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Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. Newman was part of the original cast of NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until her departure in 1980.
Laraine Newman is a founding member of The Groundlings. After seeing her in The Groundlings, Lorne Michaels cast her in a Lily Tomlin Special and later as an original cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975). She has worked from directors ranging from Woody Allen to Guillermo del Toro.
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- Gilda Radner, the very first cast member of SNL. Gilda Radner appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Gilda Radner was the first Saturday Night Live performer ever cast.
- Dan Aykroyd. Dan Aykroyd appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Like Radner, Dan Aykroyd performed with The Second City Toronto in the years before SNL.
- Chevy Chase. Chevy Chase appears in a Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. Chevy Chase had written for National Lampoon and comedy duo the Smothers Brothers before becoming a Not Ready for Prime Time Player.
- Garrett Morris. Garrett Morris appears in Season 1 episode of Saturday Night Live. The eldest of the original cast and Saturday Night Live’s first Black cast member, Garrett Morris’s pre-SNL experience involved more singing than acting: Trained at Julliard, he’d performed on Broadway and with notable artists like the Harry Belafonte Folk Singers.
Apr 5, 2021 · Her new memoir, May You Live in Interesting Times, is only available from Audible. Newman, best known for having lived through being a cast member on the first five seasons of Saturday...
She is probably best known for her SNL role "The Coneheads", where she played Connie Conehead, the daughter. She also voices in animation films, and animated series, known for the role of Queen Jipjorrulac in The Fairly OddParents and regular cast of the various Tom and Jerry projects.
Laraine Newman (SNL, Curb Your Enthusiasm) join us to talk about the birth of the legendary original Saturday Night Live cast, her new memoir ‘May You Live I...
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Valley girls, Coneheads, and the original cast with Laraine Newman. On Cadence13’s Fly on the Wall, Saturday Night Live stars Dana Carvey and David Spade take listeners behind the scenes...
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