Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan strikes me as one of those performers whose range quietly outpaces her fame. A singer who became an actress, she's worked across stage, television and film, which is a harder pivot than it sounds. What stands out to me is the recognition: an Emmy nomination for St. Elsewhere, a Tony nod and a Golden Globe nomination for My Favorite Year. That's serious peer respect spread over decades. Born in Brooklyn back in the 1940s, she came up the long way, through Erasmus Hall and Hofstra. I admire careers like hers, built on craft and persistence rather than a single breakout moment.

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Name (English)

Lainie Kazan

Name (Japanese)

レイニー・カザン

Reading

れいにー・かざん

Born

May 15, 1940 (age 86)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / singer / television actor / stage actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

High school

Erasmus Hall High School

University

Hofstra University

• Official sitehttp://www.lainiekazan.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lainie%20Kazan
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434500

Tags

• New York
• actor
• singer
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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