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
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The Simpsons
1989
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The Princess Bride
1987
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Family Guy
1999
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Annie Hall
1977
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Gotham
2014
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Two and a Half Men
2003
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975
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Addams Family Values
1993
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The Pacifier
2005
Acting
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)
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Anxious People
Production
2024
Between the Temples
Executive Producer