Caroline Sidney Aaron(néeAbady;bornAugust 7, 1952)[1]is an American actress. She has appeared in multipleMike Nichols,Nora Ephron,andWoody Allenfilms and is also known for her role in the television seriesThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Caroline Aaron | |
|---|---|
| Born | Caroline Sidney Abady August 7, 1952 Richmond, Virginia,U.S. |
| Alma mater | American University(B.A.) HB Studio |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse |
James Foreman (m.1981) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Josephine Abady(sister) |
Early life
editAaron was born inRichmond, Virginia.[1]Her mother, Nina Abady (néeFriedman) was a civil rights activist; Alabama-born, she was of Syrian Jewish descent, and worked full time to support her three kids after the death of Aaron's father, who was ofSephardic Jewish(Lebanese-Jewish) descent.[2]Aaron's elder sister,Josephine Abady,a theatre director and producer, died from breast cancer on May 25, 2002, aged 52.
Aaron attendedAmerican UniversityinWashington, D.C.,studying performing arts.[3]She studied acting atHB Studio[4]in New York City.
Career
editAaron is known for her performances in films likeMike Nichols'Heartburn(1986) andPrimary Colors(1998), as well asWoody Allen'sCrimes and Misdemeanors(1989),Alice(1990), andDeconstructing Harry(1997), andNora Ephron'sSleepless in Seattle(1993). She also appeared inTim Burton'sEdward Scissorhands(1990) andStanley Tucci'sBig Night(1996). She also appeared in21 Jump Street(2012) and its sequel22 Jump Street(2014).
She is also known for her work on television, including guest roles onWings,Frasier,Curb Your Enthusiasm,Desperate Housewives,Transparent,Madam Secretary,andThe Good Fight.
Her Broadway roles includeWoody Allen'sRelatively Speaking,I Hate Hamlet,Social Security,andThe Iceman ComethstarringJason Robards.[5]
She was a regular on the critically acclaimed andPrimetime Emmy Award-winning showThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel(2017–2023), with her comic performance of aJewishmother winning her two consecutiveScreen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Seriesalongside therest of the series' cast.
Personal life
editShe has been married to James Foreman since 1980; they have two children.[7]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Teenager | |
| 1983 | Without a Trace | Makeup Woman | |
| 1983 | Baby, It's You | Waitress | |
| 1984 | The Brother from Another Planet | Randy Sue Carter | |
| 1985 | O.C. and Stiggs | Janine | |
| 1986 | Heartburn | Judith | |
| 1987 | Anna | Interviewer | |
| 1988 | Working Girl | Petty Marsh Secretary | |
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Barbara | |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Marge | |
| 1990 | Alice | Sue | |
| 1992 | This Is My Life | Martha Ingels | |
| 1992 | Husbands and Wives | Dinner Party Guests | |
| 1993 | The Pickle | Nancy Osborne | |
| 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | Dr. Marcia Fieldstone | |
| 1994 | Mixed Nuts | Hotline Caller | |
| 1995 | A Modern Affair | Elaine | |
| 1996 | Big Night | Woman in restaurant | |
| 1996 | House Arrest | Louise Finley | |
| 1997 | White Lies | Virginia Past | |
| 1997 | Deconstructing Harry | Doris Block | |
| 1997 | Dinner and Driving | Roz | |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Lucille Kaufman | |
| 1998 | There's No Fish Food in Heaven | Venessa | |
| 1999 | A Fine Day for Flying | Madelyn | Short film |
| 1999 | Anywhere but Here | Gail Letterfine | |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Nadine Jones | |
| 2000 | Lucky Numbers | Nurse Sharpling | |
| 2000 | Bounce | Donna | |
| 2001 | Nobody's Baby | Doctor | |
| 2001 | Amy's Orgasm | Janet Gaines | |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Mrs. Nunamaker | |
| 2001 | Never Again | Elaine | |
| 2002 | Pumpkin | Claudia Prinsinger | |
| 2003 | Two Days | Mrs. Miller | |
| 2004 | Along Came Polly | Lois The Wedding Planner/Coordinator | |
| 2004 | Call Waiting | Judy Baxter / Carol Lane | |
| 2004 | A Day Without a Mexican | Aunt Gigi | |
| 2004 | Cellular | Marilyn Mooney | |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Nina Cassotto Maffia | |
| 2005 | Just like Heaven | Grace | |
| 2006 | Grilled | Faye Goldbluth | |
| 2007 | My First Time Driving | Helen | Short film |
| 2007 | Nancy Drew | Barbara Barbara | |
| 2007 | Love Comes Lately | Rachel Meyerowitz | |
| 2008 | Surveillance | Janet | |
| 2009 | Finding Bliss | Debra Balaban | |
| 2009 | Love Hurts | Wanda | |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding | Elaine | |
| 2010 | Meeting Spencer | Nancy Diamond | |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | Annie Schmidt | |
| 2013 | Sex & Marriage | Beatrice | Video |
| 2013 | Tuna | Virginia | |
| 2014 | 22 Jump Street | Annie Schmidt | |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | Ellen | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Additional Voices | |
| 2016 | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Val | |
| 2017 | Breakable You | Judith Singer | |
| 2017 | Bitch | Nana | |
| 2022 | Christmas vs. the Walters | Jane | |
| 2023 | Theater Camp | Rita Cohen | |
| 2024 | Between the Temples | Meira Gottlieb[8] | Completed |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Waitress | Episode: "Here's a Leisurely Stroll Through the Park" |
| 1991 | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace | Dolly | Television movie |
| 1991–1992 | Law & Order | Susan / Valerie Walker | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Empty Nest | Shannon | Episode: "Feelings, Whoa Whoa Whoa, Feelings" |
| 1995 | Mad About You | Trish Dawson | Episode: "Two Tickets to Paradise" |
| 1995 | If Not For You | Nina | Episodes: "Taking a Shower with My Two True Loves", "The Kiss" |
| 1995 | Dad, the Angel & Me | Abby | Television movie |
| 1995, 1997 | Wings | Mary Pat Lee | 2 Episodes: "Ex, Lies and Videotape" and "Let's Talk About Sex" |
| 1996 | The Boys Next Door | Mrs. Warren | Television movie |
| 1996 | Hey Arnold! | Spelling Bee Moderator / Landlady (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Dave's World | Judy | Episode: "Stress" |
| 1997 | Early Edition | Dr. Susan Leonard | Episode: "Frostbite" |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Robin Zimmer | Television movie |
| 1998 | LateLine | Amy Freundlich / Rhonda Laskey | Voice; Recurring role (4 episodes) |
| 1998 | Frasier | Phyllis Conrad | Episode: "First Date" |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Pamela Glock | Episode: "The Monogamists" |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Laura Dipson | Episode: "Love Unlimited" |
| 1999 | NYPD Blue | Doris Steinman | Episode: "Big Bang Theory" |
| 1999 | The Practice | Delores Keplar | Episode: "Of Human Bondage" |
| 1999 | Tracey Takes On... | Bev Millis | Episode: "Hype" |
| 1999 | Payne | Diane Taggert | Episode: "I Never Forget a Face-Lift" |
| 1999 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Connie | Television movie |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Eloise Darline | Episodes: "Zero to Sixty", "The Wee Hours" |
| 2000 | An American Daughter | Veronica | Television movie |
| 2000 | Running Mates | Jody Daniels | Television movie |
| 2000 | Family Law | Sharon | Episode: "The Choice" |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing | Nancy Bales | Episode: "The Gift" |
| 2001 | When Billie Beat Bobby | Gladys Heldman | Television movie |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Amelia | Episode: "The Foot" |
| 2001 | The Mind of the Married Man | Mother In Law | Episode: "The Secret of the Universe" |
| 2001 | Inside Schwartz | Bernice | Episode: "Play-Action Fake Boyfriend" |
| 2001–2002 | 7th Heaven | Sally Palmer | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | Greg the Bunny | Casting Director | Episode: "Piddler on the Roof" |
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Zoey | Mimi | Television movie |
| 2002 | Less than Perfect | Roz | Episode: "Future Shock" |
| 2002 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Barbara | 3 episodes |
| 2002–2004 | One on One | Cheryl Ballard | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | Dragnet | District Attorney | Episode: "All That Glitters" |
| 2003 | Lucky | Theresa's Sponsor | Episode: "Monkey on Your Back" |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Judy Schiff | Episode: "The Love Bandit" |
| 2004 | Oliver Beene | Charlotte's Mum | Episode: "Disposa-Boy" |
| 2004 | Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman | Madeleine | Television movie |
| 2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Nurse Peterson | Episode: "Reese Comes Home" |
| 2005 | Head Cases | Ida Shultz | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | Girlfriends | Michele Garrett | Episode: "All God's Children" |
| 2006 | Shark | Judge Sylvia Howard | Episode: "Fashion Police" |
| 2007 | Brothers & Sisters | Elise | Episode: "Sexual Politics" |
| 2007 | Entourage | Sheila Rubenstein | Episode: "Return of the King" |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Connie | Episode: "Let the Truth Sting" |
| 2008 | Ugly Betty | Judge Biotch | Episode: "Odor in the Court" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | Phyllis Goulet | Episode: "True Love" |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Mrs. Steiner | Episode: "19 Down" |
| 2009 | Monk | Sheila Dorfman | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Magician" |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Dr. Miller | Episode: "Bad Seed" |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Daphne Bicks | Episode: "Boom Crunch" |
| 2009–2016 | American Dad! | Waitress (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | The Young and the Restless | JoJo | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | Players | Olivia DiMarco | Episode: "Krista's Mom" |
| 2010 | Private Practice | Stephanie | Episode: "War" |
| 2010 | Childrens Hospital | Glenn's Mom | Episode: "Frankfurters. Allman Brothers. Death. Frankfurters." |
| 2011 | Happy Endings | Pauline Blum | Episode: "Mein Coming Out" |
| 2011-2013 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Rebecca Bayles | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Dana | Episode: "Class Action Satisfaction" |
| 2012 | Up All Night | Marla | Episode: "First Snow" |
| 2013 | 2 Broke Girls | Wiga | Episode: "And the Psychic Shakedown" |
| 2013 | Modern Family | Judge Bartley | Episode: "Goodnight Gracie" |
| 2014–2017 | Episodes | Linda | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Instant Mom | Beverly Keogh | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher | Doris | Episode: "A Little Respect" |
| 2014 | The Millers | Kathy | Episode: "Movin' Out (Carol's Song)" |
| 2014–2015 | Transparent | Judy | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | Secrets and Lies | Ellie Lindsey | Episode: "The Sister" |
| 2016 | Life in Pieces | Karyl | Episode: "CryTunes Divorce Tablet Ring" |
| 2016 | Code Black | Barbara Abbott | Episode: "1.0 Bodies" |
| 2016 | The Odd Couple | Christina | Episode: "The Odd Couples" |
| 2017 | Doubt | Judge Eugenia Souza | Episode: "The Return" |
| 2017–2019 | Madam Secretary | Edie Moran | 2 episodes |
| 2017–2023 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Shirley Maisel | 29 episodes |
| 2018 | The Good Fight | Lucy Heinberg | Episode: "Day 415" |
| 2018 | The Good Cop | Olivia Nyborg | Episode: "Who Cut Mrs. Ackroyd in Half" |
| 2018 | I Feel Bad | Irene | Episode: "My Kids Barely Know Their Culture" |
| 2020 | Outmatched | Sylvia Bennet | Episode: "Grandparents" |
| 2021– | Ghosts | Carol | Recurring, 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Chanshi[9] | Babshi | Recurring role;Israeli-Americanco-production |
Theatre
edit| Year | Title | Role | Playwright | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | The Iceman Cometh | Cora | Eugene O'Neill | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre,Broadway | [10] |
| 1986 | Social Security | Trudy Hayman Barbara Kahn |
Andrew Bergman | Ethel Barrymore Theatre,Broadway | |
| 1991 | I Hate Hamlet | Felicia Dantine | Paul Rudnick | Walter Kerr Theatre,Broadway | |
| 2007 | The Ritz | Vivian Proclo | Terrence McNally | Studio 54,Broadway | |
| 2011 | Honeymoon Hotel | Judy Spector | Woody Allen | Brooks Atkinson Theatre,Broadway | |
| 2024 | Bye Bye Birdie | Mae Peterson | Michael Stewart | Eisenhower Theater,The Kennedy Center,Washington, DC[11] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Fallout 4 | Additional Voices | Video Game | [12] |
Audio dramas
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 | Around the Sun | Kathy / Nina | Audio drama | [13] |
Award and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Screen Actors Guild Award | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Won |
| 2019 | Won |
References
edit- ^abPfefferman, Naomi (September 29, 2005)."Interview withJewish Journal".The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles.Archived fromthe originalon February 1, 2016.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^"Caroline Aaron on Playing Shirley Maisel: She's a Liberated Woman for the Times".December 5, 2019.
- ^"Caroline Aaron Yahoo! bio".Movies.yahoo. Archived fromthe originalon January 13, 2010.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^"HB Studio - Notable Alumni | One of the Original Acting Studios in NYC".HB Studio.RetrievedJanuary 14,2022.
- ^"Caroline Aaron – Broadway Cast & Staff".IBDb.RetrievedOctober 5,2020.
- ^"Caroline Aaron".hbstudio.RetrievedMay 16,2020.
- ^"The Cast of 'The Marvelous MRS. Maisel': Everything to Know".
- ^Lodge, Guy (January 19, 2024)."'Between the Temples' Review: Jason Schwartzman Gives Carol Kane a Belated Bat Mitzvah in a Winningly Off-Kilter Comedy ".Variety.RetrievedApril 21,2024.
- ^Goldbart, Max (April 7, 2022)."'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Star Caroline Aaron Boards Israeli/U.S. Crossover Comedy 'Chanshi' Starring Henry Winkler ".Deadline.RetrievedApril 7,2022.
- ^"Caroline Aaron".Playbill.RetrievedMay 16,2020.
- ^"Bye Bye Birdie Full Cast Announcement | Kennedy Center".The Kennedy Center.
- ^Ben Morris (July 9, 2020)."Caroline Aaron Interview".Awards Daily.RetrievedJune 27,2021.
- ^Wild, Stephi."Listen: Adassa and Richard Kind Kick Off New Season of Brad Forenza's AROUND THE SUN".BroadwayWorld.RetrievedMarch 10,2023.
