Dannah Feinglass
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Dannah Feinglass (born April 22, 1975 in Port Washington, New York) is an improvisational comedian and actress. She was a member of Respecto Montalban, a long-running improv team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Feinglass taught sketch comedy writing there, and also performed in two-person shows like Eye Candy (with Danielle Schneider), which went to the 2002 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, and Paddington Station (with Paul Scheer), a parody of a British children's show in which postal workers rummage through people's mail in search of heartwarming lessons and edibles. She and Scheer won a 2004 Nightlife Award for Automatic Vaudeville, called "the best variety show in New York City" by Time Out New York.
Feinglass was a cast member on Fox’s Madtv from 2000 - 2001, where she notably portrayed Angelina Jolie, Liza Minnelli, and Shirley Temple. For three years, she hosted Movie Junky, a show (on the Burly Bear Network) in which she would often wear a costume of some sort when she would interview celebrities--for example, a Star Fleet uniform when talking to an actor from a Star Trek movie, or a cheerleader's outfit while covering a football movie.
She's been in several small films, including Terrorists and Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, both released in 2004. She made an unsuccessful TV pilot, Roommate Wanted, in 2002. Other TV credits include TALKSHOW with Spike Feresten, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Upright Citizens Brigade TV show and VH1's Best Week Ever, where she is a regular. She voices Becky Botsford/WordGirl in the series of WordGirl.
New: She is Penny, the side kick to Bessie Higgenbottom in Nick's new series "The Mighty B". Penny (Dannah Feinglass) - She is big, fat, happy, and dumb. She is one of Bessie's friends and Portia's loyal lady-in-waiting. She loves taffy and hates math. She is also a mouth-breather, but ever so occasionally, out of nowhere, she'll say something wise beyond her years. She has a big heart and loves to help her friends. Though sometimes, she ends up torn between her roles as Bessie's friend and Portia's loyal lady-in-waiting.
The Mighty B! (previously known as Super Scout) is a current Nickelodeon show created by Erik Wiese (previously a storyboard artist and writer on SpongeBob SquarePants), Cynthia True (previously a writer on The Fairly OddParents) and Amy Poehler (of Saturday Night Live fame). Amy Poehler also provides the voice of the title character. The first episode premiered on April 26, 2008. A sneak peek of the show premiered on Sunday, November 25 along with Making Fiends and Penguins!. "So Happy Together" was available on an exclusive sneak peak DVD included with the "SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis" DVD before the show premiered. The pilot episode will also be shown on The-N network.
