Birthplace: Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
biography
A multi-faceted comedienne who created a vast array of characters, Tracey Ullman was one of the most celebrated and consistently funny performers of her day. After achieving success on television and in music in her native England, Ullman came to the United States and established herself as a top-notch comic actor with deadly funny, on-target satire of all manner of social, political and pop culture issues on her breakthrough series, “The Tracey Ullman Show” (Fox, 1987-1990). Among her multiple personalities was an aging hippie disc jockey, Summer Storm; the lovelorn spinster Kay; and a