Biography for
Laraine Newman More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

2 March 1952, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Spouse

Chad Einbinder

(1991 - present) 2 children

Trivia

Sister of writer/producer Tracy Newman.

An alumna - and one of the founders - of The Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles.

Two daughters: Lena (b. 1991), Hannah (b. 1995).

In the late 1960s she was a member of the Richmond Shepard Mime Troup.

She attended Beverly Hills High School and California Institute of the Arts.

Began studying improvisational comedy at age 15.

Is portrayed by Maureen Ross Neilson in Gilda Radner: It's Always Something (2002) (TV).