SNL Woman was the funniest?

Meant to add more, but couldn't

Chuvy, I'm standing here outside the White House.

How old are you references. And WHET Mary Gross. I had to google her. Yeah she was funny but not completely forgotten. I can't even remember a character.

I'm torn between Hooks and Wiig. I came down siding Hooks as Wiig's characters were generally somewhat similar... loud, shrieky, freaky, whereas Hooks played a wider range as I recall..

None of the above.

The greatest.

It’s Gilda by a country mile, but I would have put Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer or Amy Poehler in before Mary Gross! I began to question Nora Dunn but remembered Pat Stevens so she gets quadruple jump credit for that.

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I had to go with Jan Hooks over Laraine Newman but it was a tough choice. Both are/were brilliant comedians.

Gilda is getting all those votes because she was so lovable. Don’t get me wrong, she was funny, but her primary appeal was her sweetness.

Cheri Oteri ????

So subjective. I *would* say that Gilda was the most endearing and Hooks (arguably) the best actress.

I voted for Gilda, but did pause and consider a couple others. Is everyone voting for the funniest woman while she was on SNL? Or are you considering them the funniest in general? Because if it’s the latter, JLD and Jane Curtin deserve a lot more consideration for their performances in later sitcoms.

And what the fuck is wrong with you OP that you would leave out Kate McKinnon?!?

But Gilda Radner was prime minister of Israel wasn't she? Or India? I thought that name was there for a joke because it's a comedy thread.

Is Maya Rudolf too snarky? Seems like she would appeal to a lot of DLers.

Rudolph

I wonder what Emily Litella would have thought about the 2020 presidential erection. Roseanna Danna Danna would have been commenting on the orange boogers coming out of Trump's nose when he got angry.

R16 here, Oh Dear (before someone Oh Dear's me). Roseanna ROSEANNA Danna.....

Lisa Loopner here.....Still haunted by "The Way We Were".....

I've come to really like Wiig in her post-SNL career, but man, I HAAAAAATED her when she was actually on the show.

We all know the least funny was that insane baby-talking Nazi.

No Sarah Silverman? Or are we just going from their content on SNL?

Doesn’t have Cheri Oteri so this list is irrelevant

Still not right, r17. ..

Kristen Wiig is definitely the funniest and most versatile. I think Julia Louis-Drefuss is the most talented actress, though.

I think we all know the answer to this. Thread closed!

Only one brought her characters to Broadway.

Victoria Jackson was horrible, but she did do a great Roseanne Barr. Two peas in a MAGA pod, those two.

I thought Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks were outstanding but the show does find great talent. Although not the best, there's a very comforting quality about Aidy Bryant's presence. She should do well on sitcoms.

And I have to say it again. Debra Wilson was better than almost any of them.

Gilda, of course.

Nora Dunn, my all-time favorite. Loved her as Pat Stevens. So funny.

I also liked Larraine Newman.

Jan Hooks

Rachel Dratch for me

In your poll I would say Jan Hooks, she was on during my teen years so maybe why I favor her

Who the hell is Mary Gross? I Googled and am as yet still unsure. She apparently only existed until approximately 1987 and looked like a Lesbian schoolmarm (I literally resemble that remark) if not an actual spinster. Did she pass? This will take me off my informal hunt for Kate Nelligan so I'll need more information before I decide to take on Mary Gross.

Gilda was precious. She also was fearless in her physical comedy. Bless her soul.

Jan Hooks was a force who did not give a fuck. She was fierce. She worked SNL like it was Broadway. I voted for her. Bless her soul.

Kristen Wiig has a tinge of darkness in her comedy which makes her unique. I like that.

Melanie Hutsell.

I couldn’t not vote for Gilda, but Jan Hooks is an extremely close second on this list for me. I also loved Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Cheri Oteri.

You should have your ass stuffed with live roaches, OP. You left out Denny Dillon.

Wiig? Gurl, no! Yes to Radner though.

Cheri Oteri should have replaced JLD because JLD's stint on SNL was not that memorable.

It's kind of amazing that SNL has been on for 46 years, and self-deprecating of Michaels to note that it hasn't been exciting since the 90s (but that doesn't surprise me because nothing has been as exciting since the 90s).

Nevertheless, Gilda Radner set the standard for SNL women, and few have reached it. I'd nominate Tina Fey.

All hilarious but my favorite's Kristin Wiig, she and Bill Hader made the show. Though I think everybody's partial to the cast they grew up with

Cecily Strong belongs in the poll. She's more versatile than Kate McKinnon (although Kate deserves to be there too).

Those two are the women on the current show holding it together (although Aidy Bryant does her best with the shit writing).

Debra Wilson, Mo Collins, and Stephanie Weir were Mad TV but they were the funniest women in sketch comedy.

Maya Rudolph.

r42, shit she did a good Oprah. So good.

Gilda will always be my #1 SNL funny lady. And there are a few others along the way (including Molly Shannon, though more specifically for the film "Superstar" which I watch at least once a month), but I only just discovered this Wiig role today...and I love it.

"I love same-sex relationships!!!"

Watching Leslie Jones stifling her reaction to Wiig's performance is great.

One of my all time favorite snl ladies, Danitra Vance.

RIP you funny bitch.

Gilda Radner for sure. I would stay up by myself, age 7, to watch SNL on the off chance Rosanne Rosannadanna would appear. I bawled when Gilda died.

Wiig is great for the silver medal.

The votes for Hutsell are jokes, right? Did she ever utter a sentence without botching & flubbing the punchline? Did she have a stuttering issue?

r41 those 3 are the only women worth while on the show (and they may all be leaving.)

The rest of the women cast are so non-descript.

I was surprised to watch the credits the other day and notice they only have about 10 writers. No wonder the show is so bad. (is that because of covid cutbacks?)

Leslie Jones' "obsession" with Steve Kornachi was hilarious.

Also, I'd like to suck Steve off - while he's at the whiteboard, of course.

Maya Rudolph, for me

Nora and Jan both kill it here, with Phil as Barbara Bush.