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title	:	Rosie O'Donnell : America's Favorite Grown-up Kid Gateway Biography
author	:	Stone, Tanya Lee.
publisher	:	Millbrook Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0761317244
print isbn13	:	9780761317241
ebook isbn13	:	9780585334110
language	:	English
subject	O'Donnell, Rosie--Juvenile literature, Comedians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, Television personalities--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, O
publication date	:	2000
lcc	:	PN2287.O27S76 2000eb
ddc	:	792.7/028/092
subject	:	O'Donnell, Rosie--Juvenile literature, Comedians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, Television personalities--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature, O

Page 1 Rosie O'Donnell America's Favorite Grown-Up Kid A Gateway Biography Tanya Lee Stone

Page 2 For Leah Harris, My Funny Girl Cover photograph courtesy of Globe Photos Photographs courtesy of Corbis Sygma: pp. 1 (Robert Visser), 28, 40 (Robert Visser); Globe Photos, Inc.: pp. 4 ( 1999 Lisa Rose), 6 ( 1997 Judie Burstein), 16 (NBC), 20 ( 1998 Albert Ferreira), 22, 23 ( Judie Burstein), 25 ( 1995 Milan Ryda), 35 ( Judie Burstein), 37 ( 1999 Andrea Renault), 39 ( 1997 Laura Cavanaugh), 42 ( 1997 Judie Burstein); Everett Collection: pp. 9, 17, 19, 31; Photofest: pp. 11, 21, 24, 27; Neal Preston/Corbis: p. 32; Yvonne Hemsey/Liaison Agency: p. 38 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stone, Tanya Lee. Rosie O' Donnell: America's favorite grown-up kid / Tanya Stone. p. cm.(A Gateway biography) Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: A biography of the comedian, talk show personality, and awards show host. ISBN 0-7613-1724-4 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 0-7613-1338-9 (pbk.) 1. O'Donnell, RosieJuvenile literature. 2. ComediansUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 3. Motion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 4. Television personalitiesUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. [1. O'Donnell, Rosie. 2. Comedians. 3. Entertainers. 4. WomenBiography.] I. Title. II. Series. PN2287.027 S76 2000 792.7'028~092dc21 [B] 99-462282 Published by The Millbrook Press, Inc. 2 Old New Milford Road Brookfield, CT 06804 www.millbrookpress.com Copyright 2000 by Tanya Lee Stone Printed in the United States of America 1 3 5 4 2

Page 3 Rosie O'Donell

Page 4 Rosie readies herself for the 12th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

Page 5 It is May 1, 1999. Eight thousand screaming, cheering fans are packed into Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The teen band 3rd Storee is singing and dancing. Endless confetti rains down on everyone's head. "And now, here's Rosie!" shout the announcers. Rosie O'Donnell bursts on stage, arms waving, yelling "Yeah!, Yeah!, Yeah!" at the top of her lungs. She's dressed in orange sneakers and a bright blue shirt. She picks up a big plastic ball at her feet and kicks it back into the audience. " Are you ready to have fun?" she hollers, and the crowd goes wild. The hottest stars of Hollywood have gathered for one of the most popular award shows of the year. Is it the Grammys? The Emmys? The Tonys? No, it's the 12th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Rosie is hosting

Page 6 the show for the third time in a row. This award show is special because kids from all over the country choose the winners. For the 1999 awards, more than six million kids cast their votes. After the event Rosie told reporters, "I like this show the best. It's the easiest and most fun to do. I always feel like I'm just being invited to a big party." Lately, it seems that much of Rosie's life is one big party. She has become a movie star and is thought of as America's sweetheart by many. And her talk show success has been huge. But life was not always so easy for this funny, outgoing girl from Long Island. On March 21, 1962, Edward and Roseann O'Donnell had a baby girl they named Roseann. (She didn't get the nickname Rosie until years later.) She was the third child, but the first girl. Her older brothers are Edward Jr. and Daniel. Over the next few years, Roseann's parents had two more childrenMaureen and Timothy. The five O'Donnell children grew up in a house in Commack, New York. Their grandmother also lived with them. Roseann shared a bedroom with her sister, with

Page 7 Rosie often brings her sister, Maureen, to openings and other events. whom she is still very close. The family was not poor, but they did not have a lot of money either. They had a station wagon with an AM radio and did not shop at fancy department stores. The O'Donnells lived in a neighborhood filled with kids where the tomboyish Roseann could play all kinds of outdoor games. She loved kickball, softball, skateboarding, and basketball. When she was eight, her older brothers' Little League coach let her practice with the boys. She later

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