Carol Kane
Carol Kane was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on June 18th, 1952 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 71, Carol Kane biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian.
She made her name in 1970s and 1980s films, including Hester Street, for which she received an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination, Annie Hall, and The Princess Bride.
Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka played by Andy Kaufman, appeared on television series Taxi in the early 1980s, winning two Emmy Awards for her role.
She has appeared in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014.
She appeared on Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she appeared Lillian Kaushtupper from 2015 to 2019.
Early life
Kane was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and the niece of Joy, a jazz guitarist, dancer, and pianist, and Michael Kane. Her family is Jewish, and her grandparents immigrated from Russia, Austria, and Poland. When she was 12 years old, her parents divorced. She attended the Cherry Lawn School, a boarding school in Darien, Connecticut, until 1965. She studied theater at HB Studio and then attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. Kane made her professional debut in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring Tammy Grimes.
Career
On the American television series Taxi from 1981 to 1983, Kane portrayed Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, the wife of Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman). For her role in the series, she was given two Emmy Awards.
Kane appeared in episode 12, season 3 of Cheers, as Amanda, an acquaintance of Diane Chambers from her time in a mental hospital.
Kane appeared on the 1986 film All Is Forgiven, a regular on the 1990-1991 series American Dreamer, a 1994 episode of Ellen, and a supporting role in the short-lived comedy Pearl.
Kane appeared in the Cinemax Comedy Experiment Ronnie: A Report Card with Jon Cryer and the Smothers Brothers in 1988.
She appeared in Alan Harper's receptionist's television show Two and a Half Men in January 2009. Kane appeared as Justin Suarez's acting instructor in the television series Ugly Betty in March 2010. Gertrude Kapelput's (Penguin's) mother appeared on television series Gotham in 2014 as Gertrude Kapelput, Oswald Cobblepot's) mother.
Lillian Kaushtupper, the landlord to Netflix's title character Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, was cast in 2015. Kimmy vs. the Reverend was her role in the television film Kimmy vs. the Reverend.
Kane was a member of the Amazon series Hunters' ensemble cast in 2020; the Amazon series Hunters also stars Al Pacino and Logan Lerman.
Kane was announced as Chief Engineer Pelia on Star Trek Day 2022.
Kane appeared in Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Last Detail (1975), Hester Street (1975), When a Stranger Calls (1979), Wendy Hall (1980), "Innocent" (1985), Affecting the World's Greatest Lover (1978), The Princess Bride (1986) In which Variety described her "unquestionably [the] pic's comedic highlight; and as a potential love interest for Steve Martin's character in My Blue Heaven (1990)
Mother Duck appeared in 1998 on the animated film The First Snow of Winter. She appeared in Andy Kaufman's biopic Man on the Moon as her Taxi character in 1999.
Kane was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in the film Hester Street at the 48th Academy Awards.
In February 2010, she appeared in Love, Loss, and What I Wore, an off-Broadway play.
Kane made her West End debut in January 2011 as part of Lillian Hellman's drama The Children's Hour at London's Comedy Theatre. She appeared alongside Keira Knightley, Elisabeth Moss, and Ellen Burstyn.
In May 2012, Kane appeared on Broadway as Betty Chumley in a revival of the play Harvey.
Kane has also known for her appearance in the Broadway musical Wicked as Madame Morrible, an evil headmistress who appeared in many productions from 2005 to 2014.
Kane made her Wicked debut on the 1st National Tour, appearing on stage from March 9 to December 19, 2005. She reprised her role in the Broadway production from January 10 to November 12, 2006. She appeared in the Los Angeles production, which debuted on February 7, 2007. She joined the production on December 30, 2007, then returned from August 26, 2008, until the production ended on January 11, 2009.
She continued to work with the Los Angeles company and appeared in the San Francisco production, which began on January 27, 2009. On March 22, 2009, she called an end to her brief association. Kane has been back to Wicked from July 1, 2013 to February 22, 2014 (a time when the show's tenth anniversary was celebrated).