Carol Kane
Acting
1952-06-18 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Anxious People
2026 · Movie
TheatersIf I Tell You
2026 · Movie
Roommates
2026 · Movie
Carol & Joy
2025 · Movie
Caught Stealing
2025 · Movie
Andy Kaufman Is Me
2025 · Movie
Happy's Place
2024 · Series
Between the Temples
2024 · Movie
Dinner with the Parents
2024 · Series
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Movie
Migration
2023 · Movie
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
2023 · Series
iMordecai
2023 · Movie
Poker Face
2023 · Series
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience
2022 · Movie
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 · Series
Harvey
2021 · Movie
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion
2020 · Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live)
2020 · Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend
2020 · Movie
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2020 · Movie
Stars in the House
2020 · Series
Hunters
2020 · Series
The Dead Don't Die
2019 · Movie
The Ready Room
2019 · Series
Ghost Light
2018 · Movie
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · Movie
Summer Camp Island
2018 · Series
Party Monster: Scratching the Surface
2018 · Movie
Bette Davis: Larger Than Life
2017 · Movie
Waiting for Ishtar
2017 · Movie
Big Mouth
2017 · Series
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017 · Movie
Crowded
2016 · Series
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016 · Movie
Addiction: A 60's Love Story
2015 · Movie
Ava's Possessions
2015 · Movie
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015 · Series
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015 · Series
Gotham
2014 · Series
Emoticon
2014 · Movie
Thanks for Sharing
2013 · Movie
Clutter
2013 · Movie
Sleepwalk with Me
2012 · Movie
Harvey
2012 · Movie
Anger Management
2012 · Series
Should've Been Romeo
2012 · Movie
The Key Man
2011 · Movie
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
2011 · Series
Bubble Guppies
2011 · Series
Pete Smalls Is Dead
2010 · Movie
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010 · Movie
The Bounty Hunter
2010 · Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Movie
Four Christmases
2008 · Movie
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five
2008 · Movie
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Series
The Year Without a Santa Claus
2006 · Movie
Ugly Betty
2006 · Series
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006 · Movie
The Happy Elf
2005 · Movie
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
2005 · Movie
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
2005 · Movie
The Pacifier
2005 · Movie
How Real is 'The Star'?
2005 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004 · Movie
Hope & Faith
2003 · Series
Two and a Half Men
2003 · Series
Audrey's Rain
2003 · Movie
Cosmopolitan
2003 · Movie
Love in the Time of Money
2002 · Movie
Monk
2002 · Series
My First Mister
2001 · Movie
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001 · Series
Tomorrow by Midnight
2001 · Movie
The Shrink Is In
2001 · Movie
As Told by Ginger
2000 · Series
That's Life
2000 · Series
A Constant Forge
2000 · Movie
Man on the Moon
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Noah's Ark
1999 · Series
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
Jawbreaker
1999 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
Noddy
1998 · Series
The Tic Code
1998 · Movie
Merry Christmas, George Bailey
1997 · Movie
Office Killer
1997 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
1997 · Series
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Movie
Hey Arnold!
1996 · Series
Pearl
1996 · Series
American Strays
1996 · Movie
Blue's Clues
1996 · Series
Trees Lounge
1996 · Movie
The Pallbearer
1996 · Movie
Sunset Park
1996 · Movie
Big Bully
1996 · Movie
Theodore Rex
1995 · Movie
Freaky Friday
1995 · Movie
Dad, the Angel & Me
1995 · Movie
The Crazysitter
1994 · Movie
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1994 · Movie
Ellen
1994 · Series
Addams Family Values
1993 · Movie
When a Stranger Calls Back
1993 · Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
Baby on Board
1992 · Movie
In the Soup
1992 · Movie
The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride
1992 · Movie
Brooklyn Bridge
1991 · Series
Ted & Venus
1991 · Movie
American Dreamer
1990 · Series
Tiny Toon Adventures
1990 · Series
My Blue Heaven
1990 · Movie
Joe Versus the Volcano
1990 · Movie
Flashback
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Movie
Seinfeld
1989 · Series
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Let's Get Mom
1989 · Movie
Scrooged
1988 · Movie
License to Drive
1988 · Movie
Sticky Fingers
1988 · Movie
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988 · Movie
Drop-Out Mother
1988 · Movie
Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim
1987 · Movie
The Princess Bride
1987 · Movie
Ishtar
1987 · Movie
Jumpin' Jack Flash
1986 · Movie
Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show
1986 · Movie
All Is Forgiven
1986 · Series
Casey at the Bat
1986 · Movie
Transylvania 6-5000
1985 · Movie
Tall Tales & Legends
1985 · Series
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Series
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · Series
Burning Rage
1984 · Movie
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud
1984 · Movie
Racing with the Moon
1984 · Movie
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984 · Movie
Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?
1983 · Movie
Sleeping Beauty
1983 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Keeping On
1983 · Movie
An Invasion of Privacy
1983 · Movie
Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director
1983 · Movie
Cheers
1982 · Series
Norman Loves Rose
1982 · Movie
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Series
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982 · Movie
Pandemonium
1982 · Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Strong Medicine
1981 · Movie
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981 · Movie
The Greatest Man in the World
1981 · Movie
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981 · Movie
La Sabina
1979 · Movie
When a Stranger Calls
1979 · Movie
The Muppet Movie
1979 · Movie
Taxi
1978 · Series
Out of Our Fathers' House
1978 · Movie
The Mafu Cage
1978 · Movie
The World's Greatest Lover
1977 · Movie
Valentino
1977 · Movie
Annie Hall
1977 · Movie
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Movie
Laverne & Shirley
1976 · Series
Hester Street
1975 · Movie
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
The Last Detail
1973 · Movie
Wedding in White
1972 · Movie
Desperate Characters
1971 · Movie
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The First Seven Years
Movie