Elayne Boosler

Acting

Elayne Boosler

Born 1952-08-18 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Acting credits

The Nice Guys poster
7.1

A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

The Nice Guys

2016

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind poster
7.9

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

2018

Meatballs: Part II poster
3.9

Camp Sasquatch will be bought out and closed unless owner Coach Giddy wins the boxing competition scheduled for the end of the summer. Tough city punk Flash, who's performing his community service time at the camp, is the coach's best hope. Flash reluctantly offers to help and so must use his raw sparring talents to get a motley group of adolescent misfits into fighting shape, while also trying to win the heart of pretty Cheryl.

Meatballs: Part II

1984

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme poster
5.3

Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

1990

Grease Day USA poster
8.3

The star-studded premiere party for "Grease," featuring numerous unrelated musical performances.

Grease Day USA

1978

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women poster
7.0

Based on Ricky Jay's book of the same title, this TV special was made up of a combination of magic, juggling, amazing feats, stunts and performances, including a musical performance on wine glasses, a human calculator who could determine cube-routes of numbers in her head and an antique acrobatic clockwork doll.

Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women

1990

Comic Relief III poster
8.0

The third event from Comic Relief USA. Hosted, as with the first two specials, by Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams. The event debuted the song "Mr. President"—written by Joe Sterling, Ray Reach and Mike Loveless, and sung by Al Jarreau and Natalie Cole. Featured Jim Varney as Ernest P. Worrell; Catherine O'Hara smoking between bites of food and drink; Arsenio Hall on women with plastic surgery; Woody Harrelson talking to an "audience member" (Shelley Long) who, when asked if she watched Cheers, said, "Not that much."

Comic Relief III

1989

Elayne Boosler: Party of One poster
8.0

Elayne Boosler's first Showtime stand-up comedy special.

Elayne Boosler: Party of One

1986

Andy Kaufman: The Andy Kaufman Show: Soundstage poster
NR

From the PBS series "Soundstage" comes this special broadcast of Andy Kaufman's satirical talk show, which includes "The Has-Been Corner," a spoof segment with a washed-up celebrity, and a routine featuring his marionette alter ego, Tony Clifton. In other highlights, Kaufman and ex-girlfriend Elayne Boosler publicly expose their turbulent relationship, and one of Kaufman's guests is unmasked as a charlatan.

Andy Kaufman: The Andy Kaufman Show: Soundstage

1983

Elayne Boosler: Live Nude Girls poster
8.0

Elayne Boosler's fourth Showtime stand-up comedy special.

Elayne Boosler: Live Nude Girls

1991

Elayne Boosler: Top Tomata poster
NR

Elayne Boosler's third Showtime stand-up comedy special.

Elayne Boosler: Top Tomata

1989

Elayne Boosler: Broadway Baby poster
9.0

Elayne Boosler's second Showtime stand-up comedy special

Elayne Boosler: Broadway Baby

1987

Behind the camera