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    Elaine May

    American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedian

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

    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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    • Elaine May's genius lies in her deliciously subversive comic wit
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  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0561938Elaine May - IMDb

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

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

    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

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

    5 days ago · 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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  10. collider.com › elaine-may-movies-rankedEvery Elaine May Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best - Collider

    Aug 12, 2023 · Elaine May is a versatile and acclaimed filmmaker who directed five movies, mostly in the 1970s. See how her films, from the dark comedy A New Leaf to the crime drama Mikey and Nicky, stack up in this ranking.

  11. www.amazon.com › Miss-May-Does-Not-Exist › dpMiss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May ...

    Jun 4, 2024 · Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America’s greatest comic geniuses. May began her career as one-half of the legendary comedy team known as Nichols and May, the duo that revolutionized the comedy sketch.

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