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Lainie Kazan

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Actress

The Resume

    (May 15, 1940- )
    Birth name is Lainie Levine
    Acted in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ ‘The Crew,’ ‘The Big Hit,’ ‘The Associate,’ ‘29th Street,’ ‘Beaches,’ ‘Harry and the Hendersons,’ ‘My Favorite Year’ and ‘One From The Heart’
    Appeared on ‘The Nanny,’ ‘Veronica’s Closet,’ ‘St. Elsewhere’ and ‘The Paper Chase’
    Appeared on Broadway in ‘My Favorite Year’ and ‘Funny Girl’
    Made over 25 guest appearances on ‘The Mike Douglas Show’

Why she might be annoying:

    She is typecast as over-bearing mother characters.
    She joked she had ‘played everyone’s mother, except for Whoopi Goldberg’s.’
    She appeared in the Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez bomb ‘Gigli.’
    When appearing on the ‘Mike Douglas Show,’ her large family would flock to the tapings in a bus labeled ‘Kazan’s Clan.’
    As Barbra Streisand’s understudy in ‘Funny Girl,’ she was heckled by disappointed fans when substituting for her.
    She released two failed jazz albums.
    She changed her name from Lainie Levine because she said it sounded like the name of a stripper.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was Golden Globe nominated for her performance in ‘My Favorite Year (1982).’
    A decade later, she earned a Tony Award nomination for the stage version of ‘My Favorite Year.’
    She co-produced an Ethel Merman tribute show which benefited an AIDS charity.
    B’nai Brith, a Jewish community service organization, named her Woman of the Year (1997).
    She taught Master’s level drama classes at several colleges and universities.
    She attended Hofstra University.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 210 Votes: 34.76% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 32 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 33 Votes: 3.03% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 38 Votes: 28.95% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 67 Votes: 44.78% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 45 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 487 Votes: 51.54% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 31 Votes: 19.35% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 72 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 103 Votes: 36.89% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 79 Votes: 49.37% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 3554 Votes: 39.03% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 121 Votes: 43.80% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 136 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 185 Votes: 32.97% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 218 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 282 Votes: 42.55% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 498 Votes: 42.17% Annoying