Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe Buffay was a character played by Lisa Kudrow in the popular television sitcom Friends (September 22, 1994 - May 6, 2004).

History

Phoebe has a rather strange past, and an equally strange present existence. Her father left when she was young, and the person she believed to be her mother killed herself leaving Phoebe and her twin Ursula in the care of their stepfather who, for unknown reasons ended up in prison. Here Phoebe's past becomes hazy. By the age of 16 she was living on the streets, spending some time living in a Gremlin with a man called Rudy who talked to his hand, she had an Indian friend called 'Albino Bob', entered into a marriage of convenience with a gay ice-dancer who later "came out" as straight, wrote songs as part of a musical duo and at one point wrote a letter to Sesame Street, but was disappointed when they sent her back a key-ring, as she was homeless and therefore had no keys.

Related Topics:
Ursula - Prison - Gremlin - Sesame Street - Homeless

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She also complained that pimps would spit in her mouth at night. This apparently resulted in her developing hepatitis, but she "got better." To impress her friends, she told the story of the time when she stabbed a cop; when her friends were shocked, she retorted, "But he stabbed me first!" Phoebe picked up an impressive talent for boxing at a YMCA, where, according to her, the guys "weren't acting Christian enough".

Related Topics:
Pimp - Hepatitis - Cop - YMCA

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Somewhere along this road she 'found' aromatherapy as well as massage, which became her profession. She moved in with Monica after this. Phoebe could have been a stockbroker upon a massage client's urging, but she declined. She believed that she would have to live in a box and only eat lox, as well as have a pet fox because she thought the things that happened to her had to rhyme with the stocks she had to sell. Phoebe later moved into her grandmother's apartment, and inherited her yellow taxi after her death.

Related Topics:
Aromatherapy - Massage - Monica - Stockbroker - Lox

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