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Pamela Stephenson
Born 4 December 1949 (1949-12-04) (age 58)
Takapuna, Auckland,
New Zealand
Occupation Clinical psychologist, Actress
Spouse Billy Connolly, 1989-present

Pamela Stephenson also known as Pamela Stephenson Connolly, (born December 4, 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-Australian actress, comedian and clinical psychologist, now resident in New York City, USA. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Geography Takapuna is located on the isthmus of a peninsula which extends south The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Geography Takapuna is located on the isthmus of a peninsula which extends south The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

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Comedy and acting

After attending the University of New South Wales and then Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 1971, Stephenson pursued a successful acting career in Australia for several years before moving to London in 1976, where she continued to act (theatrically and in television). The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a University situated in Kensington, a suburb in The National Institute of Dramatic Art ( NIDA) is an Australian national training institute for students of Theatre, Film, and Television London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Probably her most widely recognised role was in the classic 1980s UK comedy television sketch show Not The Nine O'Clock News, alongside Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long Not the Nine O'Clock News is a Comedy Television programme shown on the BBC from 1979 to 1982 Rowan Atkinson (born 6 January 1955 is an English Comedian, actor and writer famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder Mel Smith (born in Chiswick, London on 3 December, 1952) is an English Comedian, Actor, Film director Griffith Rhys Jones (born 6th November or 16th November (depending on source speakers agent (6th or BBC (16th 1953 in Cardiff, Wales It was on this programme that she met Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, whom she married in 1989. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish She has recorded several singles, including Unusual Treatment, Italian Shoes, I Like Truckin', The Ayatollah Song, Oh Bosanquet, and Typing Pool as 'Pam and the Paperclips', all Not The Nine O'Clock News tie-ins. Ayatollah ( Persian: آيت‌الله, âyato-llâh, from Arabic: آية الله, āyatu 'llāh, meaning 'the sign of Reginald Bosanquet ( 9 August[[ 932]] – 27 May 1984) was a British journalist best known for presenting Not the Nine O'Clock News is a Comedy Television programme shown on the BBC from 1979 to 1982

Her personal contribution as a comedienne added to the success of Not The Nine O'Clock News and led to a collaboration with comedic/satirist writers Mark Lepine and Mike Leigh. This spawned a book, How To Be A Complete Bitch, and a board game.

She has also featured in the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1984-1985), becoming the first SNL castmember to be born outside of North America (the second is Morwenna Banks, who was born in the UK). Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Morwenna Banks (born 1964 is a British Actress and Comedian. Banks is best known in the UK as a cast member of the British Channel 4 She has appeared in such films as Superman III, Bloodbath At The House Of Death and Mel Brooks's History of the World, Part 1. Superman III is a 1983 Superhero film that was the third of five movies in the Superman film series based upon the long-running DC Bloodbath at the House of Death is a Comedy Horror film produced in 1983 starring the British Comedian Kenny Everett Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist History of the World Part I is a 1981 Film written produced and directed by Mel Brooks.

Recurring characters on SNL

Celebrity impersonations on SNL

Celebrity impersonations on Not The Nine O'Clock News

Psychology

In 1996 she gained a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California Graduate Institute, California Graduate Institute is currently one of twelve unaccredited schools in the state of California; she also works in private practice in Beverly Hills. Janet Street-Porter (born 27 December 1946 is a British media personality Journalist, Television presenter and producer Esther Louise Rantzen CBE (born) is an English Journalist and Television presenter who is best known for her long stint in That's Clinical psychology includes the scientific study and application of Psychology for the purpose of understanding preventing The California Graduate Institute is an unaccredited graduate school of Psychology, founded in 1968, specializing in psychology marital and family Educational accreditation is a type of Quality assurance process under which services and operations of an educational institution or program are evaluated by an external body Her psychological background proved useful when she wrote a biography of her husband, Billy, in which she analysed his behaviour and related elements of it to his being sexually abused by his father, the book won the 2002 British Book of the Year award. Sexual abuse, also referred to as molestation, is the forcing of undesired sexual acts by one person upon another The British Book of the Year Award is given annually and promoted by the UK Publishing industry trade journal Publishing News, one of the British Book Her qualification is licensed for use within California only and her research is known only to herself and is not available through publication in professional journals. Academic research is totally different to the activities undertaken by this person.

In her capacity as a psychologist, she uses the names "Pamela Connolly" or "P. H. Connolly".

In 2007 Connolly presented a series of programmes for British television channel More 4 called Shrink Rap in which she interviewed various celebrities using psychotherapeutic techniques. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located More4 is a Digital television channel produced by United Kingdom broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. Those questioned were reality show star Sharon Osbourne, writer and performer Stephen Fry, Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York, former British Cabinet Minister David Blunkett and actor-comedian Robin Williams. Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, previously Arden; born 9 October 1952) is an English Music manager and promoter Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker Sarah Duchess of York ( Née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959 is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson by his wife Susan daughter of Fitzherbert Duchess of York is a title held by the wife of the Duke of York since the first Duke of York in 1384 David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947 is a British Labour Party Politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance While quasi-therapeutic in approach, the interviewees were briefed that the conversations were interviews and not strictly therapy. Connolly focused on relating various childhood experiences and traumas to the adult difficulties of the celebrities.

A new series of Shrink Rap began on More 4 in April 2008, with guests Joan Rivers, Gene Simmons, Kathleen Turner, Tony Curtis and Salman Rushdie. Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky; June 8, 1933) is an American Comedian, Actress, Talk show Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz (pronounced Haium on August 25, 1949) is an Israeli -born American Hard rock Bass Mary Kathleen Turner (born June 19, 1954) is a Tony Award - and Academy Award -nominated American actress. Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz June 3, 1925) is an American film actor Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist

Personal life

Initially married to actor Nicholas Ball, she met Scottish comedian Billy Connolly in 1980 when (in the guise of Janet Street-Porter) she conducted a spoof interview with him in the BBC comedy series "Not The Nine O'Clock News". Nicholas Ball (born 11 April 1946 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire) is an English actorHe is best known for playing the title role Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Billy Connolly, CBE (born William Connolly Jr on 24 November, 1942) is a Scottish Janet Street-Porter (born 27 December 1946 is a British media personality Journalist, Television presenter and producer Not the Nine O'Clock News is a Comedy Television programme shown on the BBC from 1979 to 1982 The couple have three children: Daisy (b. 1983), Amy (b. 1986) and Scarlett (b. 1988), and on December 20, 1989 they were married in Fiji. Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य

She is a practising Buddhist. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices [1]

Her sister Leslie is an opera singer in Switzerland

Travels

In late 2004, she sold her house in California and spent a year on a sailing cruise around the South Pacific Ocean, following the path of Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Stevenson. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Early life Fanny Vandergrift was born in Indianapolis, the daughter of builder Jacob Vandegrift and his wife Esther Thomas Keen She said she was inspired by Fanny (also married to a Scotsman) who had convinced her husband to travel to the tropics for the sake of his fragile health. Her travels were documented in her book, "Treasure Islands". The boat she bought was re-christened "Takapuna" after her birthplace.

A year later, she went on another voyage to discover the fate of an ancestor, a sailing captain who had disappeared in the South Seas. The voyage was the subject of a documentary for Australian television, "Murder or Mutiny. "

Books

References

  1. ^ The last laugh Murray Waldren (First published in The Weekend Australian, 29/9/2001. ) Retrieved 2007-04-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor

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