Brett Butler

I have a soft spot for performers like Brett Butler who earned their stage by grinding it out. Coming from Montgomery, Alabama, she built her name in stand-up clubs across the country before landing on Carson's and Leno's couches, and comedy that hard-won takes nerve as much as wit. What raises my respect further is that she writes as well as performs, which tells me the humor is built on real craft. I find her a tough, sharp, genuinely self-made talent, and I think that kind of road-tested grit is far rarer than overnight fame.

Name (English)

Brett Butler

Name (Japanese)

ブルット・バトラー

Reading

ぶるっと・ばとらー

Born

January 30, 1958 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

Origin

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Occupation

television actor / film actor / screenwriter / writer / stand-up comedian

High school

Joseph Wheeler High School

University

University of Georgia

• Official sitehttp://www.realbrettbutler.com/?reload=true
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett%20Butler%20(actress)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q292073

Tags

• Alabama
• television actor
• film actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.