The Groundlings’ founding member Laraine Newman. Lorne Michaels hired her after seeing her perform in The Groundlings and later hired her as a founding cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975).
She has collaborated with filmmakers like Woody Allen and Guillermo del Toro. She has a successful animation career and has written for publications such as Esquire, McSweeney’s, The Believer, The Jewish Journal, Huffington Post, and One For The Table, a culinary magazine.
She has performed there since 2012 and serves on the board of the venerable alternative comedy festival Sketchiest in San Francisco. She frequently appears on Celebrity Autobiography, a Drama Desk Award-winning program. She resides in her hometown of Los Angeles with her two daughters.
She continues to lend her voice to films like Wreck-It Ralph and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. As Plankton’s grandma in SpongeBob SquarePants, Doc McStuffins, and Harvey Street Kids, Newman provided cameo vocals. In The Fairly OddParents, she also plays Queen Jipjorrulac, the mother of Mark Chang.
In the animated direct-to-DVD movie Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, which takes place during the same time as the original 1939 film, she provided the voice of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Laraine Newman Net Worth: How Much Is Laraine Newman Worth?
Laraine Newman has a net worth of $5 million as an American comedian, actress, voice actor, and writer.