# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lainie-kazan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:18:49.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lainie-kazan"
name: "Lainie Kazan"
slug: "lainie-kazan"
description: "Lainie Kazan is an American actress, singer and classical composer. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for St. Elsewhere and the 1993 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for My Favorite Year. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her role in My Favorite Year (1982). Kazan played Maria Portokalos in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise. She also played Aunt Freida on The Nanny."
tagline: "American actress and singer (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Academy_Awards_afterparty_CUN_Lainey_Kazan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.94
  momentum:             2.49
  historical:           24.00821733333333
  currentAttention:     15.16
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443577/"
    handle:    "nm0443577"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lainiekazan.com"
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    title: "Казан, Лэйни"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump