ABOUT CATHY
The best way to get inside Cathy Ladman's head is to see her live. As one of the country's top comedians, Ladman's show is a self-probing vehicle which draws laughter from exposing personal neuroses. She has not only appeared on "The Tonight Show" nine times but was also the only female comic to appear on the last two of Johnny Carson’s "Tonight Show Anniversary" shows. She’s made four appearances, thus far, on “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," did her own HBO "One Night Stand" comedy special and was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic.
A native New Yorker, now living in Los Angeles, Cathy is an acclaimed television and film actor. Her film credits include “Charlie Wilson’s War,” “The Aristocrats,” and "White Oleander.” Her TV appearances include “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Modern Family,” and “Mad Men.” She's done several TV pilots, including "Caroline in the City," in which she had a recurring role, and a bunch of others that barely saw the light of day (or night). She also appeared regularly on ABC's "Politically Incorrect" and Comedy Central's "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist."
Besides writing her standup act and original scripted projects, Cathy was on the writing staffs of “The Caroline Rhea Show” (2002), “Caroline in the City” (different Caroline altogether – 1997), and “Roseanne” (1996). She also wrote an episode of “King of Queens" and other sitcoms. Her theatre credits include her solo show, “Does This Show Make Me Look Fat,” a successful run Off-Broadway in, “The JAP Show: The Princesses of Comedy," the 25th Anniversary production of “Last Summer at Bluefish Cove” in Los Angeles, which was nominated for several GLAAD awards, and she and HBO developed her first solo show, “Scaredypants,” and took it to the Aspen Comedy Festival.
Cathy's comedy focuses on family, growing up, relationships, and real life from a very personal perspective. The Los Angeles Times put it best: "... Ladman has such clever, well-written material and such a breezy, unassuming delivery that it would be easy to overlook just how good she is: Her act seems effortless."
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~ Marga Gomez
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~ Mick Berry
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~ Ann Stengel
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Reviews
JAY LENO
THE TONIGHT SHOW
An undiscovered gem! She started in the era when to make it you had to be clean and funny. Cathy does both exceptionally well!
LOS ANGELES TIMES
... Ladman has such clever, well-written material and such a breezy, unassuming delivery that it would be easy to overlook just how good she is: Her act seems effortless.
WGA, West
Resume
FILM
Rally Caps
Benjamin
Charlie Wilson’s War
The Aristocrats
White Oleander
What Planet Are You From?
Pros and Cons
Waiting for Woody
My Fellow Americans
National Lampoon’s Attack of the 5’2 Women
Nervous Ticks S
Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
The Three Stoogette’s
Supporting Lead
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Supporting
Lead /Co-Writer
Dir: Lee Cipolla
Dir: Bob Saget
Dir: Mike Nichols
Dir: Paul Provenza
Dir: Peter Kosminsky
Dir: Mike Nichols
Dir: Boris Damast
Dir: Grant Heslov
Dir: Pete Segal
Dir: Julie Brown/Richard Wenk
Dir: Rocky Lang
Dir: Steve Herek
Dir: John Paragon
TELEVISION
Curb Your Enthusiasm
How To Get Away With Murder
Scandal
Modern Family
I'm Dying Up Here
NCIS: LA
Pretty Little Liars
Mad Men
Brothers and Sisters
Everybody Loves Raymond
Just Shoot Me
Titus
Caroline in the City (Pilot & Series)
Roseanne
Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist
Union Square
Sisters
Everything But The Show (Pilot)
Hot Prospects (Pilot)
Recurring
Recurring
Co-Star
Guest Star
Recurring
Guest Star
Co-Star
Co-Star
Guest Star
Guest Star
Guest Star
Guest Star
Recurring
Guest Star
Recurring
Guest Star
Guest Star
Series Regular
Series Regular
HBO
ABC
ABC
FOX
Showtime
CBS
Freeform
AMC
ABC
CBS
NBC
FOX
NBC
ABC
C.Central
NBC
NBC
FOX
CBS
Dir. Robert Weide
Dir: Zetna Fuentes
Dir: Tony Goldwyn
Dir: Jim Hensz
Dir: various
Dir: Chris O'Donnell
Dir: various
Dir: Phil Abramson
Dir: Laura Innes
Dir: Michael Lembeck
Dir: Leonard R. Garner Jr.
Dir: Joe Regalbutto
Dir: James Burrows
Dir: Mark Samuels
Dir: Jonathan Katz
Dir: James Burrows
Dir: Michael Lange
Dir: Dave Thomas
Dir: Jack Shea
THEATRE LEADS
Does This Show Make Me Look Fat?
The JAP Show – The Princesses of Comedy
Last Summer At Bluefish Cove
Scaredypants
Stained Glass
Pico Playhouse
The Actors' Temple NYC
Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Prod
Aspen Comedy Festival
Actorsart Theatre
Dir: Laura Philbin Coyle
Dir: Dan Fields
Dir: Sue Hamilton
Dir: Jolene Adams
Dir: Jolene Adams
TRAINING
J.D. Lewis
Ron Orbach
Jeff Barton
Candy Herman
William Hickey
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
New York
STAND-UP • TELEVISION
(partial list)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Nick Mom - Funniest Mom in America 3
The Caroline Rhea Show
The Tonight Show
One Night Stand
Penn & Teller Sin City
The Tonight Show Anniversary with Johnny Carson
The “A” List
Sunday Comics
Comic Strip Live
CBS
Nickelodeon
Sync
NBC
HBO
FX
NBC
Comedy Central
FOX
FOX
GUEST PANELIST
(partial list)
Comics Unleashed
Balderdash
Super Secret TV Formulas
Ask Rita
Politically Incorrect
To Tell the Truth
Comics Only
Short Attention Span Theatre - Host
Sync
PAX
VH-1
Sync
ABC Family
Sync
Comedy Central
Comedy Central
WRIting
(partial list)
King of Queens
The Caroline Rhea Show
The Wayne Brady Show
Caroline in the City
Roseanne
CBS
Sync
ABC
NBC
ABC
COMMERCIALS
(upon request)
AWARDS/RECORDINGS
American Comedy Award -1992 Best Female Comic
“Women of the Night” (A &M/Blue Rose Records) ’87