Rain Pryor

Biography

Date of Birth 16 July 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Biography Rain Pryor is a dynamic speaker, spokesperson, award winning actress, singer, writer, comedian, and, producer. Now, that's quite a few hats to wear, but, they all fit and every one of them reflects her eclectic mix of Judaism and her African American roots. One of Rain's mentors told her, "if you wait for the world to come to you, you will always be waiting 'find what you want to do and go do it!" She is a woman who believes in constantly creating and inspiring others to do their best and wants people to know if you live simply, honor the truth, and follow your passion in life, dreams can come true. Pryor's work is never done, speaking around the country on themes of multicultural diversity, family, and Judaism, She brings a unique and touching story to her talks. In addition Rain, is an MS Ambassador. Her commitment to fight for a cure of MS has her hosting and speaking around the world to educate families and friends about MS treatment options and therapies in honor of her father Richard Pryor. Trivia Rain suffered from drug abuse for many years, but got herself clean in 1993. She has since acted as an addiction counselor and spoke at high schools about her past battles with drugs and alcohol addiction. Daughter of Richard Pryor and Shelley R. Bonus, astronomer/writer. Just finished a highly successful four month run of her one-woman experience, "Fried Chicken & Latkes," at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills, California--to standing ovations every night! She wrote, created, and co-produced her show, including adding some of her own original music and lyrics to the production. [2004] In the UK she released a Jazz Standards CD "Rain Pryor Live in London". [2006] Was in rehearsals for her one-woman experience, said to open in New York by fall 2004. The show is based on the life of the actress. It's a hero's journey from the standpoint of a person born into a world of "US vs. Them"--but not quite an "us" and not quite a "them." Went to the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Breckin Meyer, Jonathan Silverman, and Richard Dreyfuss. Her maternal grandfather, Herbert Bonis, was Danny Kaye's manager for 35 years. Father was married and divorced 6 times. She has three brothers and two sisters. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1987. She is a spokesperson for Multiple Sclerosis educating families and caretakers. She continues to raise money for MS research by headlining national MS events around the US and abroad. She is also a highly sought after speaker on issues of Multicultural diversity in the media and education. Daughter Lotus Marie was born on April 1, 2008. Personal Quotes I'm Black and Jewish. Which mean's I'm proud, but yet I feel so guilty for it! For years I walked around looking like a demon possessed Poodle! Where Are They Now (March 2004) Currently in Los Angeles in rehearsals for her solo show and completely the final pre-production on her CD of Standards (2006) Release of her book, "Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love and Loss with Richard Pryor". (November 2007) In Baltimore and just finished shooting the role of Amy in the 2008 release of He's Just Not That Into You