Carol Kane Shower

Carol Kane Shower Carol got her first break in pictures, at the age of 17, because the casting director had remembered her walk-on in "Little Murders." She was cast as a prostitute in "Carnal Knowledge", where she got to know and became fast friends with Jack Nicholson. She later appeared, again as a prostitute, in his film "The Last Detail". She starred in "Wedding in White" which won the Canadian "Best Picture" award in 1973. She got the part of the bank clerk Squirrel in "Dog Day Afternoon. She studied Yiddish at a neighborhood Hebrew school in order to get the part of Gitl in Joan Micklin Silver's "Hester Street." Carol was nominated for an Oscar for that role in the 1975 film. She has appeared in over 70 films, from her first unbilled appearance as one of the married Gnomes in the Gnome-Mobile in 1967 to her appearance as herself in the recently released film about Andy Kaufman called "Man on the Moon" in 1999. She has a recurring role as Lydia Luddin in the Showtime TV series "Beggars and Choosers". Her acting skills have shown brightly in comedy and dramatic roles, with this latest film listing of her movie and television appearances. ENTER HERE