Margaret Smith

Comedian

Birth Year 1956

Birthplace Chicago, IL

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About

Comedian, actress, writer and producer known for her deadpan performance style. She was a writer and producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She played Margaret the record store owner in That '70s Show. She was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman.

Before Fame

During the 1970s, she studied improvisational comedy at Second City in Chicago. In the 1980s, she began performing stand up in New York.

Trivia

She made a guest-star appearance in the Pamela Anderson series VIP.  She appeared in films including Goodfellas and the remake of The Blob. In 2008, she published her first book, What Was I Thinking? How Being a Stand Up Did Nothing to Prepare Me to Become a Single Mother.

Family Life

She has two sons. She was the second youngest of six children. She was raised by her mother and step father.

Associated With

She was in the 1996 thriller Bound with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly.