© Madame®

Madame® , a nationally recognized entertainer, best known for her years partnering with the multi-talented Wayland Flowers, is returning to the stage. Madame’s persona is still a part of the current culture. Howard Stern, the self proclaimed “King of All Media”, still speaks of Madame on his top-rated national radio show. Madame has even been brought to television in animated form, on an episode of the FOX Television series, Family Guy. Currently Madame can be seen in VH 1’s; I Love the 70’s series. See Madame on Perez Hilton's web site January 2nd We love Perez. http://perezhilton.com/?p=11321 p>

Born of humble beginnings, Madame® encountered puppeteer Wayland Flowers on a bus ride in New York in the mid-sixties. Immediately smitten with Madame’s beauty and bawdy sense of humor, Flowers recognized her untapped talent and presented the idea of the two of them working together as a comedy team. She accepted the challenge on the condition that she got all the laughs and first choice on gowns. Madame® recalls the first few gigs as being tough. “But honey, it wasn’t long before he knew just what strings to pull and we were bringing down the house!” The two were on the road, performing in honky-tonks, hole-in-the wall comedy clubs and the occasional bath house. “It was the free love decade, but I always demanded tips.” It wasn’t long before they traveled overseas and found that club-goers from London to Bangkok enjoyed their double-entendre comedy as much as the fans back home.

Madame®, the two-time Emmy award winning performer, made her first television appearance with Flowers on The Andy Williams Show. Madame’s® biting humor was an immediate hit with viewers and soon the team of Wayland Flowers and Madame® were in demand. She followed with guest appearances ..an & Martin’s Laugh In which gave the country a taste of the beautiful aging diva’s quick wit. Next the inseparable duo occupied the much coveted center square on the popular game show Hollywood Squares where they kept audiences laughing but wanting more.

To meet the call of their fans, they spent four years on the popular music variety show, Solid Gold. “Disco was king and I was queen and believe me, my fans tried to wrestle me for that crown, many a night!” It was still not enough. Madame knew that she would have to give even more of her talent, even more of her time. Flowers realized that the stage belonged to Madame®, so he took a back seat so she could stand in the spotlight alone for the syndicated television series, Madame®’s Place. A comedy ahead of its time, it gave television viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how a variety show is made. With Madame in the starring role, she played the host of a talk show where the audience got a peak at Madame® at home and her backstage antics. Showtime gave Madame® her own television special titled Madame in Manhattan, which was released on video, copies of which have since become a collector’s item on Ebay. Madame® also performed for years in Las Vegas, most notably starring in Madame Goes to Harlem in the main room at The Sands Hotel.

Flowers since has passed away and a devastated Madame® has been in a self imposed exile for the past several years. “I stayed in my box for what seemed like an eternity to my many fans, only coming out for the occasional dry martini and foot massage …well a girl can’t allow herself go to pot!”

Madame® is back now and better than ever, ready to face the glare of the spotlight again. p>“I’ve been through tough times but I’m a survivor. I always tell people all it takes is your own valet, a wardrobe staff and masseuse. There’s nothing like healing with the help of a new handler and a national TV audience.”