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"This recording is
dedicated to the funniest man I ever knew, Phillip
Aston ... my Pop-Pop.".
Raised in The
Pennsylvania Amish country, Suzanne always loved
being the center of attention, so she naturally
gravitated to acting in school. After graduating
from college, with a BFA, like so many aspiring
actors, she moved to New York City and became a
bartender. Finally, she was dared to enter a comedy
contest at a popular cabaret in the West Village and
won first prize. From then on, she was hooked on
comedy and everyone who saw her was hooked on her.
Suzanne then began doing stand-up as one of the
first openly gay comedians performing gay comedy to
straight audiences in mainstream comedy clubs. In
1991, Suzanne appeared on a groundbreaking episode
of the Sally Jesse Raphael show called, "Breaking
the Lesbian Stereotype…Lesbians Who Don't Look Like
Lesbians". Says, Suzanne, "In the 12 years since
that showed aired, I still get mail from people who
tell me how that show changed their lives. It
changed mine too."
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