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Carol Kane
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- #001
Carol Kane was the only member of the Taxi (1978) cast to attend Andy Kaufman's funeral.
- #002
Carol Kane was a friend of Bette Davis. Davis once said she would very much like to see Kane portray her in a film biography. Kane eventually played Davis in Craig Lucas's 2013 play The Lying Lesson.
- #003
In the 1988 American Christmas comedy Scrooged (1988), when Kane grabbed Bill Murray's lip, she did it with such force that she actually injured him, tearing his lip and halting production for several days.
- #004
Carol Kane is a long-time close friend of Diane Keaton. They appeared together in three films: Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976), Annie Hall (1977) and The Lemon Sisters (1989).
- #005
Carol Kane is a self-proclaimed "Upper West Side gal." She grew up on West 68th Street in Dorchester Towers and in the '70s bought her first studio apartment a block away for $25,000, and she still lives in the neighborhood.
- #006
Before becoming an actress, Carol Kane worked a "survival job" at Backstage magazine stuffing, licking and stamping envelopes. She kept the job even after landing a role in The Last Detail (1973).
- #007
Carol Kane was the first and only choice to play Lillian on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015). Tina Fey (the show's writer, alongside Robert Carlock) personally coached her for the role.
- #008
Carol Kane is not married and has no children.
- #009
Carol Kane and Anjelica Huston have been close friends since Kane was 19. Kane attended Huston's 1992 wedding to Robert Graham (d. December 27, 2008). For unknown reasons, Kane replaced Judith Malina as Grandmama Addams in Addams Family Values (1993), the sequel to The Addams Family (1991), in both of which Huston played Morticia Addams.
- #010
Carol Kane does not belong to any social media platform and has said she is "computer-illiterate."
- #011
One of Carol Kane's first on-screen appearances was in a Dr. Pepper commercial (1973).
- #012
Carol Kane began her film career as an extra in Walter Matthau's Plaza Suite (1971). Actress Lee Grant starred in the film and later worked with Kane on the uniquely dark film The Mafu Cage (1978). Grant and Kane remain close friends.
- #013
Carol Kane is a quintessential New York actor. She has appeared on the New York stage (both on and off Broadway) since her 1966 theatrical debut in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Her plays include Beth Henley's Family Week and The Debutante Ball. She appeared with Gena Rowlands in A Woman of Mystery, directed by John Cassavetes. Her performances for Joseph Papp at Lincoln Center include The Tempest and Macbeth, as well as plays at Mr. Papp's Public Theatre including Steve Martin's Wasp and Other Plays. On Broadway, she appeared with Shelley Winters in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
- #014
Carol Kane is a long-time friend of Mia Farrow.
- #015
Carol Kane studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
- #016
Carol Kane considers The Wedding in White (1972) and Hester Street (1975) her two best films.
- #017
Carol Kane has been directed by four Oscar-winning directors: Mike Nichols, Hal Ashby, Woody Allen and Miloš Forman.
- #018
In addition to appearing with Shelley Duvall in Annie Hall (1977), Kane also appeared in two of Duvall's made-for-TV productions: Sleeping Beauty (1983) and Casey at the Bat (1986).
- #019
Carol Kane appeared in two films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Annie Hall (1977). The latter won in the category.
- #020
Between 1970 and 1979, Carol Kane appeared in four of the 250 highest-grossing feature films released in the United States: The Muppet Movie (1979) at #39 with a gross of $76.66 million; Dog Day Afternoon (1975) at #52 with a gross of $50.00 million; Annie Hall (1977) at #80 with a gross of $39.20 million; Carnal Knowledge (1971) at #119 with a gross of $28.62 million; and When a Stranger Calls (1979) at #145 with a gross of $21.41 million.
- #021
Carol Kane is the godmother of actress Bianca Hunter. The two appeared together in the film Trees Lounge. Director Steve Buscemi cast them without knowing the connection between them.
- #022
Carol Kane was born on exactly the same date as Isabella Rossellini.
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