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'''Lainie Kazan''' (born May 15, |
'''Lainie Kazan''' (born May 15, 1940)<ref name=ibdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/lainie-kazan-47558/#awards | title=Lainie Kazan: Performer| publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ([[The Broadway League]])|accessdate= December 26, 2017}}</ref> is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the 1988 [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', and the 1993 [[Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical]] for ''[[My Favorite Year (musical)|My Favorite Year]]''. She had previously received a [[Golden Globe Award]] nomination for the film version of ''[[My Favorite Year]]'' (1982). Her other film appearances include ''[[The Delta Force]]'' (1986), ''[[Harry and the Hendersons]]'' (1987), ''[[Beaches (film)|Beaches]]'' (1988), ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' (2002) and ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2]]'' (2016). |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
Revision as of 18:59, 26 December 2017
Lainie Kazan | |
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Born | Lanie Levine May 15, 1940 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1958-present |
Spouse | Peter Daniels (1971-1989; his death) |
Children | 1 |
Website | www |
Lainie Kazan (born May 15, 1940)[1] is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the 1988 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for St. Elsewhere, and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for My Favorite Year. She had previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the film version of My Favorite Year (1982). Her other film appearances include The Delta Force (1986), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Beaches (1988), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).
Personal life
Kazan was born Lanie Levine in Brooklyn, New York City,[2] the daughter of Carole and Ben Levine.[3] Her mother was from a Sephardic Jewish family from Jerusalem, and her father, of Russian Ashkenazi Jewish descent, worked as a bookie. Kazan has described her mother as "neurotic, fragile and artistic.""[4][5][6] Lainie graduated from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
She married Peter Daniels in 1971. In a segment of Celebrity Ghost Stories she revealed that she was widowed in 1989 when Daniels died of lung cancer. With him, Kazan has one child, Jennifer, and is a grandmother.
Kazan serves on the boards of the Young Musicians’ Foundation, AIDS Project LA, and B'nai Brith.[7]
Health
Kazan suffered from deep vein thrombosis, and has dedicated time to educating the public about the condition.[8] On April 9, 2016, Kazan was injured in a head-on collision in Los Angeles.[9]
Career
Kazan made her Broadway debut in The Happiest Girl in the World in 1961 followed by Bravo Giovanni (1962). She served as understudy to Barbra Streisand in 1963's Funny Girl, finally getting to go on 18 months into the run when the star was ill with a serious throat problem. Both had attended the same high school, Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York. Kazan’s mother alerted the press and, encouraged by rave reviews for her performance, Kazan quit the show and set out to establish herself in a singing career.
As her popularity increased, Kazan posed nude for a spread in the October 1970 issue of Playboy, which was reused in Pocket Playboy #4, issued in 1974. Her appearance in the magazine opened the door for her to headline and operate two different Playboy Jazz Clubs, both under Hugh Hefner’s overview, which she called Lainie’s Lounge East and West on opposite coasts, one in Los Angeles and the other in Manhattan. Her Playboy photographs also inspired the look of Jack Kirby’s DC Comics superheroine Big Barda.[10]
Kazan appeared in numerous supper clubs across the country, and she guested on Dean Martin’s variety series 26 times. Other television work includes a recurring role as Aunt Frieda on the Fran Drescher sitcom The Nanny and as Kirstie Alley’s mother on Veronica’s Closet, and guest shots on St. Elsewhere (resulting in an Emmy nomination), The Paper Chase, Touched by an Angel, and Will & Grace. She played the lead character's mother in the Nia Vardalos films My Big Fat Greek Wedding and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, and was also featured in My Big Fat Greek Life, a short-lived series based on the film. She appeared in a scene as the mother of Adam Sandler’s character in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, but it was deleted in the feature film. It is, however, included in the special features on disc. Prior to this film, she had appeared with its co-star Kevin James in two episodes of his The King of Queens TV series as the once-renowned singer Ava St. Clair.
A life member of The Actors Studio,[11] Kazan returned to Broadway to recreate her film role for the musical adaptation of My Favorite Year, earning a Tony Award nomination for her performance. She completed a stint in The Vagina Monologues. She has also appeared in regional productions of A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hello, Dolly!, and Fiddler on the Roof, among others. In 1984, she made a guest appearance on the Faerie Tale Theatre episode “Pinocchio” as Sophia the Blue Fairy.[12]
She appeared in an episode of Ugly Betty, playing the mother of Bobby, who was soon to become the central character’s brother-in-law. She appeared in one episode, "Fire and Nice".[13] On August 17, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Kazan would join the cast of Desperate Housewives for Season 7. She played the role of a self-employed business owner and neighbor to Susan.[14]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Dayton's Devils | Leda Martell | |
1968 | Lady in Cement | Maria Baretto | |
1971 | Romance of a Horsethief | Estusha | |
1982 | One from the Heart | Maggie | |
1982 | My Favorite Year | Belle Carroca | |
1985 | Lust in the Dust | Marguerita Ventura | |
1985 | The Journey of Natty Gann | Connie | |
1986 | The Delta Force | Sylvia Goldman | |
1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | Irene Moffitt | |
1987 | Medium Rare | Helga Costas | |
1988 | Out of the Dark | Hooker / Nancy | |
1988 | Beaches | Leona Bloom | |
1989 | Eternity | Mother / Berneice | Uncredited |
1991 | 29th Street | Mrs. Pesce | |
1992 | I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore | Sarah Fishbine | |
1993 | The Cemetery Club | Selma | |
1996 | Love Is All There Is | Sadie Capomezzo | |
1996 | Movies Money Murder | Sylvia | |
1996 | The Associate | Cindy Mason | |
1997 | Allie & Me | Camille Alexander | |
1998 | The Big Hit | Jeanne Shulman | |
1998 | Permanent Midnight | Jerry's Mother at Funeral | Uncredited |
1998 | The Unknown Cyclist | Rachel | |
1999 | Kimberly | Hanna | |
1999 | Mike & Spike Movie | ||
2000 | What's Cooking? | Ruth 'Ruthie' Seelig | |
2000 | Bruno | Sister Mary Perpetua | |
2000 | The Crew | Pepper Lowenstein | |
2000 | The Dress Code | ||
2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Maria Portokalos | |
2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | Old Woman | Singing voice |
2002 | Returning Lilly | TV Flim | |
2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Documentary | |
2003 | A Good Night to Die | Diane | |
2003 | Gigli | Mother | |
2004 | Red Riding Hood | Grandma | |
2005 | Whiskey School | Hedy Seligman | |
2007 | Bratz: The Movie | Bubbie | |
2007 | Beau Jest | Miriam Goldman | |
2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Gail | |
2009 | Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! | Shirley Hirsch | |
2010 | Expecting Mary | Lillian Littlefeather | |
2012 | Divorce Invitation | Elaine Lipnicks | |
2013 | Finding Joy | Gloria | |
2013 | Growing Defiant | ||
2015 | Pearly Gates | Millie | |
2015 | Pixels | Mickey Lamonsoff | |
2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Maria Portokalos |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1962 | Car 54, Where Are You? | Girl at bar | Episode: "Je T'Adore Muldoon" |
1965 | Ben Casey | Della | Episode: "Why Did the Day Go Backwards?" |
1969 | The Dean Martin Show | ||
1977 | A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story | Sophie Tucker | TV Movie |
1978 | Columbo | Valerie Kirk | Episode: "Make Me a Perfect Murder" |
1980 | A Cry for Love | Tina Weathersby | TV Movie |
1983 | Sunset Limousine | Jessie Durning | TV Movie |
1984 | The Jerk, Too | Card Player | TV Movie |
1984 | Obsessive Love | Margaret Chase | TV Movie |
1985–1986 | The Paper Chase | Rose Samuels | 15 episodes |
1986 | Tough Cookies | Rita | 6 episodes |
1987 | Karen's Song | Claire Steiner | 13 episodes |
1989 | Hägar the Horrible | Helga (voice) | TV short |
1990 | Earthday Birthday | (voice) | TV Movie |
1992 | Beverly Hills 90210 | Rose Zuckerman | Episode: "Down and Out of District in Beverly Hills"[15] |
1995–1998 | The Nanny | Aunt Freida | 4 episodes |
1995 | Prince for a Day | Rose | TV Movie |
1998 | Safety Patrol | Mrs. Day | TV Movie |
2001 | Will & Grace | Aunt Honey | Episode: "Moveable Feast" |
2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life | Maria Portokalos | 7 episodes |
2005 | The Engagement Ring | Alicia Rosa Anselmi | TV Movie |
2007 | The King of Queens | Ava St. Clair | 2 episodes |
2008 | Boston Legal | Judge Paula Stern | Episode: "Dances with Wolves" |
2010 | Medium Rare | Helga Costas | Episode: "Episode #1.1" |
2010 | 'Til Death | Donna | 3 episodes |
2010 | Desperate Housewives | Maxine Rosen | 5 episodes |
2012 | Modern Family | Eleanor | Episode: "New Years Eve" |
2013 | Jessie | Wanda Winkle | Episode: "Throw Momma From the Terrace" |
2013 | Greys Anatomy | C.J. | Episode: "Two Against One" |
2014 | RuPaul's Drag Race |
Stage work
- Leave It to Jane (1959) (Off-Broadway)
- Kittiwake Island (1960) (Off-Broadway)
- The Happiest Girl in the World (1961) (Broadway)
- Bravo Giovanni (1962) (Broadway)
- Funny Girl (1964) (Broadway) (also understudy for Barbra Streisand)
- Man of La Mancha (1972) (Westbury Music Fair)
- Seesaw (1973) (Broadway) (replaced by Michele Lee prior to opening)
- Show Boat (1979) (US national tour)
- Gypsy (1992) (Westbury Music Fair)
- My Favorite Year (1992) (Broadway)
- The Government Inspector (1994) (Broadway)
- Rags (2006) (World AIDS Day benefit concert)
- Bermuda Avenue Triangle (2006) (Los Angeles)
Discography
- Lainie Kazan (1966) SE-4385 MGMRecords (original studio album)
- Right Now (1966) SE-4340MGM Records (original studio album; with sleeve notes by Dean Martin)
- Love Is Lainie (1967) SE-4496 MGM Records (original studio album)
- The Love Album (1967) SE 4451 MGMRecords (original studio album)
- The Best of Lainie Kazan (1969)SE-4631 MGM Records (compilation album)
- The Chanteuse is Loose (1977) LK515 Lainie & Co. (original studio album)
- Body & Soul (1995) 65126 MusicMasters (original studio album)
- In the Groove (1998) 65168 MusicMasters (original studio album)
References
- ^ "Lainie Kazan: Performer". Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway League). Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Klein, Alvin (May 3, 1992). "Lainie Kazan Goes Back to Her Roots". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths LEVINE, CAROLE". The New York Times. 16 March 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ JewishJournal.com; accessed July 18, 2014. Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pine, Dan (March 31, 2006). "Lainie Kazan bringing cabaret classics to S.F." J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Breslauer, Jan (February 2, 1997). "You Can't Pin Her Down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Miller, Gerri (March 23, 2016). "Lainie Kazan happily goes 'Greek' again for comedy sequel". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Still Kicking: Lainie Kazan". Ability. August–September 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' star Lainie Kazan in car crash". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "The Jack F.A.Q." Povonline.com. Archived from the original on December 17, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
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- ^ "Faerie Tale Theatre (1982-1987): Pinocchio". IMDb. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Abrams, Natalie (January 22, 2010). "Ugly Betty Casts Bobby's Parents". TV Guide. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Abrams, Natalie (August 17, 2010). "Lainie Kazan to Guest-Star on Desperate Housewives". TV Guide. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Down and Out of District in Beverly Hills". IMDb. 17 October 1991. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
External links
- Lainie Kazan at IMDb
- Lainie Kazan at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lainie Kazan at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Lainie Kazan papers, 1960-1998, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- 1939 births
- Actresses from New York City
- American female singers
- American film actresses
- American musical theatre actresses
- American people of Russian-Jewish descent
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Erasmus Hall High School alumni
- Hofstra University alumni
- Jewish American actresses
- Jewish American musicians
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
- Living people
- MGM Records artists
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- Singers from New York City
- Torch singers
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American singers
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century American singers