Background
Risley was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
Risley was born in Madison, Wisconsin.
These 12 broadcasts were the first episodes after producer Lorne Michaels left the show. After 12 episodes, Doumanian was let go, as were Gilbert Gottfried, Charles Rocket, and Risley. Season Six went on for only one more episode under a new producer, Dick Ebersol, due to a writer"s strike.
Ebersol fired Denny Dillon, Yvonne Hudson, Gail Matthius, who co-starred with Risley, after that episode as part of a multi-stage overhaul of the show"s cast and crew.
Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy were the only surviving cast members from that season. In a 1999 article in People, Risley was quoted as saying her SNL experience was "horrible".
Prior to (and after) Saturday Night Live, Risley had roles in nine feature films, including Stardust Memories and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. She appeared in starring roles in two television pilots (Office Campus and Night After Night), was a five-week guest star on the daytime soap The Doctors, and appeared in five made-for-television movies, including The Young Riders and Telling Secrets.
Number longer a screen actor, Ann (who now goes by the name of Anna) continues to run her own acting/improv studio in Tucson, Arizona.
Doria Reagan, wife of Ron Reagan Toni Tennille Rosalynn Carter Annie Hall as Susan (director by Woody Allen) (1977) Oliver"s Story as Jane (director by John Korty) (1978) Manhattan as Mistress Finch (director by Woody Allen) (1979) Simon as Pam (director by Marshall Brickman) (1980) Stardust Memories as Nurse (director by Woody Allen) (1980) Honky Tonk Freeway as Patricia (director by John Schlesinger) (1981) Rich and Famous as Merideth (director by George Cukor) (1981) Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean as Martha (director by Robert Altman) (1982) Desert Bloom as Mistress Muratore (director by Eugene Correspondent) (1986) Telling Secrets – Sally DeVries (with Cybill Shepherd) – American Broadcasting Company miniseries (Scottsdale, Arizona) Four Eyes and Six-Guns – Madame of Whore House (with Patricia Clarkson) – TNT film (Tucson, Arizona) El Diablo – Judith – Home Box Office film (Tucson, Arizona) Sunstroke – Secretary – TNT film (Phoenix, Arizona) A Little Family Business – role of Connie (Angela Lansbury"s daughter) – Ahmanson (Los Angeles) and Broadway (New York City) Uncommon Women – Rita-Huntington (Boston, Mass) Bachelor of Engineering – University of Wisconsin – Communications Various individual workshops in New York City and San Francisco.
She was a cast member of the television series Saturday Night Live for the 12 episodes of the 1980–1981 season. She is a member of Screen Actors Guild, American Federation TV and Radio Artists, Equity, and an independent actor"s equity.