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. Since 2015, she has been a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she plays Lillian Kaushtupper. |
Birthday | : | 1952-06-18 |
Place Of Birth | : | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Alternate Name | : | Lisa LeBlanc |
Known Movie/TV Credits | : | Unknown |
Last Appeared In | : | Unknown |
iMordecai | Fela | 2023-02-10 |
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Underground Rock Experience | Grand-Mah (voice) | 2022-06-30 |
Harvey | Betty Chumley | 2021-05-20 |
A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion | Valerie | 2020-09-13 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Music: A Live Singing Contest (That's Live) | Herself | 2020-05-14 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend | Lillian Kaushtupper | 2020-05-12 |
Love, Loss, and What I Wore | 2020-05-04 | |
The Dead Don't Die | Mallory O'Brien | 2019-05-15 |
Ghost Light | Madeline Styne | 2018-10-26 |
The Sisters Brothers | Mrs Sisters | 2018-09-19 |
Bette Davis - Größer als das Leben | Herself | 2017-12-18 |
Waiting for Ishtar | Self | 2017-12-14 |
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond | Herself | 2017-09-05 |
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
Ava's Possessions | Talia | 2015-03-16 |
Emoticon | Hannah Song | 2014-05-30 |
Thanks for Sharing | Roberta | 2013-09-19 |
Clutter | Linda Bradford | 2013-06-07 |
Sleepwalk with Me | Linda | 2012-08-24 |
Harvey | Betty Chumley | 2012-08-05 |
Should've Been Romeo | Ruth | 2012-04-28 |
The Key Man | Marsha | 2011-02-18 |
Pete Smalls Is Dead | Landlady | 2010-09-17 |
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend | Barbara | 2010-04-22 |
The Bounty Hunter | Dawn | 2010-03-16 |
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
Four Christmases | Aunt Sarah | 2008-11-26 |
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Sheep (voice) | 2008-11-08 |
The Year Without a Santa Claus | Mother Nature | 2006-12-11 |
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition | Self | 2006-01-01 |
The Happy Elf | Gilda (voice) | 2005-12-02 |
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas | Mrs. Claus (voice) | 2005-12-02 |
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Temple | 2005-06-06 |
The Pacifier | Helga | 2005-03-04 |
How Real is 'The Star'? | Self | 2005-01-01 |
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Miss Baggoli | 2004-02-17 |
Audrey's Rain | Missy Flanders | 2003-05-11 |
Cosmopolitan | Mrs. Shaw | 2003-01-01 |
Love in the Time of Money | Joey | 2002-11-01 |
Tomorrow by Midnight | Officer Garfield | 2001-08-02 |
The Shrink Is In | Louise Rosenberg | 2001-08-01 |
My First Mister | Mrs. Benson | 2001-01-18 |
The Tic Code | Miss Gimpole | 2000-06-01 |
A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-01-01 |
Man on the Moon | Self (uncredited) | 1999-12-22 |
The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space | Ogg's Mother (voice) | 1999-04-23 |
Jawbreaker | Ms. Sherwood | 1999-01-30 |
Office Killer | Dorine Douglas | 1997-12-03 |
Gone Fishin' | Donna Waters | 1997-05-30 |
American Strays | Helen | 1996-09-12 |
Trees Lounge | Connie | 1996-05-11 |
The Pallbearer | Tom's Mother | 1996-05-03 |
Sunset Park | Mona | 1996-04-26 |
Big Bully | Faith Bigger | 1996-01-26 |
Theodore Rex | Molly Rex (voice) | 1995-12-14 |
Napoleon | Spider (voice) | 1995-06-30 |
Freaky Friday | Leanne Futterman | 1995-05-06 |
Dad, the Angel & Me | Sam's Angel | 1995-01-01 |
The Crazysitter | Treva Van Arsdale | 1994-12-31 |
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Carla | 1994-05-13 |
Addams Family Values | Granny | 1993-11-19 |
When a Stranger Calls Back | Jill Johnson | 1993-04-04 |
Baby on Board | Maria | 1992-12-28 |
In the Soup | Barbara | 1992-10-23 |
Ted & Venus | Colette | 1991-08-08 |
My Blue Heaven | Shaldeen | 1990-08-17 |
Joe Versus the Volcano | Hairdresser | 1990-03-09 |
Flashback | Maggie | 1990-02-02 |
The Lemon Sisters | Franki D'Angelo | 1989-12-01 |
Scrooged | Ghost of Christmas Present | 1988-11-22 |
License to Drive | Mrs. Anderson | 1988-07-06 |
Sticky Fingers | Kitty | 1988-05-06 |
Drop-Out Mother | Maxine | 1988-01-01 |
The Princess Bride | Valerie | 1987-09-25 |
Ishtar | Carol | 1987-05-15 |
Bob Goldthwait -- Don't Watch This Show | 1986-05-24 | |
Jumpin' Jack Flash | Cynthia | 1986-04-23 |
Casey at the Bat | Barbara Dent | 1986-01-20 |
Transylvania 6-5000 | Lupi | 1985-11-08 |
Terror in the Aisles | Jill Johnson (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Burning Rage | Mary Harwood | 1984-09-21 |
Racing with the Moon | Annie the Hooker | 1984-03-23 |
Over the Brooklyn Bridge | Cheryl | 1984-03-02 |
The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Martha Bernays | 1984-01-01 |
Can She Bake A Cherry Pie? | Customer At Cafe | 1983-09-10 |
Sleeping Beauty | The Good Fairy | 1983-07-07 |
Keeping On | Lavinia | 1983-02-08 |
An Invasion of Privacy | Ilene | 1983-01-12 |
Joan Micklin Silver: Encounters with the New York Director | Self | 1983-01-01 |
Norman Loves Rose | Rose | 1982-09-17 |
Pandemonium | Candy | 1982-04-01 |
The Games of Countess Dolingen | Louise Haines-Pearson | 1981-09-01 |
The Greatest Man in the World | April | 1981-06-09 |
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | Frances Loomis | 1981-06-01 |
Strong Medicine | 1981-01-01 | |
La Sabina | Daisy | 1979-11-03 |
When a Stranger Calls | Jill Johnson | 1979-10-26 |
The Muppet Movie | "Myth" | 1979-06-22 |
Out of Our Fathers' House | Eliza Southgate | 1978-08-02 |
The Mafu Cage | Cissy | 1978-03-19 |
The World's Greatest Lover | Annie Hickman | 1977-12-18 |
Valentino | Starlet | 1977-09-07 |
Annie Hall | Allison | 1977-04-19 |
Harry and Walter Go to New York | Florence | 1976-06-17 |
Hester Street | Gitl | 1975-10-19 |
Dog Day Afternoon | Jenny 'The Squirrel' | 1975-08-01 |
The Last Detail | Young Whore | 1973-12-11 |
Wedding in White | Jeannie Dougall | 1972-10-20 |
Desperate Characters | Young Girl | 1971-09-22 |
Carnal Knowledge | Jennifer | 1971-06-30 |
Hunters | Mindy Markowitz | 2020-02-20 |
Summer Camp Island | Barb Jr. (voice) | 2018-07-07 |
Big Mouth | Menopause Banshee / Old Woman (voice) | 2017-09-29 |
Crowded | Linda | 2016-03-15 |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | Lillian Kaushtupper | 2015-03-06 |
Gotham | Gertrude Kapelput | 2014-09-22 |
Jake and the Never Land Pirates | The Sea Witch (voice) | 2011-02-14 |
Ugly Betty | Lena Korvinka | 2006-09-28 |
The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Hope & Faith | Cornelia Rackett | 2003-09-23 |
Two and a Half Men | Shelly | 2003-09-22 |
Monk | 2002-07-12 | |
As Told by Ginger | Maude Webley (voice) | 2000-10-25 |
That's Life | 2000-10-01 | |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gwen Munch | 1999-09-20 |
Beggars and Choosers | 1999-06-19 | |
Noah's Ark | Sarah | 1999-05-04 |
Family Guy | Carol (voice) | 1999-01-31 |
Noddy | The Tooth Fairy | 1998-08-31 |
The Tony Danza Show | Simka Gravaas | 1997-09-24 |
Hey Arnold! | 1996-10-07 | |
Pearl | 1996-09-16 | |
Blue's Clues | 1996-09-08 | |
Chicago Hope | 1994-09-18 | |
Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993-01-31 | |
Brooklyn Bridge | 1991-09-20 | |
American Dreamer | 1990-09-20 | |
Tiny Toon Adventures | 1990-09-14 | |
The Simpsons | Blythe (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Seinfeld | Corinne | 1989-07-05 |
Tales from the Crypt | 1989-06-10 | |
All is Forgiven | Nicolette Bingham | 1986-03-20 |
Tall Tales & Legends | Barbara | 1985-09-25 |
The Ray Bradbury Theater | Polly Horne | 1985-05-21 |
Crazy like a Fox | Iris Buckles | 1984-12-30 |
Tales from the Darkside | Anne MacColl | 1984-09-30 |
Faerie Tale Theatre | The 'Good' Fairy | 1982-09-11 |
Late Night with David Letterman | 1982-02-01 | |
Taxi | Simka Gravas | 1978-09-12 |
Laverne & Shirley | 1976-01-27 | |
Great Performances | Francis Loomis | 1971-01-28 |