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. 07/24/2025 · BONUS

    Actress Adjacent with Jeff Hiller

    Special summer episode with actress-adjacent darling and new author AND Emmy-nominee Jeff Hiller. Yes, Jeff is only the second self-identified man on the show but it's important! Anne and Damian talk to friend of the pod, Jeff Hiller about his new memoir Actress of a Certain Age, his star-making turn as Joel on HBO's Somebody Somewhere, and his love of celebrity autobiographies and great ladies of the theatre. We just LOVE, Jeff, and we know you will too!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this episode: Starlight Express with Jane Krakowski and Andrea McArdle Rachel Zegler singing "Shallow" in her bathroom  Rachel Zegler singing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" We saw Rachel play Fiona in her high school production of Shrek Jamie Lloyd doing Evita in London right now 2012 revival of Evita with Elena Roger, Ricky Martin and Michael Cerveris Patti LuPone skiing the slopes here?  What about Bernadette Peters in concert? Anne thinks Ben Platt is evolving but the only man Damian cares about is Robert DeNiro We love Ethel Merman but Arthur Laurents always called her dumb Ethel Merman Gypsy is underrated!  Gossip columnist Ted Casablanca was the only other cis man we've had on YMKHF Jeff's favorite theatrical experiences: Operation Mincemeat, Fun Home, Pippin revival, Jane Krakowski in Nine, Dreamgirls slime tutorial Andrea Martin's big moment in Pippin made all of us weep Never produced musical with Jane Krakowski Jeff Hiller musical We are all excited about Jennifer Lopez in Kiss of the Spiderwoman movie Chita on the Tonys for Kiss of the Spiderwoman Jimmy Ray Bennett, Phillip Taratula, John Flynn, Stephen Guarino, Drew Droege, Brian Gallivan, Pete Zayas Maybe had 3 episodes as Francois the Tailor in Guiding Light Jeff's new show Basic  Phillp Taratula   Ruth Buzzi story on That Girl Beth Grant episode of YMKHF Dale Dickey episode of YMKHF Jeff's actress memoir recommendations: Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Lee Grant Patricia Field memoir is underrated (Rebecca Weinberg is her former partner in life and business). Also there is a Pat Field documentary called Happy Clothes!?  Pat is a lesbian and her parents met on the Isle of Lesbos Go watch Somebody Somewhere Watch Pop Star Academy and then let's go see Katseye at Hammerstein Ballroom

    1h 9m
  2. 06/26/2025

    Top 5 Gay (But Not Gay) Movies...According to Us

    Happy Pride, babies! We love you all from the bottom of our queer little hearts. For June's episode we are doing a "talking shet" kinda-manic-mind-meld-wormhole-brain-rot-mindgrapes-Grape-Lady episode where we are narrowing down OUR list of the top 5 gay (but not gay) movies, according to us (Anne and Damian, two geriatric millennials, so set your expectations on what kind of wild ride this is.) But FIRST, we have a few quick orders of business: We are taking a bit of a summer hiatus as it relates to actress interviews. We know, we know, we're already only feeding you once a month but trust that this hiatus is an exciting lead-up to a big announcement. In the interim, we will be on the You Might Know Her From-original recipe feed monthly giving you some "just us" b.s. and also maybe even a non-actress interview if some of our stars align. We'll also be chugging away here for YOU, the subscribers. We are still recapping And Just Like That, we are still working on our "everything is connected" musical theatre project (RENT, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard), and also committed to what you want MORE of us from us. So feel free to shout out in the comments here what you'd like from us this summer. Truly, DO this, we are here because of YOUS so we want to make content you want from UZ. Thank you for sticking with us all these years. We are grateful for your grace as we cool down for the summer while gearing up for this BIG announcement. Now please enjoy over an hour of us screaming at each other and into the ether about movies that we declare GAY but NOT GAY. No Imagine Me & You, No Broken Hearts Club. But what about Thelma & Louise? You'll have to listen and sound off in the comments with what we forgot! Also, actress interviews from the past name-checked in this episode if you want to reacquaint yourselves: Kathleen Turner, re: Moonlight Lori Petty, re: A League of Their Own Wendy Makkena, re: Sister Act Kate Burton, re: The First Wives Club Elisa Donovan & Nicole Bilderback, re: Clueless Frances Fisher, re: Waiting for Guffman

    1h 20m
  3. 05/15/2025

    Faith Prince

    Achoo! We're falling in love with the one and only Faith Prince. You Might Know Her From Modern Family, Emily in Paris, Melissa & Joey, Spin City, My Father the Hero, The Last Dragon, and Broadway productions of Guys & Dolls, A Catered Affair, Bells Are Ringing, and BOOP!  Faith talked to us about grounding her character, Valentina, in the cartoonish plot of BOOP!, coping with fame during her star-making turn in Guys & Dolls, and leaning on her co-star Gerard Depardieu in one of her first leading roles on camera in My Father the Hero.  Faith also shared stories from working as a Broadway replacement in the cumbersome costume of Ursula in The Little Mermaid and the notoriously "realistic" production of Anne as Miss Hannigan. All that, plus working with theatre legends like Jerome Robbins, Abe Burrows, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, doing dialect work at Joey Lawrence and Lily Collins, doing her best Cyndi Lauper in cult fave The Last Dragon (and making pals with Berry Gordy, and working with Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell in the short-lived High Society.   This one was a HOOT.  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this episode: Evergreen topics for Anne and Damian: Tyne Daly in Gypsy, Grease, Spice Girls track listings, we look like cats in Heathcliff, the cast of Mannequin 2 aka is it Jonathan Silverman, no it's William Ragsdale in Herman's Head, Sex and the City/AJLT Cynthia Nixon's kitchen tour Tom and Lorenzo and their SJP adventure Plays Valentina in Boop on Broadway We love Dancer/Choreographer Rachelle Rak Coughing as Adelaide was tougher than talking and singing in character voice Bob Saget used his stand-up to differentiate himself from Danny Tanner  Nathan & Adelaide are famously the SOUBRETTES in Guys & Dolls so Jerry Zaks put them forward instead of Sky and Sarah (this changed how future productions positioned the 2 couples)  Jerry Mitchell says it's important to pass the baton down to the next generation of musical theatre stars Arthur Laurents aka "the meanest man in show-business", Jerry Gutierrez, Abe Burrows, Comden & Green, Sondheim, Barishnykov, Howard Ashman, Jack Plotnick, Tina Landau,  My Father the Hero w/ Gerard Depardieu "Dirty Books" from The Last Dragon / Suzanne de Passe and Berry Gordy produced the soundtrack. Berry Gordy took her OUT and called her "baby" "One More Time" in First Wives Club "How do you know if someone has lived through trauma — by the way they get someone who doesn't like them, to like them." Cole Escola of Oh, Mary! on CBS Sunday Morning Was in first 6 episodes of High Society with Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell (based on AbFab and Faith played the Saffy character) Faith Prince's "Men" from Nick & Nora. The show was a notorious flop. Arthur told Faith she was making a big mistake by leaving show to do Guys & Dolls. Mary Rodgers told her she could find a way into Anna through Gertrude Lawrence, who was a comedienne.  Was offered the role of Audrey in the original Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors Went to CCM with Jim Walton Had taken the revue, Scrambled Feet and was doing an IBM industrial so couldn't' take LSOH Lance Roberts is currently in Just in Time Ellen Greene did Adelaide at The Hollywood Bowl  Studied Donna Murphy who she replaced in The King & I and then did Wonderful Town (at LA Opera) Katie Finneran talked with us about James Lapine's realistic interpretation of Annie and Miss Hannigan in the 2012 revival. Said it was a challenge in the NYT. Re the 2012 revival of Annie: Andrea McArdle said "I didn't know we were doing Secret Garden" Associate Director Wes Grantham LOVES HUMOR, unlike Lapine Martin Charnin & Charles Strouse KISSED HER FEET when they visited her backstage John Doyle who directed A Catered Affair also backs away from the humor We love Bells are Ringing - Faith starred in the 2001 Broadway revival. Difficult because of Mitchell Maxwell who produced Had to ride an actor in Grey's Anatomy because character's IUD got stuck on her ex-husband's Prince Albert penis piercing Does some great character work in the indie film Our Very Own (got gig from doing reading of The Women with Allison Janney) IMDB lists her on an ep of Mad Men. INCORRECT. Martin Short was in Dennis Quaid movie, Innerspace My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies was an incredible, formative concert Managing Ursula costume in The Little Mermaid was worse than managing the wig in her Lifetime movie with Kathleen Turner, Friends at Last Vicki Lewis told us she held Dixie Carter's spit cup in a production of Mame she was in with Faith Christopher Walken kept pickled things in the pockets of his costume during James Joyce's The Dead (Marni Nixon was also in the show) We interviewed Annaleigh Ashford who is maybe made  in the mold of Faith Prince Damian is seeing an Italian production of Cats / Anne is seeing her nephew do Grease Jr.  in Sicily DUCK ASS HAIR for Danny Zuko

    1h 43m
  4. 04/24/2025

    Miriam Shor

    It's Miriam Shor, y'all! You Might Know Her From Younger, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Magic Hour, GCB, Shortbus, Swingtown, Maestro, American Fiction, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3. Miriam gave us all the scoop on grounding the zaniness of Diana Trout on Darren Star's Younger, leading the indie comedy Magic Hour, and appearing in "brilliant but canceled" series like GCB and Swingtown. All that, plus Miriam talked to us about being one of John Cameron Mitchell's "players," appearing in Shortbus and, of course, originating the role of Yitzhak in the Hedwig universe; popping up in prestige Oscar films; her musical theatre roots; New York City history; and dying by way of a paintbrush in The Americans. We just LOVED Miriam. Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this episode: Genesis' "Land of Confusion" + Garbage Pail Kids + Whoopi Goldberg latex mask Realistic latex masks on TikTok Eddie Fisher was married to Debbie Reynolds but cheated on Debbie with Elizabeth Taylor when her husband (their friend), Mike Todd died  Christina Milian and The Dream; Little Wayne and Nivea swapped Damian loves a sexy network drama and also HBO's Real Sex, Taxicab Confessions People raising hyper realistic fake babies Lars and the Real Girl ; Companion MIriam's first leading film role is in Magic Hour Dons a bald cap in Guardians of the Galaxy III American Fiction had a $5M budget Cord Jefferson's Oscar speech Played Diana Trout on Darren Star's Younger for 6 seasons Darren Star also made Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Good Christian Bitches Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias Cricket Caruth Reilly Met her husband doing karaoke - also with Bridget Everett Marie's Crisis got a resurgence thanks to Younger St Marks Is Dead by Ada Calhoun Il Posto Accanto (thanks to Debi Mazar); Supper; Gnocco Swingtown was championed by Nina Tassler but killed by Les Moonves Hedwig and the Angry Inch was Miriam's first audition and show in New York Met Lou Reed, Joey Ramone, Elliot Smith, Pete Townsend because of Hedwig Anne saw Debbie Does Dallas in the Jane Street Theatre but didn't get to see Hedwig Shortbus with John Cameron Mitchell Did Fiddler on the Roof tour in 1994 with Theodore Bikel (Captain Von Trapp in Original Broadway cast of The Sound of Music). "Edelweiss" was written for him by Rodgers & Hammerstein  Appeared at Public Theatre's production Lynn Nottage's Sweat (it later won the Pulitzer Prize)  Wants to do Shakespeare in the Park Was Mary in Kennedy Center Production of Merrily We Roll Along (A GREAT DRUNK in a FAT SUIT, her big scene at 15:40) Was a waitress in Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce miniseries  Was directed by Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro Appeared as lesbian in The Wild Party with Sutton at Encores, played gay in And Just Like That Season 2; and was Yitzak in Hedwig Anne's obsessed with this portrait Morgan Freeman is supposed to have painted of a nude Diane Keaton in Five Flights Up (see right)  Friends with Cynthia Nixon and her wife Christine Played an artist in The Americans ("I'm pulling the drawing OUT of the paper") Adam Scott and Carol Burnett are great drunks; we love a pilled out Samatha Mathis in American Psycho "Room Tone" is when Sound Dept records sound of the room to lay under the scene if necessary "Corpsing" is when you break character (Peter Hermann is worst) Miriam is Directing a documentary about NDAs Quincy Jones said that Richard Pryor had sex with Marlon Brando We hope Amanda Bynes gets a comeback. Faye Dunaway, Tatyana Ali, Leanna Creel and her triplets. Not Millie Bobby Brown Matlock cast on Jennifer Hudson runway

    1h 56m
  5. 03/27/2025

    L. Scott Caldwell

    "I DIED?!?!" We are here with Tony-nominated actor, L. Scott Caldwell. You Might Know Her From Insecure, Lost, The Fugitive, Bad Monkey, How to Get Away with Murder, Waiting to Exhale, The Net, Soweto Green and the Broadway production of Joe Turner's Come and Gone. L. Scott gave us all the scoop on acting opposite Crystal the Monkey in Bad Monkey, bringing her personal story to Rose's story on Lost, and working with August Wilson on the Broadway production of his 1988 play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. All that, plus being killed off as Molly's mom on Insecure (she forgot!), working with Uta Hagen and the Negro Ensemble Company, and what she learned from Joe Pantoliano on the set of The Fugitive. L. Scott was a total dream and we hope you love it as much as we did!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this episode: Rob Lowe as Stone Phillips and Shaggy Sarah Michelle Gellar as Posh Spice (Chris Kattan as Mel Be) and Debbi Matanopolous The Curious Case of Natalia Grace made into a mini-series with Ellen Pompeo called Good American Family Anne currently binging 2 seasons of Making a Murderer on Netflix  Parker Posey in The Staircase  True Crime Con featured Jon Benet Ramsey's father was the keynote speaker My Favorite Murder We tried to convince Jiggly Caliente to do Lorena Bobbit on Snatch Game Cult-y video Damian sent Anne on TikTok We are currently reading Sarah Schulman's books: People in Trouble, Stagestruck L Scott plays Jodi Turner Smith's grandmother in Bad Monkey Fear of cats: Ailurophobia Had a chemistry test with Crystal the monkey L Scott played Molly's mom, "CeeCee" on Insecure  Dies in A Million Little Pieces, The Gridiron Gang, Insecure Played Rose Nadler of Rose and Bernard on the phenomenon known as Lost Co-starred in big 90s movies like The Fugitive, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Net, Waiting to Exhale Aggie Rodgers was the costume designer for The Fugitive Richard Jordan dies while shooting of The Fugitive  and was replaced with Jeroen Krabbé Soweto Green written by Mfundi Vundla NEC: Negro Ensemble Company Was named "Nombula" = bringer of the rain Won a Tony for her role In Joe Turner's Come and Gone on Broadway  A Play of Giants at Yale Rep 1984  NEC members: Barbara Montgomery, Frances Foster, Michele Shay, Adolph Caesar, Graham Brown, Charles Brown, Samm-Art Williamson OG company: Hattie Winston, Judyann Elder, Rosalind Cash, Denise Nicholas,  Men: Norman Bush, Allie Woods, Robert Hooks,  NEC: The Room and it moved to Broadway the next year Uta Hagen promoted some movie called The Other on Mike Douglas show Got injured going toe to toe with Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder Has played a judge, lawyer or doctor more times than she can count Tom Petty music video for "Don't Come Around Here No More" and Genesis "Land of Confusion" video with giant Reagan puppets

    1h 49m
  6. 02/27/2025

    Cherry Jones

    Cherry, baby! We are here with two-time Tony-winner and three-time Emmy-winner Cherry Jones. You Might Know Her From The Handmaid's Tale, 24, Transparent, Succession, The West Wing, The Village, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and her numerous theatre credits including The Heiress, Doubt, Mrs. Warren's Profession, and The Glass Menagerie. Cherry talked to us about playing the real life Eileen Myles on Transparent, grounding the violence on 24, whether or not she'll appear in the final season of The Handmaid's Tale, and she shares with us an actor's secret: her "moment before" from the Broadway production of Doubt. Plus, we got the scoop on going toe to toe with Brian Cox on Succession, whether or not she'd ever play Madame/Mama Rose in Gypsy, and trailblazing as a queer person in entertainment when she won her Tonys. This one was just a total treat!  Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this episode: Was Sarah Schulman's novel People in Trouble ripped off for Rent? Michael Greif directed Jonathan Larson's original production of Rent Gypsy Rose Lee's autobiography, Gypsy: A Memoir:  June Havoc's 2 memoirs: Early Havoc and More Havoc Arthur Laurents' memoir: Original Story By: Gypsy movie with Rosalind Russell (1962) + Bette Midler tv Gypsy (1993) Our Sunset Boulevard review on Patreon Book about original production of Sunset Boulevard We are digging into the source material for our: YEAR OF Rent | Gypsy | Sunset Boulevard | Chicago The play is called Chicago Bette's Emmy performance of "Rose's Turn" in stirrup pants Spongebob creator Hillenburg sold rights to Nickelodeon and when he died they made a musical and lots of spin-offs Tick Tick Boom introduced Anne to Raul Esparza "Boho Days" 5 Days at Memorial (Apple TV) Nan Pierce on Succession was the bus and truck Katherine Graham After doing Doubt on Broadway, she went on national tour with the show Dennis Haysbert was first President on 24 and then it was Cherry as Allison Taylor Had been doing rep at ART for 10 years when she opened as Catherine in the 1995 revival of The Heiress directed by Gerry Guitierrez Cherry saw Tyne Daly and Angela Lansbury's Gypsy Angela was a tall woman Jane Greenwood was costume designer for The Heiress and the Colleen Dewhurst's A Moon for the Misbegotten Has Colleen's student id card from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts hanging on her wall Played Ma Joad at the National Theatre in London last summer (will not transfer) Jessica Chastain A Doll's House got the phone stuff out of the way at pre-show Testament of Mary with Fiona Shaw Jessica Hecht was so good in Summer of 1976 and Eureka Day Cherry loves J. Smith Cameron in anything M Night Shyamalan's Signs and The Village Former guest of the show Celia Weston told us M Night's camp was fun but didn't inform the work Starred opposite Mel Gibson in the Jodie Foster's film, The Beaver Twelfth Night with Diane Lane (directed by Andrei Serban) Lifetime lesbian movie with Brooke Shields, What Makes a Family (2001) We interviewed Veronica Cartwright who was in The Children's Hour Played Eleanor Roosevelt opposite Hilary Swank's Amelia Eearhart in Amelia  Tina Howe and Jack O'Brien's Pride's Crossing is the thing Cherry wants us to see Played Matt Damon's mom in Ocean's 12 even though she is 14 years younger than him MOVIES CHERRY IS NOT IN: Cold Mountain and A League of Their Own (aka Avita Vayonne)  Does the audiobooks for Little House on the Prairie books Claire Danes reads audiobook of The Handmaid's Tale Essentially played Eileen Myles in Transparent Was NOT in the O'Malley with Mickey Rooney  Was never ASKED to be on The L Word We talked to Barrie Kreinik about Eva La Gallienne and Laurette Taylor but said it was RUMORED, no receipts Character in Noel Coward's Hay Fever based on  Laurette Taylor  Timothee Chalamet's speech at the 2025 SAG Awards "They Like Me" is actually "YOU LIKE ME" "It Came True"

    1h 25m
  7. 01/09/2025

    June Squibb

    Here she is bois, here she is world, here's June! We are here with Oscar-nominee June Squibb. You Might Know Her From Thelma, Nebraska, About Schmidt, The Humans, Hubie Halloween, In & Out, Girls, Inside Out 2, and Broadway productions of Gypsy and Waitress. We were delighted to talk to 95-year-old June about her role in the action-dramedy Thelma for which she absolutely deserves an Oscar nomination. From fearlessly driving a scooter to charming the late Richard Roundtree, June opened up about her very first "lead role" and the difference in being number one on the callsheet. We also got the intel on her time as a replacement for Electra in the original (yes, original) Broadway production of Gypsy opposite Ethel Merman, returning to Broadway in a gender-reversed casting as Josie in Waitress, her rapport with director Alexander Payne (who she had to audition for AGAIN for role in Nebraska), and her upcoming lead role in Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut Eleanor the Great. This one will go down in the books for sure. Please go stream Thelma right after you listen! Patreon: www.patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom Follow us on social media: @youmightknowherfrom || @damianbellino || @rodemanne Discussed this week: Deh-ME Moore but DE-mee Lovato Demi Moore's name is Demetria Pam Anderson's comeback is so smart (Broadway, book, documentary, no makeup on red carpet, prestige film). She is 57 June's first starring film role is in 2024's Thelma available to stream on Hulu and Disney+ now Richard Roundtree's last film role (wears clothes so well) June did her own stunts but hasn't yet received Tom Cruise's coconut cake Headlining Eleanor the Great, directed by Scarlett Johansson (releasing 2025) Thelma written and directed by Josh Margolin Replaced in the original Broadway production of Gypsy with Ethel Merman (as Electra) and later went on the national tour with her Was auditioning for La Plume de ma Tante when the Gypsy stage manager came in and requested she audition to replace Chotzi Foley (original Electra) Only other Rose she saw was  Tyne Daly in Gypsy on Broadway in 1988 Juliet Taylor was Woody Allen's casting director and she helped get her work Was in the off-Broadway production of The Boy Friend  (produced by Gus Schirmer Jr) Returned to Broaday in 2018 to replace in Waitress as 'Josie' thanks to Jessie Nelson Patti LuPone did her midnight cabaret show at Les Mouches after her performances at Evita Plays Bruce Dern's wife in Alexander Payne's 2013 film, Nebraska  In & Out took forever to film since there were 3 different opinions of how the movie should go (Director: Frank Oz, Producer: Scott Rudin, and Star: Kevin Kline) Debbie Reynolds does a very odd Barbra Streisand impression and a great Meryl Streep Played an aging Broadway star in season 5 episode of Glee opposite her now friend, Chris Colfer Blood drinking leprechaun with glaucoma in anthology series, American Horror Stories Saw the nightclub act of the great Dorothy Loudon Worked at Upstairs at the Downstairs Every shirt June Squibb wears in Hubie Halloween

    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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