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Susie Essman

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Bronx, New York City, NY
Biography:Devotees of HBO will have little trouble pinpointing actress Susie Essman; she made one of her most indelible impressions as the brassy, bossy, acid-mouthed Susie Greene, wife of Larry David's manager Jeff Greene (Jeff Garlin), on the quirky sitcom Curb Your Enthusiasm. Essman grew up in Mount Vernon, NY, as the daughter of two prosperous Jewish parents: an internist father and a college professor mother who taught Russian at nearby Sarah Lawrence College. She began her career as a stand-up comedian and entered films courtesy of the Tom Hanks/Sally Field seriocomedy Punchline (1988) (as -- fittingly -- a comedian), but hit her stride with Curb, which debuted in 2002. Essman subsequently participated in director Penn Jillette's monologue-heavy raunchfest The Aristocrats (2005) and hosted the Bravo network's competition-themed reality series Better Half (2007), before voicing a cat in the family-oriented... Full Biography
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Susie Essman at Walt Disney Pictures 'Bolt' World Premiere on November 17, 2008 at the El Capitan...
Susie Essman at Walt Disney Pictures 'Bolt' World Premiere on November 17, 2008 at the El Capitan...
Susie Essman at Walt Disney Pictures 'Bolt' World Premiere on November 17, 2008 at the El Capitan...
Actress Susie Essman attends The Cinema Society and Target screening of "Good Hair" at the...
Actress Susie Essman attends The Cinema Society and Target screening of "Good Hair" at the...
Actress Susie Essman attends The Cinema Society and Target screening of "Good Hair" at the...
Comideian Susie Essman arrives for the "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for...
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