Carol Kane
Acting
🎂 1952-06-18
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.
Cast credits(186)
Gwen Munch
1999
Blythe (voice)
1989
Carol (voice)
1999
Shelly
2003
Joy
2002
Commander Pelia
2022
Commander Pelia / 2020s Pelia
2022
Corinne
1989
Sam
2005
Additional Voices (voice)
2007
Nana Shapiro (voice)
2007
Self - Guest
2009
Gertrude Kapelput
2014
Amanda
1982
Mrs. Claus
2001
1994
Eliza Southgate
1971
Francis Loomis
1971
Lucille Lubinski
2023
1993
Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice)
2017
Emily Dickinson Trophy (voice)
1996
Erin (voice)
2023
Simka Gravas
1978
Simka Dahblitz
1978
Judy
1989
Lena Korvinka
2006
Dr. Jelly Goodwell (voice)
2015
Sea Witch (voice)
2011
Lily Penney
1994
Barb Jr. (voice)
2018
Granny
1993
Self - Guest
2004
Anne MacColl
1984
Bubbe
2025
Frances Loomis
1974
The Sea Witch (voice)
2011
Lillian Kaushtupper
2015
Carol
2012
Self
1982
Ollie (voice)
1990
Mindy Markowitz
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
1998
1976
The 'Good' Fairy
1982
Maude Webley (voice)
2000
Valerie
1987
Polly Horne
1985
Self
2020
Helga
2005
Self
2019
1996
Iris Buckles
1984
Bube Bina (voice)
2023
Bubbe Bina (voice)
2023
The Good Fairy
1983
Self (uncredited)
1999
Cornelia Rackett
2003
Jenny
1975
Sheep (voice)
2008
Ghost of Christmas Present
1988
Granny
2024
The Tooth Fairy
1998
Mallory O'Brien
2019
Allison
1977
"Myth"
1979
1991
Miss Baggoli
2004
Self
2024
Molly Rex (voice)
1995
Aunt Sarah
2008
Mrs Sisters
2018
Dawn
2010
Barbara
1985
Lillian Kaushtupper
2020
Maggie
1990
Temple
2005
Ms. Sherwood
1999
Annie the Hooker
1984
Joey
2002
Mrs. Anderson
1988
Leanne Futterman
1995
Roberta
2013
Jennifer
1971
Annie Caraldo
1996
Self
2017
Hairdresser
1990
Lupi
1985
Young Whore
1973
Tom's Mother
1996
Treva Van Arsdale
1994
Mona
1996
Self
2016
Spider (voice)
1995
Cynthia
1986
Self
2000
Starlet
1977
Carol
1987
Cecilia
2015
Mary Harwood
1984
Self (archive footage)
1994
Lillian Abernathy
1990
Linda
2012
Fela
2023
Self
2017
Betty Chumley
2012
Lavinia
1983
Ogg's Mother (voice)
1999
Connie
1996
Shaldeen
1990
Sarah
1999
Gilda (voice)
2005
Self
2009
Ilene
1983
Linda
2016
Candy
1982
Betty Chumley
2021
April
1981
2000
Helen
1996
Kitty
1988
Mrs. Claus (voice)
2005
Florence
1976
Self
1983
Jill Johnson
1979
Young Girl
1971
Carla Kessler
2024
Annie Hickman
1977
Jeannie Dougall
1972
Franki D'Angelo
1989
Self
2025
Fortune Teller
1987
Louise Rosenberg
2001
Jill Johnson
1993
Donna Waters
1997
Sam's Angel
1995
Talia
2015
Miss Gimpole
1998
Officer Garfield
2001
Faith Bigger
1996
Mrs. Shaw
2003
Barbara
1992
Gitl
1975
Louise Haines-Pearson
1981
Madeline Styne
2018
Marsha
2011
Martha Bernays
1984
Maria
1992
Self
2020
Colette
1991
Ruth
2012
Margaret Mouse (voice)
1992
Rose / Nana
2024
Rose
1982
Grand-Mah (voice)
2022
Customer At Cafe
1983
Carla
1994
Mrs. Benson
2001
Nicolette Bingham
1986
Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch
1997
Mother Nature
2006
Simka Gravaas
1997
2020
Frances Loomis
1981
Self
2006
Barbara Dent
1986
Cissy
1978
Cheryl
1984
Dorine Douglas
1997
Barbara
2010
Linda Bradford
2013
Frances Loomis
1982
Missy Flanders
2003
Eliza Southgate
1978
1988
Self
1981
Landlady
2010
Daisy
1979
Self
2005
Maxine
1988
Hannah Song
2014
Valerie
2020
Self
2017
Self
1986