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Ricki Lake talk-show host, actress
Born: 9/21/1968
Birthplace: New York City
Talk-show host and actress who appeared in John Waters's cult films Hairspray (1988) and Cry-Baby (1990) before gaining fame as the formerly rotund princess of daytime talk. Other films include Serial Mom (1994), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996) and Cecil B. DeMented (2000, another John Waters film.)
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- Ricki Lake - Biography of Ricki Lake, Television talk-show host
- Hairspray (1988) - Starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Deborah Harry, Ricki Lake
- John Waters - Biography of John Waters, Oddball filmmaker who made Polyester and Pecker
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