Carol Kane
Birthday
1952/06/18 (72 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Lisa LeBlanc , Carolyn Laurie 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 200...Read more
Acting
(1975) Dog Day Afternoon
as Jenny
(1977) Annie Hall
as Allison
(2005) The Pacifier
as Helga
(1987) The Princess Bride
as Valerie
(1986) Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Cynthia
(1993) When a Stranger Calls Back
as Jill Johnson
(1996) The Pallbearer
as Tom's Mother
(1985) Transylvania 6-5000
as Lupi
(2001) My First Mister
as Mrs. Benson
(1988) Scrooged
as Ghost of Christmas Present
(1987) Ishtar
as Carol
(1990) Flashback
as Maggie
(1994) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
as Carla
(1996) Trees Lounge
as Connie
(1988) License to Drive
as Mrs. Anderson
(1971) Carnal Knowledge
as Jennifer
(1996) Sunset Park
as Mona
(1995) Theodore Rex
as Molly Rex (voice)
(1975) Hester Street
as Gitl
(1977) Valentino
as Starlet
(1983) Keeping On
as Lavinia
(1981) Strong Medicine
as ---
(1973) The Last Detail
as Young Whore
(2015) Addiction: A 60's Love Story
as Cecilia
(1981) The Greatest Man in the World
as April
(1977) The World's Greatest Lover
as Annie Hickman
(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
(2002) Love in the Time of Money
as Joey
(1982) Pandemonium
as Candy
(1987) Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
as Fortune Teller
(1991) Ted & Venus
as Colette
(1982) Norman Loves Rose
as Rose
(1989) The Lemon Sisters
as Franki D'Angelo
(2012) Should've Been Romeo
as Ruth
(2013) Thanks for Sharing
as Roberta
(1999) The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space
as Ogg's Mother (voice)
(1976) Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Florence
(1992) Baby on Board
as Maria
(2005) How Real is 'The Star'?
as Self
(1988) Sticky Fingers
as Kitty
(1981) The Games of Countess Dolingen
as Louise Haines-Pearson
(1994) The Crazysitter
as Treva Van Arsdale
(1984) Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Cheryl
(2022) Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
as Grand-Mah (voice)
(2017) Waiting for Ishtar
as Self
(1986) Casey at the Bat
as Barbara Dent
(2014) Emoticon
as Hannah Song
(1998) The Tic Code
as Miss Gimpole
(1978) The Mafu Cage
as Cissy
(1972) Wedding in White
as Jeannie Dougall
(1997) Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
as Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch
(1996) Big Bully
as Faith Bigger
(1979) The Muppet Movie
as "Myth"
(1971) Desperate Characters
as Young Girl
(2005) The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
as Temple
(2024) Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self
(1993) Addams Family Values
as Granny
(1984) Racing with the Moon
as Annie the Hooker
(1996) American Strays
as Helen
(1999) Man on the Moon
as Self (uncredited)
(2015) Ava's Possessions
as Talia
(2012) Sleepwalk with Me
as Linda
(2010) My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
as Barbara
(2006) The Year Without a Santa Claus
as Mother Nature
(1988) Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
as ---
(2008) Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
as Sheep (voice)
(2016) Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
(1990) Joe Versus the Volcano
as Hairdresser
(1992) The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride
as Margaret Mouse (voice)
(2009) I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
(2003) Cosmopolitan
as Mrs. Shaw
(1983) Sleeping Beauty
as The Good Fairy
(2003) Audrey's Rain
as Missy Flanders
(1986) Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show
as ---
(2018) The Sisters Brothers
as Mrs Sisters
(1988) Drop-Out Mother
as Maxine
(1984) The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
as Martha Bernays
(1984) Burning Rage
as Mary Harwood
(2017) Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
as Self
(2004) Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
as Miss Baggoli
(2000) A Constant Forge
as Self
(2013) Clutter
as Linda Bradford
(2010) The Bounty Hunter
as Dawn
(2018) Ghost Light
as Madeline Styne
(2001) Tomorrow by Midnight
as Officer Garfield
(2017) Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
as Self
(2019) The Dead Don't Die
as Mallory O'Brien
(1978) Out of Our Fathers' House
as Eliza Southgate
(1983) An Invasion of Privacy
as Ilene
(1997) Gone Fishin'
as Donna Waters
(2005) The Happy Elf
as Gilda (voice)
(2010) Pete Smalls Is Dead
as Landlady
(2020) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
as Lillian Kaushtupper
(1995) Dad, the Angel & Me
as Sam's Angel
(1992) In the Soup
as Barbara
(2020) Love, Loss, and What I Wore
as ---
(2020) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live)
as Self
(2011) The Key Man
as Marsha
(1983) Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director
as Self
(2020) A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
as Valerie
(1983) Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
as Customer At Cafe
(1981) The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as Frances Loomis
(1995) Napoleon
as Spider (voice)
(2006) Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
as Self
(1979) La Sabina
as Daisy
(2021) Harvey
as Betty Chumley
(2008) Four Christmases
as Aunt Sarah
(1994) Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
(1995) Freaky Friday
as Leanne Futterman
(2024) Boundary Waters
as Granny
(1982) The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as Frances Loomis
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Anne MacColl
(1990) American Dreamer
as Lillian Abernathy
(1989) Seinfeld
as Corinne
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
(1999) Family Guy
as Carol (voice)
(2003) Hope & Faith
as Cornelia Rackett
(1978) Taxi
as Simka Gravas
(2002) Monk
as Joy
(2000) As Told by Ginger
as Maude Webley (voice)
(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Judy
(2003) Two and a Half Men
as Shelly
(1976) Laverne & Shirley
as ---
(2006) Ugly Betty
as Lena Korvinka
(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Polly Horne
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1982) Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
(1994) Chicago Hope
as ---
(2000) That's Life
as ---
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Iris Buckles
(1996) Pearl
as Annie Caraldo
(1996) Blue's Clues
as ---
(1991) Brooklyn Bridge
as ---
(1986) All is Forgiven
as Nicolette Bingham
(2014) Gotham
as Gertrude Kapelput
(2015) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Lillian Kaushtupper
(2022) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Commander Pelia
(1999) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gwen Munch
(2019) The Ready Room
as Self
(2022) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
as Commander Pelia / 2020s Pelia
(2016) Crowded
as Linda
(1982) Cheers
as Amanda
(2015) Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Dr. Jelly Goodwell (voice)
(2011) Jake and the Never Land Pirates
as The Sea Witch (voice)
(1998) Hollywood Squares
as ---
(1996) Hey Arnold!
as Emily Dickinson Trophy (voice)
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
(2007) Phineas and Ferb
as Additional Voices (voice)
(1982) Faerie Tale Theatre
as The 'Good' Fairy
(1999) Noah's Ark
as Sarah
(1978) Taxi
as Simka Dahblitz
(2007) Phineas and Ferb
as Nana Shapiro (voice)
(2001) The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
as Mrs. Claus
(1998) Noddy
as The Tooth Fairy
(2018) Summer Camp Island
as Barb Jr. (voice)
(2020) Hunters
as Mindy Markowitz
(2009) Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
(2024) Dinner with the Parents
as Rose / Nana
(1985) Tall Tales & Legends
as Barbara
(2023) Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
as Bube Bina (voice)
(1989) The Simpsons
as Blythe (voice)
(1990) Tiny Toon Adventures
as Ollie (voice)
(2020) Stars in the House
as Self
(1997) The Tony Danza Show
as Simka Gravaas
(2017) Big Mouth
as Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice)
(1994) Ellen
as Lily Penney
(2011) Bubble Guppies
as Sea Witch (voice)
(1971) Great Performances
as Francis Loomis
(1971) Great Performances
as Eliza Southgate
(2012) Anger Management
as Carol