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My Take
Laraine Newman earns my respect for one fact above all: she was part of the original Saturday Night Live cast. Being a founding member of a show with no template is like driving the first stake into open ground, and that takes nerve. She caught the improv bug at Beverly Hills High and then studied mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris, which tells me her craft runs deep. Her long voice-acting career impresses me even more, since surviving in work where your face never appears is pure proof of skill. I deeply admire performers who last, and she clearly has.
Overview
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until her departure in 1980. Newman took an interest in improv at Beverly Hills High School. After graduating in 1970, she studied mime with Marcel Marceau for a year in Paris.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Laraine Newman
- Name (Japanese)
- ラレイン・ニューマン
- Reading
- られいん・にゅーまん
- Born
- March 2, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / stage actor / film actor / voice actor / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Beverly Hills High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.