Carole King

The purpose of this profile (profiles!) is to stop ourselves from confusing Carole King and Carol Kane.

(We know this is not the first time we got confused with similarly-named celebrities. See the Helen Hunt (Holly Hunter) and Tony Roberts (Tony Robbins) profiles. Such is our lot...)

Carole King: composer, singer, songwriter. Won a bunch of Grammys. Member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Her music would become the soundtrack to a generation. She wrote the songs that made other people famous." That's according to the ad for her Broadway musical. Yes, there is a Broadway musical, "Beautiful", based on her life. That's Carole King.

Carol Kane: actress, comedienne. Won a bunch of Emmys. Oscar nominee. Played Woody's non-Annie Hall girlfriend in "Annie Hall". Was Andy Kaufman's girlfriend on "Taxi". "I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!" That's from "Princess Bride", where she steals a very memorable scene as Miracle Max's wife. Also acted on Broadway in "Wicked". That's Carol Kane.

Jewish? Both are Jewish.

One final thing: Carol Kane's real name is Carolyn. Carole King's is... Carol. Talk about confusing!