Carol Kane

Carol Kane is one of those actors who makes every single scene she's in more interesting just by existing in it — there's nobody quite like her. I first got hooked on her through her Oscar-nominated turn in Hester Street, this quiet, devastating performance that proved she was the real deal from day one. Then she popped up everywhere: Dog Day Afternoon, Annie Hall, The Princess Bride, Scrooged — always memorable, often the funniest person in the room. Her work as Simka on Taxi earned her two Emmy Awards, which feels both entirely deserved and somehow still an understatement. She has this wild-eyed, otherworldly quality that she never loses, whether she's playing something sweet or completely unhinged. A genuinely one-of-a-kind performer from Cleveland who never stopped being fascinating.

Name (English)

Carol Kane

Name (Japanese)

キャロル・ケイン

Reading

きゃろる・けいん

Born

June 18, 1952 (age 74)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor / voice actor

Awards & achievements

• 1988 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
• 1982 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
• 1983 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3

Tags

• Ohio
• actor
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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