Lainie Kazan (born Lainie Levine on May 15, 1940 in New York City) is an American actress and singer. May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ...

Born to an Eastern European Jewish father and a Sephardic Jewish mother, Kazan began her Broadway career as understudy to Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl, finally getting to go on eighteen months into the run when the star was felled by a serious throat problem. Ironically, both had attended the same high school, Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York. Kazan's mother alerted the press and, encouraged by rave reviews for her performance, she quit the show and set out to establish herself in a singing career. The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... In the strictest sense, a Sephardi (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew Səfardi, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Səfardim, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄ardîm) is a Jew original to the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal: ספרד, Standard Hebrew Səfárad, Tiberian Hebrew Səp̄áraḏ / Səp̄āraḏ), or whose ancestors were among the Jews expelled from... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Barbra Streisand - The Movie Albumcover. ... Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

Lainie Kazan (right) as the mother of bride Nia Vardalos in the hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding

She appeared in numerous supper clubs across the country, and guested on Dean Martin's variety series twenty-six times. Other television work includes a recurring role as Aunt Freida on the Fran Drescher sitcom The Nanny and as Kirstie Alley's mother on Veronica's Closet, and guest shots on St. Elsewhere (resulting in an Emmy nomination), The Paper Chase, Touched by an Angel, and Will & Grace. She also was featured in My Big Fat Greek Life, a short-lived series based on her film with Nia Vardalos. This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Dean Martin at a St. ... Fran Drescher Francine Joy Drescher (born in Flushing, Queens, New York, on September 30, 1957) is a Jewish American actress. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Cast of The Nanny The Nanny was an American sitcom that first aired on November 3, 1993 on CBS. It starred Fran Drescher as the nanny named Fran (as Ann Hampton Callaway sang in the theme she wrote). ... Kirstie Alley Kirstie Alley (born January 12, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas) is an American actress. ... Veronicas Closet was a sitcom which aired on NBC from 1997 to 2000. ... St. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Paper Chase was a: 1970 novel, 1973 movie based on the novel television series based on the movie. ... Touched by an Angel was a television show created by John Masius that ran on CBS from September 21, 1994, until April 27, 2003. ... Will & Grace is an American television situation comedy focusing on Will Truman, a gay attorney and his best friend Grace Adler, a straight woman who runs her own interior design firm. ... Antonia Eugenia Vardalos, better known as Nia Vardalos (born September 24, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and producer. ...

Kazan returned to Broadway to recreate her film role for the musical adaptation of My Favorite Year, earning a Tony Award nomination for her performance. More recently she completed a stint in The Vagina Monologues. She has also appeared in regional productions of A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Hello Dolly!, and Fiddler on the Roof, among others. My Favorite Year is a 1982 comedy film which tells the story of the early days of television, and a flamboyant film actor who is shepherded by a young intern through a day of overdrinking. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play written by Eve Ensler. ... A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. ... Man of La Mancha is a 1965 Broadway musical which tells the story of the classic novel Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Miguel Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. ... A Gypsy (derived from Egyptian) may be: any member of any nomadic people (the term is sometimes considered derogatory), especially: the Roma and Sinti, found worldwide but mainly in Europe; Travellers found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland and the United States; and Luli in Central Asia. ... Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. ... Hello, Dolly! is a Broadway musical with a book by Michael Stewart and a score by Jerry Herman. ... Fiddler on the Roof Poster 1964 Fiddler on the Roof is one of the great stage and film musicals. ...

Kazan's feature films include Francis Ford Coppola's One from the Heart, My Favorite Year (both in 1982), Lust in the Dust (1985), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Beaches (1988), The Cemetery Club (1993), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), Gigli (2003), and Intervention, scheduled for release in 2005. Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American film director, screenwriter, vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier, most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather trilogy. ... See also: 1981 in film 1982 1983 in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars sequel, Return of the Jedi. ... Lust in the Dust is a movie starring Divine and Tab Hunter. ... See also: 1984 in film, other events of 1985, 1986 in film, list of years in film. Events Top grossing films Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple... Movie poster Harry and the Hendersons is a 1987 American film starring John Lithgow. ... See also: 1986 in film, other events of 1987, 1988 in film, list of years in film. // Events May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers. ... Beaches is a 1988 movie adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the novel Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. ... See also: 1987 in film, other events of 1988, 1989 in film, list of years in film. Events Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit Coming to America Big, starring Tom Hanks Crocodile Dundee II... See also: 1992 in film, other events of 1993, 1994 in film, list of years in film. Events March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Gigli can refer to: Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957), Italian tenor Gigli, a 2003 movie gigli, a cone- or flower-shaped variety of pasta This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2003. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ...

In recent years, Kazan has kept busy performing on concert stages and in Las Vegas and Atlantic City showrooms. She serves on the board for the Young Musician's Foundation, AIDS Project LA, and B'nai Brith. Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign just to the south of the Las Vegas Strip welcoming visitors to the city City nickname: The Entertainment Capital of the World Location Location of Las Vegas in Nevada Government County Clark Mayor Oscar B. Goodman Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 293. ... Atlantic City is a city located in Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 40,517. ... The Red Ribbon is the global symbol for solidarity with HIV positive and people living with AIDS. The Red Ribbon was created by the late New York-based painter Frank Moore. ... The Independent Order of Bnai Brith (Hebrew: Sons of the Covenant) is the oldest continually-operating Jewish service organization in the world. ...

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