![]() ![]() “Three Kings” (1999)ĭunn was one of only three cast members - along with Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller - to survive the 1985-86 season. Among the most memorable was her performance as a therapy patient hysterical over an ex-boyfriend in this Billy Crystal-Robert De Niro mob comedy. Shannon has kept busy with supporting roles. ![]() Oteri also memorably played hack reporter Gail Hailstorm in the first of the Wayans Brothers’ hit horror parody series. ![]() Tina Fey wasn’t the first Upper Darby native on “SNL.” That would be Oteri, who, along with Will Ferrell, helped revive the show in the mid-1990s. She and fellow “SNL” star Bill Hader play a married couple running an amusement park in the 1980s-set comedy drama starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. Here are 10 memorable films featuring appearances by female “SNL” cast members: “Adventureland” (2009) Arguably the funniest woman to ever appear on the show, her film career consisted of six largely forgettable titles before her death from ovarian cancer in 1989.īut just because the women of “SNL” haven’t become box-office gold doesn’t mean you can’t find them in the movies. The single-most-disappointing post-“SNL” career probably belongs to Gilda Radner. 417 is the only other “SNL” woman in the top 500 - not exactly an encouraging sign for Wiig or any other female cast member who hopes to parlay success on the show into movie stardom.įemale “SNL” alums have fared much better sticking with TV: Fey on “30 Rock,” Amy Poehler on “Parks and Recreation,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus on “Seinfeld,” Jane Curtin on “Kate & Allie” and “3rd Rock From the Sun.” But even those starring roles have been few and far between. 306, thanks almost entirely to “Bridesmaids,” her voice work in “How to Train Your Dragon” and a supporting role in “Knocked Up.” In fact, the highest-grossing “SNL” woman on the Box Office Mojo list is - surprise! - Wiig herself, who is ranked No. The 11 names is a bit misleading, since Downey and Stiller would have obviously become movie stars without their brief stints on “SNL,” and Crystal and Quaid were already established film actors when they appeared on the show.Īnd why the heck do people pay money to see Rob Schneider movies?īut what’s most glaring about those names, of course, is that none of them are female. (17), Ben Stiller (21), Mike Myers (27), Adam Sandler (38), Bill Murray (104), Will Ferrell (105), Chris Rock (149), Billy Crystal (200), Randy Quaid (213) and Rob Schneider (235). Of the top 300 names on the list, there are just 11 former “SNL” cast members: Eddie Murphy (2), Robert Downey Jr. The website Box Office Mojo, which monitors films’ financial performances, ranks the highest-grossing actors of all time, based on the combined intakes of their movies. The success of “Bridesmaids” aside - and that was more about Wiig’s writing than her acting - the big screen has generally not been kind to “SNL” cast members looking to make the jump from TV. What’s not debatable - based on her predecessors’ track records, anyway - is the fact that she faces a less-than-lucrative future in the movies. ![]() (Personally, I won’t miss her - too many annoying, overdone characters.) You can debate whether Kristen Wiig’s apparent departure from “Saturday Night Live” after seven seasons will be good or bad for the show. ![]()
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