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Carol Kane
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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.
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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.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Simpsons
Cheers
Family Guy
Hollywood Squares
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Anger Management
Faerie Tale Theatre
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Phineas and Ferb
The Ready Room
Summer Camp Island
Big Mouth
Monk
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Homicide: Life on the Street
Laverne & Shirley
Tales from the Crypt
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Tall Tales & Legends
Crazy like a Fox
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Gotham
Bubble Guppies
The Tony Danza Show
Brooklyn Bridge
Crowded
Chicago Hope
Blue's Clues
Late Night with David Letterman
Taxi
That's Life
Seinfeld
Two and a Half Men
Ugly Betty
The Bounty Hunter
Napoleon
The Dead Don't Die
The Princess Bride
Four Christmases
Joe Versus the Volcano
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
Racing with the Moon
All is Forgiven
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Dog Day Afternoon
The Sisters Brothers
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Beggars and Choosers
Scrooged
The Pacifier
Migration
Addams Family Values
My Blue Heaven
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
Noah's Ark
The Happy Elf
Hunters
Dinner with the Parents
Flashback
License to Drive
American Dreamer
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