Lynn Ruth Miller
Lynn Ruth Miller

Lynn Ruth Miller

  • American
  • Stand-up comedian

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Lynn Ruth Miller: I see her around every corner

For many people, Lynn Ruth Miller was the Edinburgh Fringe.

Sarah-Louise Young, Entertainment Now, 11th August 2022

Tickets go on sale for Lynn Ruth Miller exhibition

Tickets are now on sale for an exhibition of Lynn Ruth Miller's artwork on the 8th of November.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th September 2021

Lynn Ruth Miller obituary

Ribald yet philosophical comedian who found her calling late in life and was thought to be the oldest working stand-up.

The Times, 22nd September 2021

Tribute gig for Lynn Ruth Miller

Comedians and cabaret performers are to pay tribute to Lynn Ruth Miller with a gig on what would have been her 88th birthday.

Chortle, 15th September 2021

Lynn Ruther Miller obituary

Lynn Ruth Miller, journalist and teacher who overcame illness and unhappy marriages to find a new life in her 70s as a hit stand-up comic at the Edinburgh Festival

The Telegraph, 10th September 2021

Stand-up Lynn Ruth Miller dies aged 87

Lynn Ruth Miller, the oldest working comic in Britain or her native US, has died at the age of 87. She had been diagnosed with cancer in July.

British Comedy Guide, 8th September 2021

R.I.P. author/comic Lynn Ruth Miller...

Regular readers will know of the unique, seemingly indefatigable and gloriously multi-talented US comic Lynn Ruth Miller, an occasional and much-admired contributor to this blog.

John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th September 2021

Several comics and journalists all struck with illness

Mark Dean Quinn has been hospitalised by a stroke and was paralysed down one side; London-based Italian performer Joe Palermo has had a heart attack; Lynn Ruth Miller had what she calls a "mild" heart attack last week, and was later told she had inoperable oesophageal cancer; and John Fleming has been struck with vertigo.

John Flemning, John Fleming's Blog, 19th July 2021

Lynn Ruth Miller records a Radio 4 stand-up special at 87

Lynn Ruth Miller is to become the oldest comedian to make a UK stand-up special, when she records her show Not Dead Yet for Radio 4.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2021

Lynn Ruth Miller's visa struggle to stay in the UK

87-year-old American comedy performer Lynn Ruth Miller is not just an international treasure but a national treasure. And she eventually got the UK government to agree... Eventually... Here she explains...

Lynn Ruth Miller, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd April 2021

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