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

    Elaine May. 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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  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0561938Elaine May - IMDb

    57 Photos. 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. She is best remembered for directing the ...

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

    Apr 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. May’s parents were Yiddish vaudevillians, and she spent much of her childhood traveling with her ...

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  6. collider.com › elaine-may-movies-rankedEvery Elaine May Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best - Collider

    Aug 12, 2023 · Elaine May is an often under-appreciated filmmaker, having been a prominent figure within the world of cinema for well over half a century now. She's most prolific as a playwright, actress, and ...

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  7. www.theringer.com › pop-culture › 2019/3/14Heaven Can Wait: The Hidden Genius of Elaine May - The Ringer

    Mar 14, 2019 · That’s exactly how she wants it. Elaine May accepts the Screen Laurel Award onstage during the 2016 Writers Guild Awards. Elaine May and Mike Nichols in 1958. Improvising legend. Filmmaking ...

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

    Jan 21, 2019 · Jan. 21, 2019. 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 ...

  10. www.glamour.com › story › elaine-may-profileDecades Later, the World Is Catching Up to Elaine May

    Nov 4, 2019 · A New Leaf. LMPC/Getty Images. In 1968, May secured a landmark deal to write, star in, and direct A New Leaf —a film in which Walter Matthau plays a man who plots to marry a bookish, socially ...