Background
Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Virginia Ruth (née Cahill), a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer.
Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Virginia Ruth (née Cahill), a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer.
Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs, Boston Legal, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Gross"s trademark is her soft, treacly voice. She is the younger sister of Michael Gross, who was in the 1980s sitcom Family Ties.
Early career She is an alumna of the Second City comedy troupe.
Saturday Night Live (1981–1985) Gross joined SNL in 1981, during the show"s 7th season following the show"s disastrous sixth season, when the show was almost canceled. Gross became co-anchor of SNL"s Weekend Update segment during her first season.
Gross left in 1985 along with the rest of the cast, following executive producer Dick Ebersol"s departure from the show. = Recurring characters Alfalfa, from SNL"s recurring parody of The Little Rascals and skits regarding the murder of Eddie Murphy"s Buckwheat character.
Siobhan Cahill, an Irish woman who reports on Irish events on Saturday Night News (Weekend Update"s name when Brad Hall was cast as anchor).
Coincidentally, in the 1990s, SNL would have two short-lived castmembers who have a piece of this recurring character"s name (Siobhan Fallon and Beth Cahill). Celeste, a repressed wife married to an equally repressed man (played by Tim Kazurinsky) = Celebrity impersonations Ann Landers Brooke Shields Doctor Ruth Westheimer Eleanor Roosevelt Geraldine Ferraro Harriet Nelson Irlene Mandrell Jeane Dixon Lena Horne Leslie Uggams Margaret Thatcher Marilyn Monroe Mary Hart Mary Tyler Moore Nancy Reagan Paul Reubens (as Pee Wee Herman) Simone de Beauvoir Suzanne Somers, recurring.