A comedian is one who entertains through comedy such as jokes and other forms of humour.

Names of black female comedians. Bill Maher was born William Maher in New York City New York and grew up in River Vale New Jersey. There are thousand of females working as comedians in the world but this list highlights only the notable ones. One the most successful entertainers of the Black vaudeville stage also known as the Chitlin Circuit was Jackie Moms Mabley born Loretta Mary Aiken in 1894.

The only problem is we ran out of time to add the couple hundred more we wanted to include. Mabley focused on conventional topics such as. Apart from the ones mentioned above there are a few women comedians who deserve an honorable mention as well.

At the apex of her long career she was earning 10000 a week at Harlems Apollo Theatre. Many of the comedy panel-game regulars and sitcom actors may not be regarded as comedians by some people but they are included here because this page uses the word comedian in its broadest possible sense. There are many more names that could have been included but these are some of the individuals who have made the most impact on this particular genre.

So we admit that this list is by no means. And Craig Wayans son of sister Deirdre. 53 Of Our Favorite Female Comedians PHOTOS In honor of International Womens Day and the upcoming Women In Comedy Festival in Boston we wanted to put together a list of some of our favorite female comedians.

Lee Johnston Black Girls Black Women Lee Daniels Tyler Perry Stand Up Comedians I Love To Laugh Oprah Winfrey Real Women Monique Angela Hicks née Imes. Jack Black born 1969 Jordan Black born 1970 Lewis Black born 1948 Michael Ian Black. She was one of the most popular comics on the chitlin circuit the first black female to work at the Apollo Theater and the first black female to perform at Carnegie Hall.

Wayans returned to his more satirical roots with Dance Flick 2009 starring a new generation of Wayans Damon Wayans Jr. Though a little late to the party Dance Flick poked fun at the once-popular trend. Despite the increase of diversity on talk shows and the inclusion of minorities in comedy specials there still lies a barrier in media that prevents many Black female comedians from gaining popularity and recognition.