You Might Know Her From

Anne Rodeman & Damian Bellino

You Might Know Her From is an interview podcast and living piece of art. Hosted by comedians and best friends, Damian Bellino and Anne Rodeman, the show centers the stories of women and non-cis figures in entertainment. Bridging anthropology and comedy, this project seeks to preserve these (often never before heard) stories with irreverence and panache.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Harriet Sansom Harris

    You Might Know Her From Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza, Addams Family Values,  Desperate Housewives, The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, Ratchet, The Agency: Central Intelligence, and the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Harriet Harris gave us the skinny on being directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, acting opposite Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread, and being pied in the face (at least twice) at the hands of Paul Rudnick. All that plus she walked us through all of Felicia Tillman's delicious Desperate Housewives plotlines, the "queerness" of The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, and her influence in alt rock from the Eve 6 episode of The X-Files. Harriet Harris is just a woman for all of us!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom on IG || @youmightknowherfrom on TT @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week Patti LaBelle doing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" The 5 Mrs Buchanans Pilot Eileen Heckart Meghan Robinson worked with Charles Busch and died of AIDS at 35 In Marc Cherry's masterpiece Desperate Housewives as Felicia Tillman, sister of Wisteria Lane's nosey neighbor, Christine Estabrook Did a play with Christine and a show called The Crew (1995-96) Emmy nominated for Season 2, Episode 5 of Hacks  Long Bright River Amanda Seyfried The Agency: Central Intelligence with Michael Fassbender Most recognized as Bebe Glazer in Frasier and the revival (Rachel Bloom plays her daughter) Was at Juilliard with Kelsey Grammer  Licorice Pizza scene Phantom Thread scene with Harriet as Barbara Rose Played Eleanor Roosevelt four different times Jeffrey is first comedy about AIDS Pied in Addams Family Values Mary Testa let Harriet know that woman was a menace Transylvania Twist (the OTHER Harriet Harris was in that) "Eve 6" episode of X-Files is an all-time banger

    58 min
  2. 19 MAR

    Olga Merediz

    It's Olga, with the German name! That's right, we are here with actress and singer Olga Merediz. You Might Know Her From In the Heights, Encanto, Blockbuster, Eternity, Evita, Music of the Heart, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Orange is the New Black, and the Original Broadway Company of The Human Comedy. Olga gave us all the good on her Tony-nominated turn in In the Heights and recreating Abuela Claudia 14 years later in Jon M. Chu's 2021 film adaptation. Plus, we got to hear what it was like to play ONLY the singing voice for a character in Encanto, working on a never-saw-the-light-of-day play with John Cassavetes, and originating the role of "Mexican Woman" in The Human Comedy where she gets one of the best musical sequences in the show: "I Let Him Kiss Me Once." Oh! And yes, two Madonna stories from BOTH Evita and Music of the Heart, giddy up!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom on IG || @youmightknowherfrom on TT @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Emily from Pop Star Academy is a manifester Libra/Aquarius connection based on air signs and big emotions Made a documentary: My Two Moms - A Story of Separation (2022) Playing opposite Elizabeth Olsen in the afterlife romcom Eternity  "I Let Him Kiss Me Once" in The Human Comedy, by Galt McDermot and William Dumaresq Abuela Claudia in In the Heights on Broadway and on film Olga's big number, "Paciencia y Fe" Olga played "Mexican Woman" in the famous Broadway flop, The Human Comedy which closed after 13 performances. She loved the harmonies. Galt McDermot "little angel munchkin" wrote the score (also Hair) Donna Murphy was understudy for Bess (Elizabeth Mastrontonio) in OBC Joe Papp inserting himself into The Human Comedy poster Directed by John Cassavetes in an unproduced 4 hour theatrical production, Thornhill Loved working with Alan Parker (Evita) and Sidney Lumet (Q&A + 100 Centre Street) Played Madonna's sister in Evita Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines), Robert Redford (The Milagro Beanfield War) Isn't She Great with Bette Midler Appeared in the Netflix sitcom, Blockbuster with Randall Park and JB Smoove Raising Gloria's kids on Orange is the New Black where she practiced Santeria Singing voice of Abuela Alma Madrigal in Encanto (had to match voice actor's intonation and accent)  Was the voice of the MTA: "Going Your Way" on 1 train CGI penguins in Mr Popper's Penguins vs Kevin Spacey in his K-Pax glasses Things I Forgot to Remember (1999) shot in Morocco and writer was paid in Moroccan boys and was in SAG litigation for years because no one got paid Plays mom of student in Music of the Heart Babycakes is an underseen New York movie (favorite train is the 1) After school TV special "Read Between the Lines" Cuban sandwich competition on Throwdown with Bobby Flay (Flay lost) 8th Ave Guantanamera  Comedone vs milia (keratin cyst) Selective slugging

    57 min
  3. 12 MAR

    Dawnn Lewis

    We are here with the one and only Dr. Dawnn Lewis. You Might Know Her From A Different World, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Young Rock, Major Crimes, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Wood, Dreamgirls, and the Broadway production of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. We talk to Dawnn about writing the theme song for (and starring on) A Different World, how she'll be involved in the Netflix revival, and what it was like when Jaleesa went to Africa AKA Hangin' with Mr Cooper. From her almost-runs on Broadwa–in Sister Act as Dolores and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opposite Matthew Broderick–to her Hurricanes connection to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, we got into it all.  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom  Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom on IG || @youmightknowherfrom on TT @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Tap dance Kid tour  Won the NY audition for replacing Jodi Watley in Shalamar at Leviticus Club  Michael Bolton concert show on Broadway  Did How to Succeed in La Jolla, but she didn't transfer it to Broadway  Jaleesa double dutching in credits for A Different World  Wrote theme song for A Different World and demanded 50% cut Anne Beatts brought into A Different World (old Square Pegs plots) Dawnn and Sinbad became defacto parents on the show Poor Jaleesa "went to Africa"  I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) Angela Honig on New Rock Like Dwayne Johnson, Dawnn is an alum of Univ of Miami (Hurricanes. He DID his coverage  The Rock's energy drink Bill Condon complimented Dawnn on her performance in Dreamgirls Voice of Captain Carol Freeman in Star Trek: Lower Decks Played a detective opposite Angela Bassett in 9-1-1; played the head of an accreditation council on Grey's Anatomy and people told her "Jaleesa shut down the hospital" A New Day Foundation

    1hr 7min
  4. 5 MAR

    Dana Ivey

    Oh, yes, we're here with 5x-Tony-nominated singer-actor, Dana Ivey. You Might Know Her From The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Home Alone 2, The Color Purple, Two Weeks Notice, Heartburn, The Help, Post Cards from the Edge, Sabrina, Oceans 8, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rush Hour 3, AND theatre productions of Sunday in the Park with George, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Heartbreak House, The Rivals, Butley, and Driving Miss Daisy. Dana talked to us about adjusting her technique for the camera, always being cast as Southern or British, and acting opposite Cousin Itt in The Addams Family films. We also got all the stories from the little-known sitcom Easy Street with Loni Anderson and the Ruby Wax pilot Mama's Back opposite Joan Collins. All that plus so much more! Dana was just the best!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom on IG || @youmightknowherfrom on TT @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Janet Jackson belly tattoo à la "Runaway" Most recognized for Home Alone 2 and Addams Family films Lauren Bacall the consummate film actress Loved working with Stanely Tucci on The Imposters Played Miss Millie in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple  Grew up in Atlanta and had a long creative relationship with Alfred Uhry Had to pay to see Driving Miss Daisy movie (never got to audition) Has been an Anglophile her whole life (got a Fulbright grant to study at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) Connection between Southern and English accents because of dropped consonants Double Tony Award Nominee for Heartbreak House and Sunday in the Park with George Addams Family Values written by Paul Rudnick (Margaret was married to Cousin Itt) Sitcom Easy Street w/ Loni Anderson and Ruby Wax written sitcom Mama's Back w/ Rupert Everett and Joan Collins  Played Trudy Stork, original owner of Elizabeth Taylor (the dog) on Sex and the City  Plays Hester Stone at front desk of The Plaza in Home Alone 2 Oceans 8 heist scene was a nod to character actresses— they'd all be good Raked stage was torture in Sunday in the Park with George Dana Ivey's Theatre Talk Roundtable: Nathan Lane & Mark Lamos Judith Ivey and Dana Ivey are NOT related Speak French, Latin and English in Rush Hour 3 ("anytime brother" was her adlib) "Salmonussy"

    48 min

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You Might Know Her From is an interview podcast and living piece of art. Hosted by comedians and best friends, Damian Bellino and Anne Rodeman, the show centers the stories of women and non-cis figures in entertainment. Bridging anthropology and comedy, this project seeks to preserve these (often never before heard) stories with irreverence and panache.

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