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Lainie Ross At NCATS Day 2018 (cropped)
Lainie is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Lainie Kazan (born 1940), American actor *Lainie Strouse (Jordan) American & European actor, producer, singer, model *Lainie Frasier, American film, television and video-game actor *Lainie Marsh, American singer-songwriter *Lainie Friedman Ross, American physician and bioethicist See also *Lany (other) *Laney (other) *Lainey {{given name English-language feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lainie Kazan
Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine; May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for '' St. Elsewhere'' and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for ''My Favorite Year''. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role in ''My Favorite Year'' (1982). Kazan played Maria Portokalos in ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' and its sequel film ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2''. She also starred in ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'' (2008). Early life Kazan was born Lainie Levine in Brooklyn, the daughter of Carole and Ben Levine. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardic Jewish descent. Some of her grandparents lived in Israel before moving to Manchester, England and settling in Brooklyn. Kazan has described her mother as "neurotic, fragile and artistic." Kazan attended Brooklyn's Erasmus Hall High School with Barbra Streisand, for whom she would later understudy. She gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |