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This is when Ellen was born. She was born at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. Her full name is Ellen Lee DeGeneres.
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This year, when Ellen was only 13, her parents got divorced. And adding on to the divorce, it was around the same time that Ellen's mom got diagnosed with brest cancer and had to get surgery.
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Ellen graduates from Atlanta High School.
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She is named Showtime's Funniest Person in America.
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Ellen DeGeneres makes her first appearance on The Tonight Show.
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She appears in the Fox sitcom Open House as Margo Van Meter.
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Ellen is named the Best Female Stand-Up at the American Comedy Awards.
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She appears in the ABC sitcom, Laurie Hills.
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ABC Creates another sitcom that Ellen appears in which is called, These Friends of Mine. In 1995 These Friends of Mine is changed to Ellen.
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Ellen publishes her very first book, which is called, My Point... And I Don't Have One.
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She stars in Mr. Wrong, which was her first feature film.
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The tv show Ellen made history when the lead character, which was Ellen DeGeneres playing Ellen Morgan, announces that she is gay. Later on that year, Ellen won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series.
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Ellen launches a daytime talk show called, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
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She does the voice of Dory in the Disney Pixar movie, Finding Nemo.
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Ellen publishes her second book, The Funny Thing Is...
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From 2004-2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show won an Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show. And from 2005-2007 The Ellen DeGeneres Show won the Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
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Ellen's show gets ranked #1 this year, which bumped Oprah Winfrey to #2. Ellen also gets married this year on August 26, she married Portia de Rossi.
