Mary Lucy Denise Henner is an American actress, producer, radio host, podcaster, and author. Henner came to prominence with the role of Elaine Nardo in the situation comedy Taxi. In 1994, she hosted her own daytime talk show, Marilu, Henner, starring as the domineering mother of the Brooks & Dunn video game series.
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Mary Lucy Denise \”Marilu\” Henner is an American actress, producer, radio host, podcaster, and author. She began her career appearing in the original production of the musical Grease in 1971. Henner came to prominence with the role of Elaine Nardo in the situation comedy Taxi. She later had co-starring roles in films such as Hammett, The Man Who Loved Women, Cannonball Run II, Johnny Dangerously, Rustlers’ Rhapsody, Ladykillers, L. A. Story, and Noises Off. In 1994, she hosted her own daytime talk show, Marilu, Henner, starring as the domineering mother of the Brooks & Dunn video game series. In 2003 and 2007, she was the host of the television series America’s Ballroom Challenge. She was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, which would later come true for the season 23 of Dancing With the Stars.
She is the daughter of Loretta Callis, who died of arthritis at age 58 and Joseph Henner, who dies of a heart attack at age 52. Her maternal grandparents were Greek and her paternal grandparents were Polish. She has a son, John Travolta, and a daughter, Mary Lucy Denise, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up on the northwest side of the city in the Logan Square neighborhood. Her mother was president of the National Association of Dance and Affiliated Arts and ran the Henner Dance School for 20 years. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Burt Reynolds, and their three children. She also has a daughter and a son-in-law, both of whom live in New York, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, California. Her husband is former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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