Ruby Wax

AKA:

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1953-04-19

Evanston, Illinois, USA

Biography

Ruby Wax OBE is an American actress, comedian, mental health campaigner, lecturer, and author who has resided in the United Kingdom since the 1970s.

Crew Roles

Mirrorball

Script Editor

Ruby Wax - Sane New World

Writer

Ruby Takes A Trip!

Writer

Ruby Takes A Trip!

Producer

Writer

Creator

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {73}

Carlotta

2005-05-11 5.2

Tara Road

A grieving Connecticut mother temporarily switches houses with a woman in Dublin, Ireland. ...

Genre :Drama

Betty Hapschatt

1981-08-21 5.8

Shock Treatment

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Self

2014-12-20 7.5

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule

Comedian Rik Mayall died suddenly on 9 June 2014. Mayall's blend of rocket-fuelled physical comedy, surrealism, subversive satire and pompous punk wit left a body of work that spanned four decades. Ma ...

Genre :Documentary

Ms. Hartley (voice)

2021-10-14 7.868

Ron's Gone Wrong

In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't quite work the same as the others do. ...

Genre :Animation, Science Fiction, Family, Comedy

Self

2004-12-09 4.8

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performers then relatively unknown, like Rowan Atkinson. Na ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self

1987-01-01 5

The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball

When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Self

2021-05-24 10

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie

Underground filmmaker Manny Velazquez dives into the immortal history and legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and its lesser known sequel Shock Treatment with a collection of interviews, conventio ...

Genre :Documentary

Patti Turner (voice)

2012-04-13 3.225

Sir Billi

An aging, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver! ...

Genre :Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Self

2002-02-03 5.7

Jackass: Gumball Rally 3000 Special

Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O and Chris Pontius join the annual race around Europe, have fun in other countries, and get in some trouble along the way. ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

2011-11-11 6.6

The British Guide to Showing Off

Documentary about British artist Andrew Logan as he attempts to put on the 2009 edition of his Alternative Miss World. The film also presents a history of the contest (which has run eccentrically sin ...

Genre :Documentary

Susan Lawson

1985-03-04 5

Romance on the Orient Express

Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who met and had a tender romance ten years earlier while ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Sue

1992-12-24 0

Wild Turkey

Jed, a New York cop, brings home the last Christmas turkey in the shop for his wife Sue. Unfortunately, they make a dramatic discovery whilst stuffing it - namely that it is not dead. ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

2023-12-27 7

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire, silliness and, above all, friendship. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self

2009-12-28 6

Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News. ...

Genre :Documentary

Town Hall Clerk

1997-12-05 6.024

The Borrowers

The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. However, their peaceful co-exis ...

Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Family

Charleen Chinstubble (voice)

2008-01-01 4.3

Agent Crush

To fight crime, a new hero is created but there are a few small glitches to iron out. ...

Genre :Animation, Adventure

Restaurant Patron

1982-08-04 5.568

Things Are Tough All Over

Everybody has problems these days, and Cheech and Chong are no exceptions. They're hired by Slyman and Habib to drive a limousine to Las Vegas with $5 million secretly stashed in the front seat. In or ...

Genre :Action, Comedy

Self

1994-09-08 3.333

Ladies Please!

A rare and stimulating insight into the bohemian world that is drag and into the professional and personal lives of three of its most innovative drag performers: Cindy Pastel, Strykermeyer, and Lady B ...

Genre :Documentary

Spenco Executive

1985-01-11 5.9

Water

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Bunty

1981-05-15 6.777

Chariots of Fire

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in C ...

Genre :Drama, History

Herself

2017-10-26 10

Ruby Wax - Sane New World

Ruby Wax - comedian, writer, mental health campaigner - shows us just how our minds can send us mad as our internal critics play on a permanent loop tape. Ruby knows this only too well. She has been ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Herself

1991-12-31 0

Ruby Takes A Trip!

Ruby Wax is a stressed character of a TV show. Between sarcasm and black humor, Ruby sets out on a journey of discovery, beginning in Los Angeles and ending in California. ...

Genre :

US Ambassador's secretary (uncredited)

1981-03-20 5.8

The Final Conflict

Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying bibli ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Self (archive footage)

2024-09-08 0

Joan Rivers at the BBC

Katherine Ryan presents a celebration of one of the biggest comedy talents to ever appear on the small screens – the razor-sharp-tongued first lady of laughter, Joan Rivers. ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary

Self

2024-10-17 10

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down memory lane revealing how the show was made, pay tribute to much-missed castmember June Whitfield, and ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

2003-03-07 0

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy

Comic Relief Does Fame Academy is a spin-off of the original Fame Academy show where celebrities sing as students of the Academy. The programme was launched in 2003 to help raise money for the chariti ...

Genre :

Self

2006-08-14 4.4

The One Show

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One. ...

Genre :Talk

Self

2000-04-12 6.615

Jackass

Join sadomasochistic superheroes Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and the rest of the Jackass crew as they terrorize your TV screens and everyone that gets in their way (especially themselves) with thei ...

Genre :Comedy

Shelley

1985-10-23 4.286

Girls On Top

Four girls share a flat together in London. Having nothing in common aside from their gender, they barely manage to co-exist. ...

Genre :Comedy

Other characters (voices)

1988-09-06 7.8

Count Duckula

Count Duckula is a vegetarian vampire duck, coming into the world as an accident. Unlike his family and ancestors, he has no bloodlust, as when he was reincarnated, blood was omitted and replaced with ...

Genre :Animation, Kids, Comedy

2004-10-11 4.6

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to C ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self - Panellist

1979-09-25 5.5

Question Time

This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put ...

Genre :News, Talk

Self

1976-04-01 5

The Secret Policeman's Ball

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians b ...

Genre :Comedy

Beth De Woodi

1992-11-12 7.523

Absolutely Fabulous

Set in the world of fashion and PR, immature fun-loving mother Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy drive Eddie's sensible daughter, Saffron, up the wall with their constant drug abuse and outrageo ...

Genre :Comedy

2008-06-15 0

Commercial Breakdown

Commercial breakdown is a BBC/Celador light entertainment television programme which shows humorous television advertisements from around the world. ...

Genre :Comedy

2006-02-22 5

The Apprentice: You're Fired!

The Apprentice: You're Fired!, sometimes named You're Fired!, The Apprentice: You're Hired! or You're Hired!, is a British television show made by the BBC and filmed at Riverside Studios as a spin-off ...

Genre :Reality

Blaize Falconberger

1988-02-15 8.048

Red Dwarf

The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf. ...

Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2006-07-07 10

Only Fools on Horses

Only Fools on Horses was a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured ...

Genre :

Self - Host

1997-05-12 0

Ruby

Ruby was a late-night talk show broadcast on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on 12 May 1997, and was hosted by writer and comedian Ruby Wax. In each episode Wax holds an unscripted ...

Genre :Talk

1989-01-21 0

Saturday Night Clive

Genre :

Self

2002-05-06 5

V Graham Norton

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring Graham Norton, broadcast every weeknight as a successor to the weekly So Graham Norton. It aired from 6 ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

2007-01-27 0

Comedy Map of Britain

Comedy Map of Britain is a BBC documentary series which visits the places that have inspired many of Britain's leading comedians. It first aired on BBC Two in 2007 and 2008. Narrated by veteran broad ...

Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Self

2008-06-26 9

Gok's Fashion Fix

Genre :Documentary

1997-06-09 0

The Ruby Wax Show

Genre :

2009-01-16 0

Van Der Vorst Ziet Sterren

Genre :

Self

1993-01-01 5.6

GMTV

GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

Genre :News

Self

2009-09-14 3.7

Live from Studio Five

Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. It was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. ...

Genre :Talk

2009-11-09 5

Angela and Friends

Daily chat show, hosted by Angela Griffin, that combines topical debate with five lifestyle clubs: Diet and Health, Beauty, Books and Travel, Entertainment and Fashion. ...

Genre :Talk

2009-04-01 0

Ruby Wax Goes Dutch

Genre :

Self

1996-01-28 6

Ruby Wax Meets

A series of BBC television celebrity profiles/portraits featuring Ruby Wax. ...

Genre :

2023-04-24 0

Ruby Wax: Cast Away

Comedian Ruby puts her mind through the ultimate test: marooned on an island for ten days. ...

Genre :Documentary

Self - Presenter

2021-08-22 6.7

When Ruby Wax Met...

Ruby Wax’s interviews in the 90s were some of the most talked-about shows on TV. These sensational series have never been repeated, and Ruby has never watched them back - until now. ...

Genre :Talk, Documentary

Self

2004-10-12 6.7

Who Do You Think You Are?

A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past. ...

Genre :Documentary, Family

Self

2005-07-04 6

Nigella

Genre :

Themselves

2009-02-22 5.9

Kate Garraway's Life Stories

Celebrities open up to Kate Garraway in intimate and moving interviews. ...

Genre :Talk

The Pope (voice)

2005-06-08 4.5

Popetown

Popetown is a controversial animated sitcom, billed by its producers as "Father Ted meets South Park", following the doodles and scribblings of a student at school during a lesson. His drawings depict ...

Genre :Animation, Comedy

Waitress

1985-10-17 6.7

Happy Families

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Daw ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Self - Guest

2018-03-06 7.4

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills. ...

Genre :Reality

Self

2003-09-11 7.936

QI

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'. ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1992-10-09 5

Terry Wogan's Friday Night

Genre :Talk

Self

1994-07-04 6.3

Room 101

Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101. ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Self

1987-09-26 6

Going Live!

Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Si ...

Genre :

Self

2021-12-18 6

The Weakest Link

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot? ...

Genre :Reality

Self

2022-11-28 7

Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip

Mel B, Ruby Wax and Emily Atack go on a historic, raucous road trip. ...

Genre :Reality, Documentary

Self – Author and broadcaster

2022-09-04 2.7

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The big names behind the big stories. Laura Kuenssberg talks to those making the news, inside and outside politics. ...

Genre :News, Talk

Self - Panellist

2008-05-22 3.2

Q&A

Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questio ...

Genre :News, Talk

Herself

1987-03-09 7.5

French & Saunders

French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occas ...

Genre :Comedy

Lonnie

1977-12-30 7.5

The Professionals

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Self

1990-09-28 7.1

Have I Got News for You

Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs. ...

Genre :Comedy, News

2015-04-22 4.7

The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

News comedy show, tonight show and chat show all in one, allowing Charlie to return to his comedy roots while being a general nuisance to newsmakers, politicians and other charlatans. ...

Genre :Comedy, Talk

Moffi / Toffi

2022-09-21 8.276

Andor

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destin ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Self

2011-09-02 5.5

Anna & Katy

Anna & Katy is a British comedy sketch show, beginning on Channel 4 on 6 March 2013 following a pilot edition as part of the Comedy Lab series in 2011. It features regular comedy partners Anna Crilly ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

2002-08-25 6.1

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Twelve celebrities are abandoned in the Australian jungle. In order to earn food, they must perform Bushtucker Trials which challenge them physically and mentally. ...