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Gilda Radner Grew Up In This Michigan House
Saturday Night Live, grew up in Michigan.Detroit, to be exact.
The family lived at the corner of Santa Clara Street & Wildemere Avenue in the University District, next to the Detroit Golf Club. A very good neighborhood, and the Radners lived well.
Her interest in acting was heightened by trips to the stage shows and musicals – not just locally in the Detroit area, but her father would also take her to New York City to see plays.
Gilda was overweight in her early years and was diagnosed as having an eating disorder.when she was ten, her mother encouraged her to take diet pills. She struggled to stay thin for the rest of her life.