Carol Kane

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-06-18 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Carol Kane

Biography

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 Kaushtup...

Acting

1975

1977

Annie Hall

as Allison

2005

The Pacifier

as Helga

1987

1986

1993

1996

The Pallbearer

as Tom's Mother

2001

My First Mister

as Mrs. Benson

1988

Scrooged

as Ghost of Christmas Present

1987

Ishtar

as Carol

1990

Flashback

as Maggie

1996

Trees Lounge

as Connie

1988

License to Drive

as Mrs. Anderson

1971

Carnal Knowledge

as Jennifer

1996

1995

Theodore Rex

as Molly Rex (voice)

1975

1977

Valentino

as Starlet

1983

Keeping On

as Lavinia

1973

The Last Detail

as Young Whore

1977

1990

My Blue Heaven

as Shaldeen

1979

When a Stranger Calls

as Jill Johnson

2023

iMordecai

as Fela

2001

The Shrink Is In

as Louise Rosenberg

2012

Harvey

as Betty Chumley

2023

Migration

as Erin (voice)

1997

Office Killer

as Dorine Douglas

1999

Jawbreaker

as Ms. Sherwood

2005

Billy and Mandy Save Christmas

as Mrs. Claus (voice)

2024

Between the Temples

as Carla Kessler

1982

Pandemonium

as Candy

1987

1991

Ted & Venus

as Colette

1989

The Lemon Sisters

as Franki D'Angelo

2013

1992

1988

1981

The Games of Countess Dolingen

as Louise Haines-Pearson

1994

The Crazysitter

as Treva Van Arsdale

1986

Casey at the Bat

as Barbara Dent

2014

Emoticon

as Hannah Song

1998

The Tic Code

as Miss Gimpole

1978

1972

Wedding in White

as Jeannie Dougall

1997

Merry Christmas, George Bailey!

as Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch

1996

Big Bully

as Faith Bigger

1979

1971

1984

Racing with the Moon

as Annie the Hooker

1996

1999

Man on the Moon

as Self (uncredited)

2015

2012

2006

1990

1992

2003

Cosmopolitan

as Mrs. Shaw

1983

Sleeping Beauty

as The Good Fairy

2003

Audrey's Rain

as Missy Flanders

2018

The Sisters Brothers

as Mrs Sisters

1988

1984

Burning Rage

as Mary Harwood

2000

2013

Clutter

as Linda Bradford

2018

Ghost Light

as Madeline Styne

2001

Tomorrow by Midnight

as Officer Garfield

2019

The Dead Don't Die

as Mallory O'Brien

1978

Out of Our Fathers' House

as Eliza Southgate

1997

Gone Fishin'

as Donna Waters

2005

The Happy Elf

as Gilda (voice)

2010

1995

Dad, the Angel & Me

as Sam's Angel

1992

In the Soup

as Barbara

2011

The Key Man

as Marsha

1983

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

as Customer At Cafe

1995

Napoleon

as Spider (voice)

1979

La Sabina

as Daisy

2021

Harvey

as Betty Chumley

2008

Four Christmases

as Aunt Sarah

1995

Freaky Friday

as Leanne Futterman

2024

Production

2024

Between the Temples

as Executive Producer

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