Tina Fey

Tina Fey (born May 18, 1970) is an American writer, comedienne, and actress.

Early years

She was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, in what was a predominantly Greek-American and Italian American neighborhood. Her brother Peter remembers a drawing she did when she was about seven: it showed people holding hands, walking down the street with wedges of Swiss cheese. The caption read, "What a friend we have in cheeses!" http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031103fa_fact

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Upper Darby, Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - Greek-American - Italian American

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Fey was exposed to comedy early, saying:

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:"I remember my parents sneaking me in to see Young Frankenstein. We would also watch Saturday Night Live, or Monty Python or old Marx Brothers movies. My dad would let us stay up late to watch The Honeymooners. We were not allowed to watch The Flintstones, though, which my dad hated because it ripped off The Honeymooners. I actually have a very low level of Flintstones knowledge for someone my age." http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/entertainment/2539354

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Young Frankenstein - Saturday Night Live - Monty Python - Marx Brothers - The Honeymooners - The Flintstones

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She studied drama at the University of Virginia, graduating in 1992. After graduation, she moved to Chicago, getting a job at a residential YMCA by day so she could take classes at The Second City by night. She learned that the key to improvisation was to "focus entirely on your partner. You take what they're giving you and use it to build a scene." http://www.believermag.com/issues/november_2003/tina_fey.htm By 1994 she was invited to join the cast of The Second City, where she performed in the Jeff Award-winning revue Paradigm Lost. She is also a veteran of The ImprovOlympic.

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University of Virginia - 1992 - Chicago - YMCA - The Second City - Improvisation - 1994 - Jeff Award - Revue - ImprovOlympic

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