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Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was part of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live.[1] She took an interest at improv in high school. After graduating, she studied mime with Marcel Marceau for a year in Paris. She then moved to Los Angeles and became a founding member of comedy improvisational group The Groundlings.

Laraine Newman
Newman at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	(1952-03-02) March 2, 1952 (age 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress writer comedian
Years active	1975–present
Known for	Saturday Night Live
Spouse	Chad Einbinder ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2016)​
Children	2, including Hannah Einbinder
Website	wp.larainenewman.com

She was first hired by Lorne Michaels for a Lily Tomlin TV special in 1974. The next year Newman became one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live, working there from 1975 to 1980 and creating characters like Connie Conehead, proto-Valley girl Sherry, and Christie Christina. In 2017, she and the rest of the original cast members of SNL were among the honorees of Television Academy's Hall of Fame.

She has appeared in movies like Stardust Memories, Problem Child 2, Coneheads, and The Flintstones. She is also a voice actor with appearances in both TV shows and movies, including many Pixar films like Finding Nemo, WALL-E, Up, and Inside Out. In 2021 her memoir May You Live in Interesting Times was released on Audible.

She is the younger sister of writer and musician Tracy Newman and the mother of actress and comedian Hannah Einbinder.

Personal life

Newman was born on March 2, 1952,[2][3] in Los Angeles, California,[4] the granddaughter of a cattle rancher from Arizona. Her family is Jewish.[5] She is the youngest of four children and has a twin brother Paul. Her sister, Tracy Newman, is an Emmy Award-winning television writer. Newman attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California and graduated from there in 1970. Newman married actor-writer-director Chad Einbinder in 1991; their marriage ended after 25 years. Newman and Einbinder have two children, Spike[6] and actor and comedian Hannah.[7]

The song "Never Let Her Slip Away," written and recorded by Andrew Gold, was about Newman. The two were a couple at the time. The song hit #5 on the UK charts in 1978.[8]

Early life and career

Newman took her first improvisational theatre classes when she was 15. At the age of 17, Newman lost her virginity to American singer and guitarist Johnny Winter.[9] After finishing high school she auditioned for four acting schools in England including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Bristol Old Vic. She was not accepted after the second round of auditions for all four schools, so she went to Paris to study mime with Marcel Marceau for a year.[10]

By the age of 19, Newman returned to the United States, and moved to Los Angeles, where she did a brief stint at a secretarial school. Committed to continue performing, she was a founding member of the pioneering comedy improvisational group The Groundlings.[11] At the same time, Newman was working for a booking agent who worked with rock bands, typing up contracts.[12]

Newman cites Eve Arden, Madeline Kahn and Richard Pryor as her first major influences, saying "They led me into my life of comedy, they led me into understanding 'The Art of Play.'"[12]

Saturday Night Live

In 1974, Lorne Michaels hired 22-year-old Newman for a Lily Tomlin special, impressed with her work as founder and original member of The Groundlings. A year later, she became an original cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live, appearing on the show from its inception in 1975 through 1980.[13]

During her five years on SNL she became a close friend of co-star Gilda Radner, although there was also a degree of rivalry between them.[14] The instant success of SNL propelled her to stardom very quickly. Newman recalled being stopped in the street in New York City by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, who introduced themselves to her.[15]

Newman admits that she was "never a good improviser," but when in character, like an angry Jewish poet, a flight attendant, an eccentric chef, or a British groupie, she was "free."

Commenting on her early experiences during Saturday Night Live she said: "When I first performed (my characters) and the audience responded, I felt like crying, I mean the idea that what I saw—what other people saw—(meant) I wasn't so alone in my perspective. I hope this doesn't sound too overblown, but it really did feel like a Communion."[16]

However, by her own account, Newman was unhappy for much of her time with the show. She disliked living in New York, and during her years on SNL, Newman had developed serious eating disorders, as well as heroin addiction. She spent so much time in her dressing room playing solitaire that for Christmas 1979, castmate Radner gave her a deck of playing cards with a picture of Newman on the face of each card.[17]

Newman was photographed as a vampire by Francesco Scavullocondé for the July 1978 issue of High Times. The accompanying interview introduced Newman as the "Skinny spaced-out sex symbol of Saturday Night Live."[18]

Recurring characters on Saturday Night Live

Newman is best known for her roles as Connie Conehead, proto-Valley girl Sherry, and Christie Christina, the ditzy co-host of E. Buzz Miller (Dan Aykroyd)'s public-access television cable TV show. Using her own name, Newman also played a TV news reporter for Weekend Update when the segment was hosted by Chevy Chase (1975-1976) and Jane Curtin (1976-1980). Newman generally decided not to repeat her characters, and so she has far fewer signature characters remembered as well as those played by some of her other fellow cast members. Still, Newman created many important SNL characters and helped, as part of the whole ensemble cast, to shape the early years of SNL.[19]

Newman states when asked about her favorite Saturday Night Live character: "My favorite character that I created at Saturday Night Live, which, I think, only pleased me and no one else, was Lina Wertmüller (based on the actual Lina Wertmüller)."[20]

Later life and career

Newman's post-SNL film career has been in both leading and supporting roles, as well as a voice artist in television and features.

In her memoirs Newman recounted dating Dan Aykroyd, Warren Zevon, Peter Cook, Phil Hartman, and P.J. O'Rourke. She was also in a relationship with Mark Mothersbaugh of the new wave band Devo years after the band did a guest spot in the fourth season of SNL. Newman and Mothersbaugh were a couple for years, during which time Newman played Donut Rooter in the band's We're All Devo VHS release (1984). In her memoirs, Newman claimed she was celibate for four years after the end of her relationship with Mothersbaugh.

1970s

Prior to leaving SNL, Newman appeared in American Hot Wax (1978) and did a cameo in Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979).

1980s

Newman continued to appear in film and television productions during the 1980s. Among these were Wholly Moses, Voltar The Invincible and Invaders from Mars. She also had a small role in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980). In 1986 she starred in the syndicated B-movie comedy series, The Canned Film Festival, playing the lead role as Laraine the usherette. Additionally, she made appearances on such programs as Laverne & Shirley, E.T. and Friends (1983), in which she reprised her role as Connie Conehead, Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981), and Amazing Stories. Newman auditioned for the role of Masha in Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy (1983); the role was played in the film by Sandra Bernhard. By her own admission, Newman's career during this period languished as she struggled with depression and chemical dependency issues. Newman became sober in 1987, after 21 years of drug use.

Newman celebrated her 36th birthday in March 1988 with a party in Los Angeles that was the last time Gilda Radner was with her original SNL co-stars.[21] According to Bill Murray,[22] when he heard Radner was about to leave the party, he and Dan Aykroyd carried her around the Los Angeles house where the party was held so that she could say goodbye to everyone. Radner died on May 20, 1989.

1990s

Newman played the antagonist in Problem Child 2 (1991) and also appeared in 1993's Coneheads (in which Michelle Burke played Connie Conehead, the character Newman originated on SNL, while Newman appeared in a minor role as Connie's aunt Laarta). Newman further appeared in episodes of Friends, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 7th Heaven, and in the 1994 film The Flintstones. Additionally, during this time, she started to focus on voice acting, working on The Tick, Histeria!, CatDog, and Rugrats (in "All Growed Up", an episode which would form the basis of the spinoff All Grown Up!, for which she also provided voice work).

2000s

In the 2000s Newman lent her voice to many characters in animated movies and television productions. Among these were Danny Phantom, As Told By Ginger, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Metalocalypse and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. She further provided voice work for WALL-E, Battle for Terra, Ponyo, Jungle Junction, Cars, Up!, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., Barnyard, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Happily N'Ever After, and Horton Hears a Who!.

Newman also appeared in episodes of Entourage, Brothers & Sisters, According to Jim, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

2010s

She continues to provide her voice for movies like Dr. Seuss' The Lorax and Wreck-It Ralph. Newman made guest voice appearances in SpongeBob SquarePants (as Plankton's grandmother), Doc McStuffins, and Harvey Street Kids . She also voices Queen Jipjorrulac, the mother of Mark Chang, in The Fairly OddParents.

She voiced the Wicked Witch of the West in Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, an animated direct-to-DVD film set during the events of the original 1939 film.

On July 9, 2014, Newman appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast.

In 2017, Newman (along with the other original cast members of Saturday Night Live) was inducted into the Television Academy's 24th Hall of Fame ceremony.[23]

Writing

Newman also works as a writer and editor. She is a contributing editor for the online magazine One For The Table, and she is an occasional contributor to the Huffington Post.[24] She has contributed articles for the Los Angeles Times, The Believer, and McSweeney's. She wrote the foreword to the book version of the UCB Production Worst Laid Plans. In March 2021, she published her audio memoir May You Live in Interesting Times on Audible.[25][21]

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	TunnelVision	Sonja
1978	American Hot Wax	Teenage Louise
1979	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video	Herself	Cameo appearance
1980	Stardust Memories	Film Executive	Uncredited
	Wholly Moses!	Zoey / Zerelda
1983	We're All Devo	Donut Rooter	Video
1985	Perfect	Linda
1986	Invaders from Mars	Ellen Gardner
1991	Problem Child 2	Lawanda Dumore
1993	Coneheads	Laarta
	Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway	Elaine
1994	Revenge of the Red Baron	Carol Spencer
	The Flintstones	Susan Rock
1996	Jingle All the Way	First Lady
1997	Demolition University	Professor Harris	Video
1998	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas	Frog-Eyed Woman
	I'm Losing You	Casting Director
	Rusty: A Dog's Tale	Bertha Bimini
1999	Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure	Minnie	Video
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Russian Translator on TV	Uncredited
2014	Ready or Knot	Joanne
2016	The Late Bloomer	Noema Willcoxen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975–80	Saturday Night Live	Herself	Cast member, 106 episodes
1982	Laverne & Shirley	Sheba	2 episodes
	St. Elsewhere	Jane Zontell	3 episodes
1985	George Burns Comedy Week		Episode: "The Honeybunnies"
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Periwinkle	Episode: "The Jar"
	The Magical World of Disney	Cynthia Fisher	Episode: "My Town"
	The Canned Film Festival	Laraine the usherette	13 episodes
1987	Faerie Tale Theatre	Coral	Episode: "The Little Mermaid"
	Amazing Stories	Miss Schroedinger	Episode: "Miss Stardust"
1988	Monsters	Linda McGuire	Episode: "Rouse Him Not"
1989	Duet	Madame Marissa / Judge	Episode: "The New and Improved Linda"
1992	Dream On	Lenora Hemple	2 episodes
1993	Dudley	Dr. Singer	Episode: "Whose Therapy Is It, Anyway?"
1996	Friends	Mrs. Buffay	Episode: "The One With the Bullies"
	Chicago Hope	Dawn - Sutton's Ex #2	Episode: "Ex Marks the Spot"
	3rd Rock from the Sun	Candace	Episode: "World's Greatest Dick"
1997	Ellen	The Over-Supportive Parent	Episode: "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"
	Perversions of Science	Becky	Episode: "Panic"
	Jenny	Joella	Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Deck the Halls"
2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	The Director	Episode: "The Group"
2002–04	7th Heaven	Rosina Glass	8 episodes
2003–04	According to Jim	Officer Laraine Elkin	3 episodes
2006	Brothers & Sisters	Lyla	Episode: "Affairs of State"
2007	Entourage	Jane	Episode: "Manic Monday"
2012	Easy to Assemble	The Neighbor	2 episodes
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	Deidre	Episode: "How to Help the Needy"
	The Birthday Boys	President of the Network	Episode: "Goofy Roofers"
2013–16	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Melrose Ballrod / Mandy	2 episodes
2014	Trophy Wife	Juniper	Episode: "The Big 5-0"
2016	Hidden America with Jonah Ray	Jacqueline Waters	Episode: "Los Angeles: All That Glitters Is Not Gold"
2017	Dice	Darcy	Episode: "No Bullsh*t"
2019	Los Espookys	Jacqueline Webster / Anne Hathaway	Episode: "El sueño falso (The Fake Dream)"

Voice roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird	Mommy Dodo
	Voltar The Invincible	Wondra / Mrs. Lawrence	Uncredited
1997	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas	Various	Uncredited
2000	Fantasia 2000	Various	Uncredited
2001	Monsters, Inc.	Mother / School Teacher
2003	Finding Nemo	Additional Voices
	Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure	Gwen
2004	Shrek 2	ADR Group
	The Incredibles	Squeaker's Owner	Uncredited
2006	The Wild	Girl Monkey
2007	Happily N'Ever After	Additional Voices
	Surf's Up	Female Penguin #3
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Glummox Mom
	Ponyo	Woman in the boat
	WALL-E	Beauty Bot / Paramedic Bot / Announcer Bot
2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	French Newscaster
	Up	Dogs/Additional Voices
2010	Shrek Forever After	ADR Group
	Tangled	Additional Voices
	Toy Story 3	Additional Voices
2011	Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz	The Wicked Witch of The West
2012	The Lorax	Woman
	Wreck-It Ralph	Various Nicelanders
2013	Despicable Me 2	Woman
2014	Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon	Elf Elder's Wife
	The Boxtrolls	Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2
2015	Inside Out	Jill Andersen's Fear
	Minions	Additional Voices
2016	The Secret Life of Pets
	Nerdland	Old Woman
	Sing	Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices
2017	Despicable Me 3	Additional Voices
	The Emoji Movie
	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature	Daredevil Chipmunk
2018	The Grinch	Additional Voices
2019	The Secret Life of Pets 2	Cow

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–94	Problem Child	Lawanda Dumore / Various
1998	Superman: The Animated Series	Toby Raynes	Episode: "Apokolips...Now!"
1998	The New Batman Adventures	Baby Doll	Episode: "Love is a Croc"
1998-2001	Histeria!	Miss Information / Charity Bazaar	Main role
1999	Detention	Ms. Treacle	Episode: "The Contest"
2000	The Oblongs	Ms. Hubbard	8 episodes
	The Cartoon Cartoon Show	Lydia Lucas	Voice Episode: Lucky Lydia
2000–06	As Told by Ginger	Lois Foutley	43 episodes
2001–03	Oswald	Madame Butterfly	22 episodes
2001–13	The Fairly OddParents	Alien Queen Jipjorrulac / Mother Nature	9 episodes
2003	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Wor-El
2004–07	Danny Phantom	Pam / Mrs. Tetslaff	6 episodes
2005	The Buzz on Maggie	Lacey Ladybug	Episode: "Laceybugged"
2006	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Lily	Episode: "The Cave of Two Lovers"
2006–12	Metalocalypse	Pickles' Mom / News Anchor / Dory McClean / Additional Characters	15 episodes
2009–13	Jungle Junction	Carla	14 episodes
2010–18	SpongeBob SquarePants	Ella Plankton / Crab Lady	3 episodes
2011	The Garfield Show	Aunt Ivy / Chicken / Winona	4 episodes
	Beavis and Butt-head	Biology Teacher	3 episodes
2011–13	Winx Club	Queen Ligea	Seasons 3-5
2012–14	Doc McStuffins	Aurora / Professor Hootsburgh / Southwest Sal	25 episodes
2012	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Granny Snaggletooth	Episode: "Night on Haunted Mountain"
2013	Turbo FAST	Queen Invicta	Episode: "Ants Ants Revolution / Clamsquatch"
	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Yan Fan	Episode "Mama Told Me Not to Kung Fu"
	Toy Story of Terror	Betsy
2015	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Pajuna / Piper	37 episodes
	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Professor Salazar / Running Girl	Episode: "Trading Chases"
2015–17	Dawn of the Croods	Gran / One-Eyed Amber / Mosh / Pram	52 episodes
2016	Milo Murphy's Law	Ms. White
2016–18	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Nana / Ms. Janeth	27 episodes
2017–20	Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz	Wicked Witch of the West
	Vampirina	Narcissa	8 episodes
2017–20	Talking Tom and Friends	Ms. Vanthrax	8 episodes
2018–20	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Ms. Tara Ribble	8 episodes
2018–19	3Below: Tales of Arcadia	Nana / Ms. Janeth	18 episodes
2019	Harvey Girls Forever!	Ryan Ninaman	1 episode
2019–20	Summer Camp Island	Hedgehog's Mother	2 episodes
2019	Apple & Onion	Butter	Episode: "Heatwave"
2020	Bob's Burgers	Dove Shannon	Episode: "Local She-ro"
2021	Ridley Jones	Peaches

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Stupid Invaders	Additional Voices
2003	The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' da Rules	Alien Queen Jipjorrulac
2005	Madagascar	Queen Bee / Grandma
	True Crime: New York City	Additional Voices	[26]
2007	Bee Movie Game
	Spider-Man 3
	Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer	Sheva Whitefeather / NPC (Wise Woman)
2008	The Rise of the Argonauts	Additional Voices
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic
2013	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
2016	Let It Die	Mother Barb (voice)	[27]
2019	Dota 2	Snapfire (voice)

Accolades

Newman has been nominated for awards numerous times, most notably for an Emmy in 1979 as a cast member of Saturday Night Live.[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
1979	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in a Comedy – Variety or Music Series (shared with the other writers)	Saturday Night Live	Nominated
2016	Annie Award	Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production (Voice of "Amber" for the episode "The First Picture Show")	Dawn of the Croods	Nominated
2012	Behind the Voice Actors Awards	Best Vocal Ensemble in a TV Special/Direct-to-DVD Title or Short (shared with the other cast)	Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz	Nominated
2017		Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series (shared with the other cast)	Milo Murphy's Law	Nominated
		Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role (Voice of "Miss Janeth")	Trollhunters	Nominated
2017	Television Academy's Hall of Fame	Honoree (as original cast member of Saturday Night Live)	Saturday Night Live	Won

References

External links

• Official website
• Laraine Newman at IMDb
• Laraine Newman at AllMovie
• Laraine Newman at the Internet Broadway Database
• Writings at One for the Table
• Laraine Newman at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television

На других языках

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[de] Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman (* 2. März 1952 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Synchronsprecherin und Comedian.

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- [en] Laraine Newman

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[es] Laraine Newman

Laraine Newman (2 de marzo de 1952 en Los Ángeles, California) es una actriz, comediante y escritora estadounidense. Fue parte del elenco original del reconocido programa televisivo Saturday Night Live.[1] Apareció en el show desde su primera emisión en 1975 hasta 1980. Interpretó a personajes como Sheri the Valley Girl y Connie Conehead, entre otros.

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[ru] Ньюман, Ларейн

Ларе́йн Нью́ман (англ. Laraine Newman; 2 марта 1952, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния, США[2]) — американская актриса, комедиантка, сценарист и певица. Наиболее известна как участница музыкально-юмористической телепрограммы «Субботним вечером в прямом эфире» в 1975—1980 года.

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