1. Rain Pryor was born on July 16,1969 and is an American actress.
12 Facts About Rain Pryor
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Rain Pryor's mother was a Jewish go-go dancer and Rain was largely raised with her Jewish maternal grandparents, who taught her about Jewish culture.
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Rain Pryor's award-winning solo show Fried Chicken and Latkes explores racism in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Rain Pryor's role was created from a series of characters she performed at her audition for the producers.
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Rain Pryor starred for several years as Jackie, the lipstick-lesbian drug addict on the Showtime series Rude Awakening, and has guest-starred on network television series such as The Division and Chicago Hope.
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Rain Pryor has appeared numerous times on both The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Tavis Smiley Show.
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Rain Pryor performed in the Los Angeles productions of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues with Nora Dunn and Charlene Tilton; Joan by Linda Chambers, in which she portrayed Joan of Arc; Cookin' With Gas, with the Groundlings improvisation troupe; The Exonerated with critically acclaimed actor Aidan Quinn; and The Who's Tommy at the La Jolla Playhouse.
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Rain Pryor created and toured in the award-winning show based on her life, Fried Chicken and Latkes, in 2004 and 2005.
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Rain Pryor appeared in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006.
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In 2012, Rain Pryor was named the artistic director of Baltimore's Strand Theater.
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In 2015, Rain Pryor received the inaugural British Urban Film Festival honorary award from Ellen Thomas on behalf of her father for his outstanding contribution to film and television.
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In 2002, Rain Pryor married family therapist Kevin Kindlin; they divorced in 2006.