Carol Kane from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Jesse talks with legendary character actress Carol Kane about the last season of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and her 45-year career in the biz. Carol started acting in 1971 and pretty quickly landed big roles. One of her first films was in the Mike Nichols drama "Carnal Knowledge." She'd later work on other classics like "Annie Hall," "Dog Day Afternoon," and was even nominated for a best actress Oscar for her part in the 1975 film "Hester Street."But ultimately, Carol found her home in comedy — something she never expected she'd do coming up. She appeared on "Taxi" as the wife of Latka, Andy Kaufman's character. She was in "The Muppet Movie," "The Princess Bride," "Scrooged," and lots more.On "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," Carol plays Lillian, long-time New Yorker and Kimmy's landlord. The last six episodes of UKS just dropped on Netflix by the way, and what a lovely run it has been.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumFun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:11.0	Hey all, it's Jesse, the host of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. Maybe you have heard of me.
0:15.0	A quick announcement, we're really excited to share it with you. We're going to be doing a very special live episode of Bullseye.
0:22.0	It's going to be Friday, February 15th at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon.
0:27.0	What are you going to see? If you go to Portland, Oregon to see this show, you will see me live on stage talking with folks like Corrin Tucker from Slater Kinney, director Lance Bangs, writer Bill Oakley, Simpson's Legend.
0:38.0	We will also have live music from Roseblood and live comedy from Katie Wen is going to be a blast and a half.
0:46.0	It's also part of a big podcast festival called Listen Up Portland.
0:49.0	And tons of other great podcasts are playing out at two our pals, the Doe Boys, among others.
0:53.0	So again, that's Friday, February 15th at Revolution Hall in Portland, Oregon.
0:58.0	7pm tickets are on sale now. Get them at ListenUpPortland.com. And thanks.
1:04.0	I'm Jesse Thorn. It's Bullseye.
1:13.0	My guest this week is Carol Cain.
1:16.0	Carol's a veteran in the biz. She started acting in 1971 and pretty quickly landed some pretty heavy roles.
1:22.0	One of her first films was in the Mike Nichols drama, Carole Knowledge.
1:26.0	Later on, she'd work on other classics, like Annie Hall, Dog Day, Afternoon.
1:30.0	She was even nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her part in the 1975 film, Hester Street.
1:36.0	But she found her home doing comedy. Something she never expected she'd do coming up.
1:42.0	She appeared on Taxi as the wife of Lotka, Andy Kaufman's character.
1:47.0	She was in the Muppet movie, The Princess Bride, Scrooge, Lots More.
1:51.0	Now on the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, she plays Lillian, Kimmy's landlord.
1:55.0	The last six episodes of Kimmy Schmidt just dropped on Netflix.
1:58.0	Here's a clip from the show's second season.
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