FrameThrower · Actors · Carol Kane
Carol Kane
10 films · 714 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1971–2023
Born 18 June 1952 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Carolyn Laurie Kane is an American actress and comedian.
She became known in the 1970s in films such as Hester Street (for which she received an Oscar nomination) and Annie Hall. She appeared on the television series Taxi in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. From 2015 to 2018 she was a main cast member on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, in which she played Lillian Kaushtupper.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 714 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1971–2023
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series1983
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series1982
- Ohio Women's Hall of Fame1988
How their films are shot
Measured across 714 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Carol takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 50% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Carol takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Office Killer
1997 · Dorine Douglas
Trees Lounge
1996 · Connie
Migration
2023 · Erin (voice)
The Sisters Brothers
2018 · Mrs Sisters
Addams Family Values
1993 · Granny
Scrooged
1988 · Ghost of Christmas Present
Annie Hall
1977 · Allison
Dog Day Afternoon
1975 · Jenny
The Last Detail
1973 · Young Whore
Carnal Knowledge
1971 · Jennifer
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 714 frames from Carol Kane's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.