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Lucy Webb is an American comedian and actress, most famous for her work on the 1980s HBO series Not Necessarily the News. She has appeared in multiple films and television programs, including Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 1, Episode 6) and Corrina, Corrina, where she portrayed Shirl.
Life and career
Webb grew up in Cookeville, Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee, where she studied drama for a few semesters and started writing comedy. She was an aide for then-Congressman Al Gore, and later moved to New York. She landed her first big role as a regular on the first season of the sitcom Private Benjamin in 1981, and later joined the HBO sketch comedy series Not Necessarily the News in 1984, replacing departing cast member Audrie J. Neenan.[1][2][3] She won the ACE Award for best actress in a comedy series for five years running, and stayed on until the show ended in 1990.[4] In 1984 she co-starred in the George Carlin HBO TV show Apt. 2C of which only the pilot episode was ever made.
Among other post-News roles, she starred in the short-lived Fox sitcom Charlie Hoover, with Sam Kinison and Tim Matheson, in 1991.[5] She has been involved in the non-profit organization "Women in Film" since the late 1990s and served on its executive board.[5][6]
She was married to actor Kevin Pollak. They separated in 2005, and in 2008, Pollak filed for a divorce.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Full Moon High | Plane passenger | Feature film |
| 1988 | Big Business | Wenona | Feature film |
| 1994 | Corrina, Corrina | Shirl | Feature film |
| 1998 | Outside Ozona | Agent Ellen Deene | Feature film |
| 1999 | The Story of Us | Joanie Kirby | Feature film |
| 2011 | The Chaperone | Dr. Marjore | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-1982 | Private Benjamin | Private Luanne Hubble | Series regular (20 episodes) Only appeared in Season 2 of the series |
| 1982 | Laugh Trax | Various characters | Episode: #1.1 Episode: "Rock Comedy" |
| 1983-1990 | Not Necessarily the News | Helen St. Thomas | Series regular (57 episodes) |
| 1985 | Apt. 2C | Patty Dunbar | Television movie (HBO) Pilot only |
| 1987 | Thirtysomething | Hostess/Valet Parking Attendant/Movie Ticket Seller | Episode: "LBut Not for Me" |
| 1988 | Maybe Baby a/k/a And Baby Makes Three | Fran | Television movie (NBC) |
| 1989 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Lucy Coleman | Episode: "Big Brother Episode: "Going, Going, Gone" |
| L.A. Law | Yolanda Krieg | Episode: "The Unbearable Lightness of Boring" | |
| 1990 | The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | Guardian Yenta | Television movie |
| 1991 | Charlie Hoover | Helen Hoover | Series regular (7 episodes) |
| 1997 | The Don's Analyst a/k/a National Lampoon's The Don's Analyst | Dr. Susan Riceputo | Television movie (Showtime) |
| The Underworld | Virginia Rhinehart | Television movie (NBC) | |
| 2000 | Curb your Enthusiasm | Phyllis | Episode: "The Wire" |
References
- ^ (27 May 1984). Webb to replace Nennan, The State
- ^ Buck, Jerry (25 February 1986). A 'chameleon' is 'Not Necessarily's' ACE in the hole, Akron Beacon Journal (Associated Press story)
- ^ Bartley, Diane (11 October 1981). 'Private Benjamin' Co-Star Fond of Tennessee Home, The Tennessean
- ^ Moca, Diane Joy (19 December 1990).'Wrong' step was right move for HBO show's Lucy Webb, Courier-Journal
- ^ a b (August 2018). Lucy Webb - Episode #185, Splat from the Past Podcast
- ^ Lucy Webb, Greenlightwomen.org, Retrieved 22 October 2025
- ^ "Kevin Pollak files for divorce". Yahoo! News India. August 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-24. [dead link]
External links
- Lucy Webb at IMDb
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