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Laraine Newman
Acting · follow into films and chains
Biography
Laraine Newman (born March 2, 1952) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian and writer, who was part of the original cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live and played the main villain Lawanda Dumore in the 1991 film Problem Child 2
Notable films
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Minions & Monsters
As Additional Voices (voice)
WALL·E
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Hoppers
As Additional Voices (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
As Fainting Sheep (voice)
Despicable Me 4
As Melora / Additional Voices (voice)
Sing
As Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices (voice)
The Boxtrolls
As Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice)
Lorne
As Self
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Pure-Hearted Heroes
Sixty years after Batman '66 taught us that heroism can be bright, sincere, and utterly without irony, this chain celebrates films whose protagonists believe, s...
7 films
Signals in the Ash
From a father's vigil to a robot's devotion, eight films trace the fragile threads that hold humanity together when the world falls quiet.
8 films
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Minions & Monsters
2026 · Additional Voices (voice)
The Sheep Detectives
2026 · Fainting Sheep (voice)
Lorne
2026 · Self
Hoppers
2026 · Additional Voices (voice)
Maxxie LaWow: Drag Super-shero
2024 · Claire (voice)
Despicable Me 4
2024 · Melora / Additional Voices (voice)
Nerdland
2016 · Mrs. McCullers (voice)
Sing
2016 · Meena's Grandmother / Additional Voices (voice)
The Late Bloomer
2016 · Noema Willcoxen
The Boxtrolls
2014 · Female Townsfolk 1 / Female Townsfolk 2 (voice)
Toy Story of Terror!
2013 · Betsy (voice)
WALL·E
2008 · Additional Voices (voice)
Battle for Terra
2007 · Toy Merchant (voice)
Barnyard
2006 · Snotty Boy's Friend (voice)
Jingle All the Way
1996 · First Lady
Coneheads
1993 · Laarta
Invaders from Mars
1986 · Ellen Gardner
The Coneheads
1983 · Connie (voice)
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · The Artist's Friend / Mona
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979 · Self
Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda
1979