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       The Graduate

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       California Suite

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Elaine_MayElaine May - Wikipedia

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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.

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4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0561938Elaine May - IMDb

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   Elaine May is an American multi-talented performer who started her career in the 1950s with Mike Nichols. She has written and directed acclaimed films such as "A New Leaf" and "Ishtar", and won awards for her theater work.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Height: 1.63 m

   • Birth Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

5. www.britannica.com › biography › Elaine-MayElaine May | Biography, Mike Nichols, Movies, & Broadway

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   May 10, 2021 · 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.

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     What's My Line? - Elaine May & Mike Nichols; Eamonn Andrews [panel] (Jun 26, 1960)

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7. www.newyorker.com › culture › the-front-rowCould Elaine May Finally Be Getting Her Due? | The New Yorker

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   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

8. thefilmstage.com › elaine-may-finally-gets-theElaine May Finally Gets the Biography She Deserves

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   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.

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9. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › booksElaine May biography is brilliant portrait of comedy icon ...

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   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...

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    Who is Elaine May?

    • 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.

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    Who are Elaine May and Mike Nichols?

    • “There are people who simply belong together, and Elaine and Mike were two such people,” says Carrie Courogen of Elaine May and Mike Nichols. We do know this much: Without May, there is no Nichols, or at least the Oscar winner who became a Hollywood titan.

    Elaine May biography is brilliant portrait of comedy icon - Los Angeles

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    Did Elaine May direct a new leaf?

    • Elaine May and Walter Matthau in “A New Leaf,” which May directed. Paramount Pictures The troubles on “A New Leaf” (1971), Elaine May’s directorial debut, were worrisome before they were legion. She had never directed a movie and had to learn as she went along. The head of the studio changed while she was making it (the new boss wasn’t keen).

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    When did Mike Nichols & Elaine May become famous?

    • In 1960, the comedy duo made their Broadway debut, with the show "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May". A recording of the show won the 1962 "Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album". "Nichols and May" became very popular in New York City, performing in sold-out shows.

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    When did an evening with Mike Nichols & Elaine May start?

    • An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May opened on Broadway in 1960 and ran for nearly nine months. They also released comedy albums, including Improvisations to Music (1959) and a 1960 album with the same name as the Broadway show, the latter of which won a Grammy Award.

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    Did Mike Nichols and Elaine May collaborate?

    • They also made regular appearances on television and radio broadcasts. They released multiple comedy albums and received four Grammy Award nominations, winning Best Comedy Album for An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May in 1962. Their collaboration was covered in the PBS documentary Nichols and May: Take Two (1996).

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11. www.nytimes.com › 2019/01/21 › moviesThe Marvelous Ms. Elaine May - The New York Times

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    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...