Carol Kane

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.

Known For

The Simpsons Not in library

The Simpsons

1989

The Princess Bride Not in library

The Princess Bride

1987

Family Guy Not in library

Family Guy

1999

Annie Hall Not in library

Annie Hall

1977

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Not in library

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Gotham Not in library

Gotham

2014

Two and a Half Men Not in library

Two and a Half Men

2003

Dog Day Afternoon Not in library

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

Addams Family Values Not in library

Addams Family Values

1993

The Pacifier Not in library

The Pacifier

2005

Acting

2026 Roommates In Library
2025 Andy Kaufman Is Me as Self
2025 Caught Stealing as Bubbe
2025 Carol & Joy as Self
2024 Between the Temples as Carla Kessler
2024 Remembering Gene Wilder as Self
2024 Boundary Waters as Granny
2024 Dinner with the Parents as Rose / Nana (10 episodes)
2024 Happy's Place as Theresa (1 episode)
2023 iMordecai as Fela
2023 Migration as Erin (voice)
2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Bube Bina (voice) (2 episodes)
2023 Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur as Bubbe Bina (voice) (1 episode)
2023 Poker Face as Lucille Lubinski (1 episode)
2022 Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience as Grand-Mah (voice)
2022 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as Commander Pelia (11 episodes)
2021 Harvey as Betty Chumley
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend as Lillian Kaushtupper
2020 Love, Loss, and What I Wore
2020 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live) as Self
2020 A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion as Valerie
2020 Hunters as Mindy Markowitz (18 episodes)
2020 Stars in the House as Self (2 episodes)
2019 The Dead Don't Die as Mallory O'Brien
2019 The Ready Room as Self (1 episode)
2018 The Sisters Brothers as Mrs Sisters
2018 Ghost Light as Madeline Styne
2018 Summer Camp Island as Barb Jr. (voice) (1 episode)
2017 Waiting for Ishtar as Self
2017 Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond as Self
2017 Bette Davis: Larger Than Life as Self
2017 Big Mouth as Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice) (1 episode)
2016 Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
2016 Crowded as Linda (1 episode)
2015 Addiction: A 60's Love Story as Cecilia
2015 Ava's Possessions as Talia
2015 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Lillian Kaushtupper (51 episodes)
2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Dr. Jelly Goodwell (voice) (1 episode)
2014 Emoticon as Hannah Song
2014 Gotham as Gertrude Kapelput (10 episodes)
2013 Thanks for Sharing as Roberta
2013 Clutter as Linda Bradford
2012 Harvey as Betty Chumley
2012 Should've Been Romeo as Ruth
2012 Sleepwalk with Me as Linda
2012 Anger Management as Carol (1 episode)
2011 The Key Man as Marsha
2011 Jake and the Never Land Pirates as The Sea Witch (voice) (1 episode)
2011 Bubble Guppies as Sea Witch (voice) (1 episode)
2010 My Girlfriend's Boyfriend as Barbara
2010 The Bounty Hunter as Dawn
2010 Pete Smalls Is Dead as Landlady
2009 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2008 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five as Sheep (voice)
2008 Four Christmases as Aunt Sarah
2007 Phineas and Ferb as Additional Voices (voice) (1 episode)
2007 Phineas and Ferb as Nana Shapiro (voice) (2 episodes)
2006 The Year Without a Santa Claus as Mother Nature
2006 Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition as Self
2006 Ugly Betty as Lena Korvinka (1 episode)
2005 The Pacifier as Helga
2005 Billy and Mandy Save Christmas as Mrs. Claus (voice)
2005 How Real is 'The Star'? as Self
2005 The Civilization of Maxwell Bright as Temple
2005 The Happy Elf as Gilda (voice)
2005 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Sam (1 episode)
2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as Miss Baggoli
2004 The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2003 Cosmopolitan as Mrs. Shaw
2003 Audrey's Rain as Missy Flanders
2003 Hope & Faith as Cornelia Rackett (1 episode)
2003 Two and a Half Men as Shelly (2 episodes)
2002 Love in the Time of Money as Joey
2002 Monk as Joy (1 episode)
2001 My First Mister as Mrs. Benson
2001 The Shrink Is In as Louise Rosenberg
2001 Tomorrow by Midnight as Officer Garfield
2001 The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Mrs. Claus (1 episode)
2000 A Constant Forge as Self
2000 As Told by Ginger as Maude Webley (voice) (2 episodes)
2000 That's Life
1999 Jawbreaker as Ms. Sherwood
1999 The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space as Ogg's Mother (voice)
1999 Man on the Moon as Self (uncredited)
1999 Noah's Ark as Sára
1999 Family Guy as Carol (voice) (1 episode)
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gwen Munch (2 episodes)
1999 Noah's Ark as Sarah (2 episodes)
1998 The Tic Code as Miss Gimpole
1998 Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist (5 episodes)
1998 Noddy as The Tooth Fairy (1 episode)
1997 Office Killer as Dorine Douglas
1997 Merry Christmas, George Bailey as Cousin Tilly / Mrs. Hatch
1997 Gone Fishin' as Donna Waters
1997 The Tony Danza Show as Simka Gravaas (1 episode)
1996 The Pallbearer as Tom's Mother
1996 Trees Lounge as Connie
1996 Sunset Park as Mona
1996 Big Bully as Faith Bigger
1996 American Strays as Helen
1996 Pearl as Annie Caraldo (22 episodes)
1996 Blue's Clues
1996 Hey Arnold! as Emily Dickinson Trophy (voice) (1 episode)
1995 Theodore Rex as Molly Rex (voice)
1995 Dad, the Angel & Me as Sam's Angel
1995 Napoleon as Spider (voice)
1995 Freaky Friday as Leanne Futterman
1994 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues as Carla
1994 The Crazysitter as Treva Van Arsdale
1994 Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage)
1994 Chicago Hope as Marguerite Birch (1 episode)
1994 Ellen as Lily Penney (1 episode)
1993 When a Stranger Calls Back as Jill Johnson
1993 Addams Family Values as Granny
1993 Homicide: Life on the Street as Gwen Munch (1 episode)
1992 Baby on Board as Maria
1992 The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride as Margaret Mouse (voice)
1992 In the Soup as Barbara
1991 Ted & Venus as Colette
1991 Brooklyn Bridge
1990 Flashback as Maggie
1990 My Blue Heaven as Shaldeen
1990 Joe Versus the Volcano as Hairdresser
1990 American Dreamer as Lillian Abernathy (17 episodes)
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures as Ollie (voice) (1 episode)
1989 The Lemon Sisters as Franki D'Angelo
1989 Let's Get Mom as Maureen
1989 Seinfeld as Corinne (1 episode)
1989 Tales from the Crypt as Judy (1 episode)
1989 The Simpsons as Blythe (voice) (1 episode)
1988 Scrooged as Ghost of Christmas Present
1988 License to Drive as Mrs. Anderson
1988 Sticky Fingers as Kitty
1988 Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card
1988 Drop-Out Mother as Maxine
1987 The Princess Bride as Valerie
1987 Ishtar as Carol
1987 Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim as Fortune Teller
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash as Cynthia
1986 Casey at the Bat as Barbara Dent
1986 Bob Goldthwait: Don't Watch This Show as Self
1986 All is Forgiven as Nicolette Bingham (9 episodes)
1985 Transylvania 6-5000 as Lupi
1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater as Polly Horne (1 episode)
1985 Tall Tales & Legends as Barbara (1 episode)
1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge as Cheryl
1984 Racing with the Moon as Annie the Hooker
1984 The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud as Martha Bernays
1984 Burning Rage as Mary Harwood
1984 Tales from the Darkside as Anne MacColl (1 episode)
1984 Crazy like a Fox as Iris Buckles (1 episode)
1983 Keeping On as Lavinia
1983 Sleeping Beauty as The Good Fairy
1983 An Invasion of Privacy as Ilene
1983 Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director as Self
1983 Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? as Customer At Cafe
1983 Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1982 Pandemonium as Candy
1982 Norman Loves Rose as Rose
1982 The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories as Frances Loomis
1982 Late Night with David Letterman as Self (1 episode)
1982 Cheers as Amanda (1 episode)
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre as The 'Good' Fairy (1 episode)
1981 Strong Medicine
1981 The Greatest Man in the World as April
1981 The Games of Countess Dolingen as Louise Haines-Pearson
1981 The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as Frances Loomis
1979 When a Stranger Calls as Jill Johnson
1979 The Muppet Movie as "Myth"
1979 La Sabina as Daisy
1978 The Mafu Cage as Cissy
1978 Out of Our Fathers' House as Eliza Southgate
1978 Taxi as Simka Gravas (24 episodes)
1978 Taxi as Simka Dahblitz (3 episodes)
1977 Annie Hall as Allison
1977 Valentino as Starlet
1977 The World's Greatest Lover as Annie Hickman
1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York as Florence
1976 Laverne & Shirley
1975 Dog Day Afternoon as Jenny
1975 Hester Street as Gitl
1974 Playhouse as Frances Loomis (1 episode)
1973 The Last Detail as Young Whore
1972 Wedding in White as Jeannie Dougall
1971 Carnal Knowledge as Jennifer
1971 Desperate Characters as Young Girl
1971 Great Performances as Eliza Southgate (1 episode)
1971 Great Performances as Francis Loomis (1 episode)
Anxious People

Production

2024 Between the Temples Executive Producer