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Actor Born: June 18, 1952 in Cleveland, OH Biography:A professional actress since age 14, Ohio-born "Carol Kane" is best known for essaying a staggering variety of characterizations in her three-decade career. Most of her early film roles were fleeting but memorable, such as that of the hippie girlfriend of "Art Garfunkel" in "Carnal Knowledge" (1971), the "sailor's plaything" in "The Last Detail" (1973) and the terrified bank teller in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1973). "Kane"'s first starring appearance was in "Hester Street" (1975), wherein she was Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of a Jewish newlywed in turn-of-the-century New York. From 1981 through 1983, "Kane" played Simka, the wife of immigrant mechanic Latka Gavras ("Andy Kaufman") on the TV sitcom "Taxi". Simka's country of origin was fictitious, but "Kane" and "Kaufman" managed between them to "create" a Slavic language peppered with ridiculous, non-sequitur terms of endearment. The actress won an... Full Biography
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