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TRACY ULLMAN, who prefers being called a "social satirist" than an actress or a comedian

Fresh Air

Published December 13, 1994 at 10:00 PM MST

TRACY ULLMAN, who prefers being called a "social satirist" than an actress or a comedian. She was the star of "The Tracy Ullman Show," where she played characters including "girls half her age and matrons twice her age; ... a psychologist and a postal worker, a bitter Beverly Hills divorcei and a suicidal chorine." ("The New York TImes Magazine") Her film debut was "Plenty," with Meryl Streep, and she recently appeared in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway." Her latest movie is "Ready to Wear (Pret-a-Porter)," Robert Altman's film about the fashion industry.