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Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress. Kane has worked on the stage, on the screen and in television. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as the wife of the character played by Andy Kaufman. She received 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 2009.
Kane was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Joy, a jazz singer, teacher, dancer, and pianist, and Michael Kane, an architect who worked for the World Bank. Her family is Jewish, her grandparents having emigrated from Russia. Her parents divorced when she was 12 years old. She attended the Cherry Lawn School, a progressive boarding school in Darien, Connecticut, until 1965. She attended the Professional Children's School, in New York City, and made her professional theatre debut in a 1966 production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, starring Tammy Grimes.
Kane is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, wife of Latka Gravas (Andy Kaufman), on the American television series Taxi, from 1981 to 1983, and also for her role as Allison Portchnik in Woody Allen's Annie Hall. Kane earned two Emmy Awards for her work in the series and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Hester Street. She also appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) and Scrooged (1988), with Bill Murray, in which Variety called her "unquestionably [the] pic's comic highlight."
Carol Kane on Letterman, 6/18/87 Part 1
Carol Kane on Letterman, 6/18/87 Part 2
TAXI STAR (Latka's Girlfriend Simpka) Carol Kane Pt 1
Carol Kane at NETFLIX's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt FYC Event #NETFLIXFYC #KimmySchmidt
Scrooged (8/10) Movie CLIP - The Truth is Painful (1988) HD
Carol Kane - Rawhide (The Lemon Sisters)
Theater Talk Janeane Garofalo and Carol Kane from Love, Loss, and What I Wore Low
Kimmy Shcmidt, Lillian Kaushtupper Montage - Carol Kane
Carol Kane Discusses Her Role in the Indie Movie CLUTTER at the Cinema Arts Centre
02-01-1990 Letterman Steven Wright, Kamarr, Carol Kane
Carol Kane 1974 Dr. Pepper Commercial
Ava's Possessions Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Jemima Kirke, Carol Kane Movie HD
07-12-1988 Letterman Carol Kane Dick Enberg Fig-Cam
Carol Kane