Mariann Aalda is a national treasure. She is a groundbreaking actress, a stand-up comedian, a performance artist and an Age Anarchist.
Mariann Aalda has had a long and successful career in the entertainment industry. In the 1980s, Mariann was a Daytime TV trailblazer as one of the first African-American soap opera heroines, play the feisty, young criminal defense attorney, DiDiMannister, on ABC's Edge of Night, she also had long-term, recurring daytime roles on CBS Guiding Light and NBC's Sunset Beach. Mariyan is probably best known for her role on Designing Women as Meshach Taylor's yuppie-from-hell girlfriend, Lita. She had a flourishing Primetime TV Career starring opposite comic legend Redd Foxx, and Touched by An Angel star, Della Rese Mariann, and has also had many guest-starring roles in comedies headlined by Kirstie Alley, Mo'Nique, John Ritter, Brett Butler, HeanSmart, Delta Burke, and Robert Guillaume.
Now in her 70's Mariann is not resting on her laurels but is now pursuing other exciting projects. She is a trained hypnotherapist and ANLP practitioner. Mariann is also passionate about prosecuting ageism and bringing diversity, candor, and humor to the exploration of the modern older woman. Her activism has been nationally recognized and is an AARP age disrupter. Mariann has been recognized by the California State Assembly as "Volunteer of the Year and by the Los Angeles Dept. of Children's SErvices for her work with at-risk youth at Friends of the Family and MacLaren Children's Center. Mariann has also had groundbreaking success in her solo play "Aging is A Bitch But I'm Going To Wrestle That Bitch To The Ground!"
I had a wonderful time talking with Mariann. She is brilliant and has such a refreshing and honest view of what aging really means in today's society. Her multi-facet approach to destroying the myths of aging and bringing to the attention of all that ageism is something we should all be aware of care about ( especially since we all will grow old one day - if we are lucky)
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Enjoy this podcast and please share it with a friend! Maryann Alda truly is a groundbreaking, multifaceted, age anarchist who is making a huge difference in how our society defines aging while creating a new way of "being old" in society.
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