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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: James H. Clark, Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Donelon, Taryn Terrell, Ren e Gill Pratt, Max Hardberger, Melinda Schwegmann, Jeffrey D. Sadow, Chris Hazel, Charles Foti, Kristen Gremillion, Diane Winston, Joel Chaisson, Anita Ratnam, Ruben Armi ana, Walter Boasso, Jim Tucker, Ly Tong, Francisco Xavier Castellanos, Carl Crane, Bin Ramke, Shirley D. Bowler, Camille Martin, Jan Aronson, Augie Schmidt, Darryl Willis, William D. Baumgartner, Brenda Hatfield, Jericho Brown. Excerpt: Ellen DeGeneres (pronounced; born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season. DeGeneres has hosted both the Academy Awards and the Primetime Emmys. As a film actress, she starred in Mr. Wrong, appeared in EDtv and The Love Letter, and provided the voice of Dory in the Disney-Pixar animated film Finding Nemo, for which she was awarded a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first and only time a voice performance won a Saturn Award. She also starred in two television sitcoms, Ellen from 1994 to 1998 and The Ellen Show from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of Ellen in 1997, DeGeneres came out publicly as a lesbian in an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Shortly afterwards, her character Ellen Morgan also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues including the coming out process. She has won thirteen Emmys and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. DeGeneres was raised in Metairie, Louisiana, the daughter of Betty Jane DeGeneres (n e Pfeffer), a speech therapist, and Elliott DeGeneres, an insurance agent. She has one brother, Vance DeGeneres, who is a producer and musicia...