Lynn Ruth Miller
- American
- Stand-up comedian
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Review: Old Folks Telling Jokes
Old Folks Telling Jokes is a classic "does what it says on the tin," writes Ella Morris.
Ella Morris, Leicester Mercury, 21st February 2016Lynn Ruth Miller prefers vodka to sex advice
In this blog, in the last couple of days, I have included missives from American performer Lynn Ruth Miller in Montenegro. She was attending a conference for the over-50s. (She is in her 80s.)
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 17th October 2015Lynn Ruth Miller is making merry in Montenegro
A message received today from performer Lynn Ruth Miller which, I think, deserves a blog in itself for unexpectedness.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 15th October 2015"If the street is clean, your show is a failure."
Yesterday morning started with me sitting in Fringe Central and 82-year-old Lynn Ruth Miller coming up to me.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st August 2015Edinburgh Fringe interview: Lynn Ruth Miller
Fear is the ultimate fantasy. Lynn Ruth Miller is 81 years old. She's lived a lot and nearly died a few times too. She's faced massive fears and fought a churning tummy and grinding teeth.
The New Current, 23rd July 2015Lynn Ruth Miller interview
Publishing her first book at 67 and launching a career as comedian nine years ago aged 71, San Francisco-based Lynn Ruth Miller isn't your average octogenarian. She performs at Chelsea Theatre's quarterly cabaret on July 11.
Georgia Snow, The Stage, 6th July 2014The Lynn Ruth Miller three minute interview
Lynn Ruth Miller is 80 years old. A decade ago she discharged herself from hospital after being given two weeks to live, and so decided on a career in stand-up comedy. Martin Walker talks to our favourite granny gone wild.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 4th June 2014The rise of the silver stand-up
"I've got to the age now where I'm seriously thinking about what I'd like to come back as." So says Lynn Ruth Miller at the start of her stand-up show, Granny's Gone Wild. Miller is 80 years old and in the thick of a 12-night run in the louche basement of Soho Theatre in London.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 21st March 2014Comedy of ages: the oldest and youngest stand-ups
As Lynn Ruth Miller brings octogenarian comedy (and incontinence pads) to London's Soho theatre, we take a look across the generations at some of the oldest and youngest comedians to have graced a standup stage.
The Guardian, 20th March 2014Lynn Ruth Miller: Granny's Gone Wild review
It's debatable whether this challenges or reinforces stereotypes about age, but the carpe diem message is undeniably appealing.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th March 2014