as Ralph Nader (whom she supported in the 2000 election , but opposed in 2004 ) and Jello Biafra at various events. In 2007, Garofalo described herself as an atheist , and participated in a radio interview by Freethought Radio, a show by the Freedom From Religion Foundation . She became more prominent as
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