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