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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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   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.

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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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   When did Elaine May reunite with Mike Nichols?

   • In addition to her work in the movie industry, May reunited with Nichols in a well-received stage production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1980, and in 1992 they returned to Broadway for a single performance, Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway.

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

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   Jul 4, 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.

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6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0561938Elaine May - Biography - IMDb

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   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.

   • Birth Date: April 21, 1932

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   22 hours ago · Elaine May’s Shaping of American Comedy Chronicled in Essential New Biography. By 1959, Elaine May had made it. The comedy duo Nichols and May released their debut album, Improvisations to Music ...

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   Jun 3, 2024 · A comprehensive and insightful book about the life and work of Elaine May, the comedian, screenwriter, playwright, and filmmaker. Learn how May co-created Nichols and May, directed A New Leaf and Ishtar, and faced the challenges of being a woman in Hollywood.

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

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   Jun 4, 2024 · 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. June 4, 2024. Elaine May in “California...

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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 film...