
Carol Kane
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1952 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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 Kaushtupper.
Known For
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Filmography
Anxious People
Movie
The First Seven Years
Movie · as Mrs. Feld

If I Tell You
Movie · as Granny

Roommates
Movie · as Gigi

Andy Kaufman Is Me
Movie · as Self

Caught Stealing
Movie · as Bubbe

Carol & Joy
Movie · as Self

Between the Temples
Movie · as Carla Kessler

Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self

Dinner with the Parents
TV · as Rose / Nana · 10 eps

Happy's Place
TV · as Theresa · 1 ep

iMordecai
Movie · as Fela

Migration
Movie · as Erin (voice)

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
TV · as Bube Bina (voice), Bubbe Bina (voice) · 2 eps

Poker Face
TV · as Lucille Lubinski · 1 ep

Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
Movie · as Grand-Mah (voice)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
TV · as Commander Pelia, Commander Pelia / 2020s Pelia, Commander Pelia (voice) · 13 eps

Monster High
TV · as Ghoul-ma Vondergeist (voice) · 1 ep

Harvey
Movie · as Betty Chumley

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Movie · as Lillian Kaushtupper

Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Movie

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live)
Movie · as Self

A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
Movie · as Valerie

Hunters
TV · as Mindy Markowitz · 18 eps

Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Dead Don't Die
Movie · as Mallory O'Brien

The Ready Room
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Sisters Brothers
Movie · as Mrs Sisters

Ghost Light
Movie · as Madeline Styne

Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
Movie · as Lillian Kaushtupper

Summer Camp Island
TV · as Barb Jr. (voice) · 1 ep

Waiting for Ishtar
Movie · as Self

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Movie · as Self

Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
Movie · as Self

Big Mouth
TV · as Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice) · 1 ep

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Movie · as Self

Crowded
TV · as Linda · 1 ep

Addiction: A 60's Love Story
Movie · as Cecilia

Ava's Possessions
Movie · as Talia

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
TV · as Lillian Kaushtupper · 51 eps

Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TV · as Dr. Jelly Goodwell (voice) · 1 ep

Emoticon
Movie · as Hannah Song

Gotham
TV · as Gertrude Kapelput · 10 eps

Thanks for Sharing
Movie · as Roberta

Clutter
Movie · as Linda Bradford

Harvey
Movie · as Betty Chumley

Should've Been Romeo
Movie · as Ruth

Sleepwalk with Me
Movie · as Linda

Anger Management
TV · as Carol · 1 ep

The Key Man
Movie · as Marsha

Jake and the Never Land Pirates
TV · as The Sea Witch (voice) · 1 ep

Bubble Guppies
TV · as Sea Witch (voice) · 1 ep

My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Movie · as Barbara

The Bounty Hunter
Movie · as Dawn

Pete Smalls Is Dead
Movie · as Landlady

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie · as Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Movie · as Sheep (voice)

Four Christmases
Movie · as Aunt Sarah

Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Additional Voices (voice), Nana Shapiro (voice) · 1 ep

The Year Without a Santa Claus
Movie · as Mother Nature

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Movie · as Self

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Movie

Ugly Betty
TV · as Lena Korvinka · 1 ep

The Pacifier
Movie · as Helga

Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
Movie · as Mrs. Claus (voice)

How Real is 'The Star'?
Movie · as Self

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Movie · as Temple

The Happy Elf
Movie · as Gilda (voice)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
TV · as Sam · 2 eps

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Movie · as Miss Baggoli
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Cosmopolitan
Movie · as Mrs. Shaw

Audrey's Rain
Movie · as Missy Flanders

Hope & Faith
TV · as Cornelia Rackett · 1 ep

Two and a Half Men
TV · as Shelly · 2 eps

Love in the Time of Money
Movie · as Joey

Monk
TV · as Joy · 1 ep

My First Mister
Movie · as Mrs. Benson

The Shrink Is In
Movie · as Louise Rosenberg

Tomorrow by Midnight
Movie · as Officer Garfield

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
TV · as Mrs. Claus · 1 ep

A Constant Forge
Movie · as Self

As Told by Ginger
TV · as Maude Webley (voice) · 2 eps

That's Life
TV · 1 ep

Jawbreaker
Movie · as Ms. Sherwood

The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space
Movie · as Ogg's Mother (voice)

Man on the Moon
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Family Guy
TV · as Carol (voice) · 1 ep

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Gwen Munch · 2 eps

Noah's Ark
TV · as Sarah · 2 eps

The Tic Code
Movie · as Miss Gimpole

Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps

Noddy
TV · as The Tooth Fairy · 1 ep

Office Killer
Movie · as Dorine Douglas

Merry Christmas, George Bailey
Movie · as Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch

Gone Fishin'
Movie · as Donna Waters

The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Simka Gravaas · 1 ep

The Pallbearer
Movie · as Tom's Mother

Trees Lounge
Movie · as Connie

Sunset Park
Movie · as Mona

Big Bully
Movie · as Faith Bigger

American Strays
Movie · as Helen

Pearl
TV · as Annie Caraldo · 22 eps

Blue's Clues
TV · 1 ep

Hey Arnold!
TV · as Emily Dickinson Trophy (voice) · 1 ep

Theodore Rex
Movie · as Molly Rex (voice)

Dad, the Angel & Me
Movie · as Sam's Angel

Freaky Friday
Movie · as Leanne Futterman

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Movie · as Carla

The Crazysitter
Movie · as Treva Van Arsdale

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Chicago Hope
TV · as Marguerite Birch · 1 ep

Ellen
TV · as Lily Penney · 1 ep

Aladdin
TV · as Brawnhilda (voice) · 2 eps

When a Stranger Calls Back
Movie · as Jill Johnson

Addams Family Values
Movie · as Granny

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Gwen Munch · 1 ep

Baby on Board
Movie · as Maria
The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride
Movie · as Margaret Mouse (voice)

In the Soup
Movie · as Barbara

Ted & Venus
Movie · as Colette

Brooklyn Bridge
TV · 4 eps

Flashback
Movie · as Maggie

My Blue Heaven
Movie · as Shaldeen

Joe Versus the Volcano
Movie · as Hairdresser

American Dreamer
TV · as Lillian Abernathy · 17 eps

Tiny Toon Adventures
TV · as Ollie (voice) · 1 ep

The Lemon Sisters
Movie · as Franki D'Angelo

Seinfeld
TV · as Corinne · 1 ep

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Judy · 1 ep

The Simpsons
TV · as Blythe (voice) · 1 ep

Scrooged
Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Present

License to Drive
Movie · as Mrs. Anderson

Sticky Fingers
Movie · as Kitty

Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
Movie

Drop-Out Mother
Movie · as Maxine

The Princess Bride
Movie · as Valerie

Ishtar
Movie · as Carol

Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
Movie · as Fortune Teller

Jumpin' Jack Flash
Movie · as Cynthia

Casey at the Bat
Movie · as Barbara Dent

Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
Movie · as Self

All Is Forgiven
TV · as Nicolette Bingham · 9 eps

Transylvania 6-5000
Movie · as Lupi

The Ray Bradbury Theater
TV · as Polly Horne · 1 ep

Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Barbara · 1 ep

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Movie · as Cheryl

Racing with the Moon
Movie · as Annie the Hooker

The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
Movie · as Martha Bernays

Burning Rage
Movie · as Mary Harwood

Tales from the Darkside
TV · as Anne MacColl · 1 ep

Crazy like a Fox
TV · as Iris Buckles · 1 ep

Keeping On
Movie · as Lavinia

Sleeping Beauty
Movie · as The Good Fairy

An Invasion of Privacy
Movie · as Ilene

Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director
Movie · as Self

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
Movie · as Customer At Cafe

Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Pandemonium
Movie · as Candy

Norman Loves Rose
Movie · as Rose

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Movie · as Frances Loomis

Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Cheers
TV · as Amanda · 1 ep

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as The 'Good' Fairy · 1 ep

American Playhouse
TV · as Lavinia · 1 ep

Strong Medicine
Movie

The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as April

The Games of Countess Dolingen
Movie · as Louise Haines-Pearson

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie · as Frances Loomis

When a Stranger Calls
Movie · as Jill Johnson

The Muppet Movie
Movie · as "Myth"

La Sabina
Movie · as Daisy

The Mafu Cage
Movie · as Cissy

Out of Our Fathers' House
Movie · as Eliza Southgate

Taxi
TV · as Simka Gravas, Simka Dahblitz · 24 eps

Annie Hall
Movie · as Allison

Valentino
Movie · as Starlet

The World's Greatest Lover
Movie · as Annie Hickman

Harry and Walter Go to New York
Movie · as Florence

Laverne & Shirley
TV · 1 ep

Dog Day Afternoon
Movie · as Jenny

Hester Street
Movie · as Gitl

Playhouse
TV · as Frances Loomis · 1 ep

The Last Detail
Movie · as Young Whore

Wedding in White
Movie · as Jeannie Dougall

Carnal Knowledge
Movie · as Jennifer

Desperate Characters
Movie · as Young Girl

Great Performances
TV · as Francis Loomis, Eliza Southgate · 1 ep












