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Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American comedian, filmmaker, playwright, and actress. She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols before transitioning her career, regularly breaking the mold as a writer and director of several critically acclaimed films.
Elaine May (born under the name Elaine Iva Berlin) is an American actress, comedian, film director, playwright, and screenwriter from Philadelphia. Her professional career started in the 1950s and is still ongoing. She has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Aug 17, 2024 · Elaine May (born April 21, 1932, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director who is known for her sardonic wit, her caustic view of human nature, and her uncompromising fearlessness in all her work.
Jun 4, 2024 · Could Elaine May Finally Be Getting Her Due? A new biography gives a compelling sense of a comic and cinematic genius, and also of the forces that derailed her Hollywood career. By Richard Brody
Jun 3, 2024 · Before now there has never been a full-length biography of Elaine May, the icon known for being one-half of Nichols and May and the director of A New Leaf, The Heartbreak Kid, Mikey and Nicky, and the hilarious, unfairly maligned Ishtar.
May 29, 2024 · Elaine May is one of the key architects of American comedy; an alumna of the influential Kennedy-era underground scene in Chicago that gave us the O.G. “Saturday Night Live” cast and...
Apr 14, 2022 · The Jewish quotient in the creative works of director, screenwriter and actress Elaine May, whose 90th birthday will be feted April 21, remains oddly misunderstood. Yet May, as recent recipient...
Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, playwright, and actress. She has received numerous awards including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony Award.
Elaine May, Ahead of Her Time. For the brilliant comedian, writer and director, Hollywood success was elusive. A new book offers perspective on the rocky career. By Nathan Gelgud
Jan 21, 2019 · In 1968, when May signed her extraordinary contract with Paramount Pictures to write, direct and star in “A New Leaf,” she became the first female director with a Hollywood deal since Ida...