Laraine Newman
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Emerging from a Los Angeles upbringing, she first explored improv at Beverly Hills High, spent a year studying mime with Marcel Marceau in Paris, and helped launch the pioneering comedy troupe The Groundlings. Her breakthrough arrived when Lorne Michaels hired her for a Lily Tomlin special in 1974, leading to her selection as one of the original cast members of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, where she…
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