Gloria Bigelow
BornPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
MediumStand-up, television, podcast
Nationality United States
GenresSexuality, race, gender[1]
Websitewww.globigelow.com

Gloria "Glo" Bigelow is an American comedian, writer, and actress based in Los Angeles.

Biography

Bigelow was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in the nearby suburb of Mount Lebanon.[2] After leaving Pennsylvania in 1989, she started her comedy career doing stand-up in New York clubs such as The Improv, Carolines on Broadway, and Gotham Comedy Club. Since then she has performed at comedy clubs and festivals around the world and made numerous television and film appearances. From 2008 to 2013 she was a cast member on the AfterEllen series, Cherry Bomb.[1] She hosted the pre and post show for the first annual NewNowNext Awards on the Logo channel, and was nominated in 2009 for their "Brink of Fame" award.[3] She has written for Last Comic Standing and appeared as a contestant on the show.[4] She appeared on OutTV's Hot Gay Comics in 2009. She has also appeared in television specials such as Showtime's Fierce Funny Women (2011)[5] and Wanda Sykes's Herlarious (2013),[6] and in documentaries such as Out in the City (2009), U People (2009), and Laughing Matters...Next Gen (2009). Her writing is included in the 2012 Seal Press anthology, Here Come The Brides! Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 "100+ LGBTQ Black Women You Should Know: The Epic Black History Month Megapost". Autostraddle. February 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pittsburgh native Bigelow featured on Wanda Sykes' 'Herlarious'". New Pittsburgh Courier. July 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ "NewNowNext Awards: Who Won?". NewNowNext. May 21, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Watch now! Gloria Bigelow and Dana Eagle bring the lesbian to "Last Comic Standing"". AfterEllen. May 23, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bio". Gloria Bigelow.
  6. ↑ "Meet the Comedians of the First Show of Herlarious". Oprah.com. June 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ Bigelow, Gloria (2012). "Another Word for Marriage". In Bilger, Audrey (ed.). Here Comes The Brides! Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage. Seal Press. pp. 240–247. ISBN 978-1580053921.
  8. ↑ "LLF Announces Finalists of the 25th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. March 6, 2013. Archived from the original on April 19, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2016.


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