Lainie Kazan

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Summary

Lainie Kazan is an American actor and singer whose career spans Broadway, film, television, and cabaret, with notable roles in My Favorite Year, Beaches, The Nanny, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. She has often played Jewish or ethnic mothers and described those roles as a niche she eventually used after resisting the typecasting. After surviving deep-vein thrombosis, she served as a spokesperson for a public campaign to educate people about blood-clot risks. No public statements on identity politics, DEI, or activism are on record.