Joan Micklin Silver’s classic black-and-white, shoestring budget indie, Hester Street ... and his wife Gitl (Carol Kane), who has just arrived from Russia with their young son Yossele.

When Gene Wilder approached her about acting opposite him in the classic parody "The World's Greatest Lover" she thought he was "out of his mind." Decades later, Kane has proven her comedy chops a ...

Yes, the outrageously storied character actor Carol Kane is hired by filmmakers today ... “I love being reduced to a cultural stereotype.” Hester Street, a quiet 1975 drama about Russian ...

Carolyn Laurie "Carol" Kane (born June 18 ... for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film Hester Street. She also appeared in The Princess Bride (1987) and Scrooged (1988 ...