Lainie Kazan
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Kazan at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty in February 2007
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| Born |
Lanie Levine May 15, 1940 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1958-present |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Daniels (1971-1989; his death) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Lainie Kazan (born May 15, 1940) is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the 1988 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 had previously received a Golden Globe Award nomination for the film version of My Favorite Year (1982). Her other film appearances include The Delta Force (1986), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Beaches (1988), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).
Kazan was born Lanie Levine in Brooklyn, New York City, the daughter of Carole and Ben Levine. Her mother was from a Sephardic Jewish family from Jerusalem, and her father, of Russian Ashkenazi Jewish descent, worked as a bookie. Kazan has described her mother as "neurotic, fragile and artistic." She graduated from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
She married Peter Daniels in 1971. In a segment of Celebrity Ghost Stories she revealed that she was widowed in 1989 when Daniels died of lung cancer. With him, Kazan has one child, Jennifer, and is a grandmother.
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