Carol Kane
Highest Rated: 97% The Princess Bride (1987)
Lowest Rated: 0% Big Bully (1996)
Birthday: Jun 18, 1952
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
A professional actress since age 14, Ohio-born Carol Kane is best known for essaying a staggering variety of characterizations in her career. Most of her early film roles were fleeting but memorable, such as that of the hippie girlfriend of Art Garfunkel in Carnal Knowledge (1971), the "sailor's plaything" in The Last Detail (1973) and the terrified bank teller in Dog Day Afternoon (1973). Kane's first starring appearance was in Hester Street (1975), wherein she was Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of a Jewish newlywed in turn-of-the-century New York. From 1981 through 1983, Kane played Simka, the wife of immigrant mechanic Latka Gavras (Andy Kaufman) on the TV sitcom Taxi. Simka's country of origin was fictitious, but Kane and Kaufman managed between them to "create" a Slavic language peppered with ridiculous, non-sequitur terms of endearment. The actress won an Emmy for her work on Taxi. Other regular TV sitcom assignments for Kane have included 1986's All Is Forgiven and 1990's American Dreamer. Kane has excelled in bizarre character roles, notably the kvetching old peasant wife in The Princess Bride (1986), the abusive "Ghost of Christmas Present" in Scrooged (1988), and the toothless, witchlike Grandmama in the two Addams Family theatrical features. She remained an in-demand character actress appearing in a variety of movies and TV shows including Even Cowgirls Get the blues, Trees Lounge, Office Killer, and appearing as herself in the Andy Kaufman biopic Man on the Moon. She slowed down not a whit in the 21st century playing parts in My First Mister, Love in the Time of Money, The Pacifier, My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, and the 2012 indie Sleepwalk With Me.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | The Dead Don't Die | Mallory O'Brien Mallory O' Brien | — | 2019 |
| 74% | Ghost Light | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 87% | The Sisters Brothers | Actor | — | 2018 |
| 64% | Ava's Possessions | Talia | — | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Addiction: A 60's Love Story | Cecilia | — | 2015 |
| 57% | Emoticon ;) | Hannah Song | — | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Clutter | Linda | — | 2014 |
| 51% | Thanks For Sharing | Roberta | $0.8M | 2013 |
| 84% | Sleepwalk With Me | Linda Pandamiglio | $2.3M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Valentino | Actor | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | My Girlfriend's Boyfriend | Barbara | — | 2010 |
| 12% | The Bounty Hunter | Dawn | $66.8M | 2010 |
| 71% | Guest of Cindy Sherman | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The Key Man | Actor | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | The Year Without a Santa Claus | Mother Nature | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | The Happy Elf | Gilda | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Actor | — | 2005 |
| 21% | The Pacifier | Helga | $113.1M | 2005 |
| 14% | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Miss Baggoli | $29.3M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Audrey's Rain | Missy Flanders | — | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | Cosmopolitan | Actor | — | 2003 |
| 18% | Love in the Time of Money | Joey | — | 2002 |
| 52% | My First Mister | Sylvie | — | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | The Shrink Is In | Dr. Louise Rosenberg | — | 2001 |
| 63% | Man on the Moon | herself | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | First Snow of Winter | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Noah's Ark | Lot's Wife | — | 1999 |
| 11% | Jawbreaker | Miss Sherman | — | 1999 |
| 75% | The Tic Code | Miss Gimpole | — | 1998 |
| 12% | Office Killer | Dorine Douglas | — | 1997 |
| 4% | Gone Fishin' | Donna Waters | $19.8M | 1997 |
| 81% | Trees Lounge | Connie | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | American Strays | Helen | — | 1996 |
| 45% | The Pallbearer | Tom's Mom | — | 1996 |
| 13% | Sunset Park | Mona | — | 1996 |
| 0% | Big Bully | Faith | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Crazysitter | Treva | — | 1995 |
| 0% | Theodore Rex | Molly Rex | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Freaky Friday | Actor | — | 1995 |
| 19% | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Cowgirl Carla | — | 1994 |
| 76% | Addams Family Values | Granny | — | 1993 |
| 57% | When a Stranger Calls Back | Jill Johnson | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | Baby on Board | Maria | — | 1992 |
| 92% | In the Soup | Barbara | — | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | Ted & Venus | Colette | — | 1991 |
| 71% | My Blue Heaven | Shaldeen | — | 1990 |
| 62% | Joe Versus the Volcano | Hairdresser | — | 1990 |
| 43% | Flashback | Maggie | — | 1990 |
| 14% | The Lemon Sisters | Franki D'Angelo | — | 1989 |
| 70% | Scrooged | Christmas Present | — | 1988 |
| 17% | License to Drive | Mrs. Anderson | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Paul Reiser: Out On a Whim | Actor | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Sticky Fingers | Kitty | — | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card | Actor | — | 1988 |
| 97% | The Princess Bride | Valerie | — | 1987 |
| 38% | Ishtar | Carol | — | 1987 |
| 29% | Jumpin' Jack Flash | Cynthia | — | 1986 |
| 18% | Transylvania 6-5000 | Lupi | — | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Burning Rage | Mary Harwood | — | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | Over the Brooklyn Bridge | Cheryl Goodman | — | 1984 |
| 60% | Racing With the Moon | Annie | — | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud | Martha Bernays | — | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | Faerie Tale Theatre | Good Fairy | — | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | Pandemonium | Candy | — | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | Norman Loves Rose | Rose | — | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses | Actor | — | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | American Short Story | Actor | — | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | Les Jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (The Games of Countess Dolingen) | Actor | — | 1980 |
| 38% | When a Stranger Calls | Jill Johnson | — | 1979 |
| 88% | The Muppet Movie | Myth | — | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | My Sister, My Love | Cissy | — | 1978 |
| 17% | The World's Greatest Lover | Annie Hickman | — | 1977 |
| 44% | Valentino | Fatty Arbuckle's Girl | — | 1977 |
| 97% | Annie Hall | Allison | — | 1977 |
| 63% | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Florence | — | 1976 |
| 95% | Dog Day Afternoon | Jenny | — | 1975 |
| 71% | Hester Street | Gitl | — | 1975 |
| 91% | The Last Detail | Young Whore | — | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | Wedding in White | Jeannie | — | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | Desperate Characters | Young Girl | — | 1971 |
| 87% | Carnal Knowledge | Jennifer | — | 1971 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 75% |
Hunters 2020 |
Mindy Markowitz |
2020 |
| No Score Yet |
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2017 |
Voice |
2019 2018 2017 |
| 96% |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 2015-2019 |
Lillian |
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 |
| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009-2019 |
Guest |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose 2013-2017 |
Guest |
2017 |
| 90% |
Halt and Catch Fire 2014-2017 |
2017 |
|
| 32% |
Crowded 2015-2016 |
2016 |
|
| 77% |
Gotham 2014-2019 |
Gertrude Kapelput Gertrud Kapelput Gertrud Gertrud Cobblepot |
2016 2015 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers 2014 |
Guest |
2016 2014 |
| 97% |
Ugly Betty 2006-2010 |
Lena Korvinka |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 |
Gwen Munch |
2009 |
| 90% |
Monk 2002-2009 |
2009 |
|
| 63% |
Two and a Half Men 2003-2015 |
Shelly Judith Harper |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
Hope & Faith 2003-2006 |
Mrs. Rackett |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
Independent Lens 1999 |
Mrs. Shaw |
2004 |
| No Score Yet |
As Told by Ginger 2000-2009 |
Voice |
2001 |
| 71% |
Family Guy 1999 |
Voice |
2001 2000 |
| 62% |
Beggars and Choosers 1999-2001 |
Lydia `L.L.' Luddin L.L. |
2001 2000 1999 |
| No Score Yet |
Blue's Clues 1996-2004 |
Voice |
1999 |
| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 |
Gwen Munch |
1997 |
| No Score Yet |
Ellen 1994-1998 |
1996 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Chicago Hope 1994-2000 |
1995 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Empty Nest 1988-1995 |
1994 |
|
| 88% |
Seinfeld 1989-1998 |
Corinne |
1994 |
| 82% |
Tales from the Crypt 1989-1996 |
1993 1990 |
|
| 100% |
Brooklyn Bridge 1991-1993 |
Sylvia |
1992 1991 |
| No Score Yet |
American Dreamer 1990-1991 |
Lillian Abernathy |
1991 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
Cheers 1982-1993 |
Guest Amanda |
1984 |
| No Score Yet |
American Playhouse 1982-1996 |
Lavinia |
1983 |
| No Score Yet |
Taxi 1978-1983 |
Simka Gravas |
1983 1982 1980 1979 |
| No Score Yet |
Laverne & Shirley 1976-1983 |
Olga |
1982 |
| 63% |
Pearl 1997 |
Annie Carmen |
QUOTES FROM Carol Kane CHARACTERS
Sal says: What'd he say?
Jenny says: He was talkin' about arrangements . we were talkin' about the TV.
Jenny says: Why couldn't he talk about that here?
Jenny says: He was showin' me how the airport bus is comin' in, like that, Sal.
Inigo Montoya says: This is Buttercup's true love. If you heal him he will stop Humperdinck's wedding!
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Sha! Wait wait......... I make him better, humperdinck suffers?
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Sha! Wait wait... I make him better, humperdinck suffers?
Inigo Montoya says: Humiliations galore!
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Ha ha ha! That is a noble cause. Gimme the 65. I'm on the job!
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Woo Hoo!
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Woo hoo!
Hairdresser says: SHAZAM!
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max the Wizard says: It'll take a miracle.
Miss Sherman says: make it by 3:00 I have a pet to groom
Miss Sherman says: Make it by 3:00 I have a pet to groom.
Miss Sherman says: Do you know a senior named Elizabeth Purr?
Fern Mayo/Vylette says: You mean the "meow"?
Fern Mayo/Vylette says: You mean the 'meow'?
Miss Sherman says: Excuse me?
Fern Mayo/Vylette says: Liz is the cats meow
Fern Mayo/Vylette says: Liz is the cat's meow.
Miss Sherman says: ...I am sure she is
Miss Sherman says: ...I am sure she is.
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Bye bye boys.
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Have fun stormin' da castel.
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max the Wizard says: It would take a miracle.
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Liar! Liar! Liarrrrrrrrrrrr
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Liar! Liar! Liar!
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Get back witch.
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: I'm not a witch I'm your wife. But after what you just said I'm not even sure I want to be that anymore.
Alvy Singer says: You, you, you are like New York, Jewish, leftwing, liberal, intellectual, Central Park West, Brandeis University, the socialist summer camps and the, the father with the Ben Shahn drawings, right, and the really, y'know, strike-oriented kind of, red diaper, stop me before I make a complete imbecile of myself.
Allison says: No, that was wonderful. I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype.
Miracle Max the Wizard says: Have fun storming the castle!
Valerie the Wizard's Wife says: Think it'll work?
Miracle Max the Wizard says: It'll take a miracle!