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  1. Nichols and May was an American improvisational comedy duo act developed by Mike Nichols (1931–2014) and Elaine May (born 1932). Their three comedy albums reached the Billboard Top 40 between 1959 and 1962. [1] Many comedians have cited them as key influences in modern comedy.

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      She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational...

  2. Jan 8, 2005 · Continuing to work in the entertainment industry, both Elaine May and Mike Nichols have had exceptional careers. Nichols, who concentrated primarily on directing, worked often with Neil...

  3. Feb 2, 2021 · Mike Nichols and Elaine May: career beginnings and early fame. Pulling Out Our Hair. Follow Us. Wide Angle. “Everyone Got Us. We Couldn’t Believe It.” How America discovered the genius of...

  4. Jan 29, 2016 · January 29, 2016. Elaine May directs the American Masters tribute to Mike Nichols, with whom she became famous, in the late nineteen-fifties, as an improvisational comedy duo. PHOTOGRAPH...

  5. Dec 20, 2012 · December 20, 2012. ‘She’s not like other people,” Mike Nichols e-mailed me when I first approached him about being interviewed with his legendary partner in comedy, the soulfully offbeat and...

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  7. May 10, 2021 · “Ishtar” “Mikey and NickyElaine 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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