Carol Kane
June 18, 1952 (72 years old) in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street (for which she received an Oscar nomination) and Annie Hall. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. From 2015 to 2018 she was a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she played Lillian Kaushtupper.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Boundary Waters as Granny
- 2024 · Between the Temples as Carla Kessler
- 2024 · Dinner with the Parents as Rose / Nana
- 2024 · Remembering Gene Wilder as Self
- 2023 · Migration as Erin (voice)
- 2023 · Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Bube Bina (voice)
- 2023 · iMordecai as Fela
- 2022 · Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience as Grand-Mah (voice)
- 2022 · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Commander Pelia
- 2022 · Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Commander Pelia / 2020s Pelia
- 2021 · Harvey as Betty Chumley
- 2020 · A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Valerie
- 2020 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live) as Self
- 2020 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend as Lillian Kaushtupper
- 2020 · Love, Loss, and What I Wore as
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2020 · Hunters as Mindy Markowitz
- 2019 · The Dead Don't Die as Mallory O'Brien
- 2019 · The Ready Room as Self
- 2018 · Ghost Light as Madeline Styne
- 2018 · The Sisters Brothers as Mrs Sisters
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Barb Jr. (voice)
- 2017 · Bette Davis: Larger Than Life as Self
- 2017 · Waiting for Ishtar as Self
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice)
- 2017 · Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
- 2016 · Crowded as Linda
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2015 · Addiction: A 60's Love Story as Cecilia
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Talia
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Lillian Kaushtupper
- 2015 · Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Dr. Jelly Goodwell (voice)
- 2014 · Gotham as Gertrude Kapelput
- 2014 · Emoticon as Hannah Song
- 2013 · Thanks for Sharing as Roberta
- 2013 · Clutter as Linda Bradford
- 2012 · Sleepwalk with Me as Linda
- 2012 · Harvey as Betty Chumley
- 2012 · Anger Management as Carol
- 2012 · Should've Been Romeo as Ruth
- 2011 · The Key Man as Marsha
- 2011 · Jake and the Never Land Pirates as The Sea Witch (voice)
- 2011 · Bubble Guppies as Sea Witch (voice)
- 2010 · Pete Smalls Is Dead as Landlady
- 2010 · My Girlfriend's Boyfriend as Barbara
- 2010 · The Bounty Hunter as Dawn
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Aunt Sarah
- 2008 · Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Sheep (voice)
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Nana Shapiro (voice)
- 2006 · The Year Without a Santa Claus as Mother Nature
- 2006 · Ugly Betty as Lena Korvinka
- 2006 · Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition as Self
- 2005 · Billy and Mandy Save Christmas as Mrs. Claus (voice)
- 2005 · The Happy Elf as Gilda (voice)
- 2005 · The Civilization of Maxwell Bright as Temple
- 2005 · The Pacifier as Helga
- 2005 · How Real is 'The Star'? as Self
- 2004 · The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- 2004 · Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as Miss Baggoli
- 2003 · Hope & Faith as Cornelia Rackett
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Shelly
- 2003 · Audrey's Rain as Missy Flanders
- 2003 · Cosmopolitan as Mrs. Shaw
- 2002 · Love in the Time of Money as Joey
- 2002 · Monk as Joy
- 2001 · My First Mister as Mrs. Benson
- 2001 · The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Mrs. Claus
- 2001 · Tomorrow by Midnight as Officer Garfield
- 2001 · The Shrink Is In as Louise Rosenberg
- 2000 · As Told by Ginger as Maude Webley (voice)
- 2000 · That's Life as
- 2000 · The Tic Code as Miss Gimpole
- 2000 · A Constant Forge as Self
- 1999 · Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gwen Munch
- 1999 · Noah's Ark as Sarah
- 1999 · The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space as Ogg's Mother (voice)
- 1999 · Family Guy as Carol (voice)
- 1999 · Jawbreaker as Ms. Sherwood
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as
- 1998 · Noddy as The Tooth Fairy
- 1997 · Merry Christmas, George Bailey! as Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch
- 1997 · Office Killer as Dorine Douglas
- 1997 · The Tony Danza Show as Simka Gravaas
- 1997 · Gone Fishin' as Donna Waters
- 1996 · Hey Arnold! as Emily Dickinson Trophy (voice)
- 1996 · Pearl as Annie Caraldo
- 1996 · American Strays as Helen
- 1996 · Blue's Clues as
- 1996 · Trees Lounge as Connie
- 1996 · The Pallbearer as Tom's Mother
- 1996 · Sunset Park as Mona
- 1996 · Big Bully as Faith Bigger
- 1995 · Theodore Rex as Molly Rex (voice)
- 1995 · Napoleon as Spider (voice)
- 1995 · Freaky Friday as Leanne Futterman
- 1995 · Dad, the Angel & Me as Sam's Angel
- 1994 · The Crazysitter as Treva Van Arsdale
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Carla
- 1994 · Ellen as Lily Penney
- 1993 · Addams Family Values as Granny
- 1993 · When a Stranger Calls Back as Jill Johnson
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as
- 1992 · Baby on Board as Maria
- 1992 · In the Soup as Barbara
- 1992 · The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride as Margaret Mouse (voice)
- 1991 · Brooklyn Bridge as
- 1991 · Ted & Venus as Colette
- 1990 · American Dreamer as Lillian Abernathy
- 1990 · Tiny Toon Adventures as Ollie (voice)
- 1990 · My Blue Heaven as Shaldeen
- 1990 · Joe Versus the Volcano as Hairdresser
- 1990 · Flashback as Maggie
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Blythe (voice)
- 1989 · The Lemon Sisters as Franki D'Angelo
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Corinne
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Judy
- 1988 · Scrooged as Ghost of Christmas Present
- 1988 · License to Drive as Mrs. Anderson
- 1988 · Sticky Fingers as Kitty
- 1988 · Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card as
- 1988 · Drop-Out Mother as Maxine
- 1987 · Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Fortune Teller
- 1987 · The Princess Bride as Valerie
- 1987 · Ishtar as Carol
- 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Cynthia
- 1986 · Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show as
- 1986 · All is Forgiven as Nicolette Bingham
- 1986 · Casey at the Bat as Barbara Dent
- 1985 · Transylvania 6-5000 as Lupi
- 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as Barbara
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as Polly Horne
- 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Iris Buckles
- 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Anne MacColl
- 1984 · Burning Rage as Mary Harwood
- 1984 · Racing with the Moon as Annie the Hooker
- 1984 · Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Cheryl
- 1984 · The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud as Martha Bernays
- 1983 · Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Customer At Cafe
- 1983 · Sleeping Beauty as The Good Fairy
- 1983 · Reading Rainbow as Herself - Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Keeping On as Lavinia
- 1983 · An Invasion of Privacy as Ilene
- 1983 · Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director as Self
- 1982 · Cheers as Amanda
- 1982 · Norman Loves Rose as Rose
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as The 'Good' Fairy
- 1982 · The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories as Frances Loomis
- 1982 · Pandemonium as Candy
- 1982 · Late Night with David Letterman as Self
- 1981 · Strong Medicine as
- 1981 · The Games of Countess Dolingen as Louise Haines-Pearson
- 1981 · The Greatest Man in the World as April
- 1981 · The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as Frances Loomis
- 1979 · La Sabina as Daisy
- 1979 · When a Stranger Calls as Jill Johnson
- 1979 · The Muppet Movie as "Myth"
- 1978 · Taxi as Simka Gravas
- 1978 · Taxi as Simka Dahblitz
- 1978 · Out of Our Fathers' House as Eliza Southgate
- 1978 · The Mafu Cage as Cissy
- 1977 · The World's Greatest Lover as Annie Hickman
- 1977 · Valentino as Starlet
- 1977 · Annie Hall as Allison
- 1976 · Harry and Walter Go to New York as Florence
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
- 1975 · Hester Street as Gitl
- 1975 · Dog Day Afternoon as Jenny
- 1973 · The Last Detail as Young Whore
- 1972 · Wedding in White as Jeannie Dougall
- 1971 · Desperate Characters as Young Girl
- 1971 · Carnal Knowledge as Jennifer
- 1971 · Great Performances as Eliza Southgate
- 1971 · Great Performances as Francis Loomis