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Tracey Ullman
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British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director
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Tracey Ullman is a British female artist and author who began her professional career in 1983. Born on December 30, 1959, she is associated with the United Kingdom. Her musical output spans genres including pop, rock, synth-pop, and doo-wop, while her broader work has been tagged with new wave and 80s styles.
As an author, Ullman has published eight works. Notable titles include *A Carnival of Snackery*, *Big Mouth Coloring Book*, *Sesame Street Coloring Book*, *On Dogs*, and *Tiny Feet*. She has also been referenced in 720 other encyclopedia articles. In a recorded quote, she stated, "Some kids can play the piano or kick a football; I could just impersonate everyone."
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- A Carnival of Snackery
- Big Mouth Coloring Book
- Sesame Street Coloring Book
- On Dogs
- Tiny Feet
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1959-12-30
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 89,648
- Total plays
- 644,239
Tags
Tracey Ullman (born December 30, 1959 in Hackbridge) an English comedienne, was a pop star for a brief spell in the early '80s before resuming her focus on acting. She had six singles in the British Top 100 in a 19 month span from March 1983-October 1984. Melody Maker once described her retro '60s style sound as somewhere between "Minnie Mouse and the Supremes". In 1982 while starring on the BBC TV programme "Three of a Kind", Ullman was persuaded to record an album "You Broke My Heart in 17 Pl
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,894x
- Global Consequences of Land Use
· 2005 · cited 9,855x
- The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome
· 2013 · cited 4,632x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science
· 2020 · cited 4,322x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “My real name is Trace Ullman, but I added the 'y.' My mother said it was spelled the American way, but I don't think she can spell! I always wanted a middle name. My mum used to tell me it was Mary but I never believed her. I looked on my birth certificate and I didn't have one, just Trace Ullman.”
- “I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.”
- “I love having a kid [...] They don’t let you think about yourself. [The one drawback of being a mum in America is that] Mabel wants Barbie, one of those bloody awful dolls. No vaginas, no nipples and they're bulimic. This is what femininity is? [...] Ever tried to assemble a Barbie barbecue stand? [...] Fortunately, Mabel already knows that Ken's just Mr. Barbie. She already cut his hair punk style. She knows that ... Ken's an idiot.”
- “I wouldn't do anything mean spirited. If it's in the wrong spirit, or if its not honest, then I wouldn't do it. It's got to honest. Otherwise, what's the point?”
- “Some kids can play the piano or kick a football; I could just impersonate everyone.”
- “Every seven years or so I look around me and I want to look at the society and I want to try and be everyone I'm seeing in the world right now. [...] And I've done this all my life. I realized I used to do this in my mother's bedroom when I was 6. I used to be everyone in my village and everyone at school and everyone in the news, and I'm still doing that same show. I'm now 56. I think I can do it in my 80s. I'll just, you know, impersonate everyone around me then in the nursing home.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Trace Ullman , ( 1959-12-30 ) 30 December 1959 (age 66) , Slough , Buckinghamshire , England
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom United States
- Alma mater
- Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
- Occupations
- Actress comedian singer dancer screenwriter producer director author
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Allan McKeown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 27 December 1983</span>"}]]}'>1983 ; died 24 December 2013</span>"}]]}'>2013 )
- Awards
- Full list
- Medium
- Television film theatre books
- Genres
- Sketch comedy social commentary satire character comedy parody musical comedy
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Label
- Stiff
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Tracey Ullman (born Trace Ullman; 30 December 1959) is a British and American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, and author. Critics have lauded her ability to shift seamlessly between characters and accents, with many dubbing her the "female Peter Sellers".
Ullman began her career as a dramatic actress on stage, as well as in the British soap opera Mackenzie, playing Lisa Mackenzie. After an award-winning performance in the improvised play Four in a Million at the Royal Court Theatre, she branched out into comedy. She starred in the British television sketch comedies A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield), the latter winning her a BAFTA in 1984. After a brief singing career that garnered three top-ten singles, she appeared as Candice Valentine in the ITV sitcom Girls on Top alongside Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, and Ruby Wax.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tracey Ullman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.