Another star of the 70s, Carol Kane received her first Golden Globe nomination for her role in Hester Street as Gitl. She also starred in Woody Allen’s film, Annie hall. In the early 80s, she played the role of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas on the popular T.V show “Taxi.”
Kane has continued to act in popular films like “The Princess Bride” and “Adams Family Values.” From 2005-2014, she played the wicked principal Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical “Wicked.” In 2015, she landed the part of Lillian Kaushtupper in Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.”
Beverly Johnson
In August 1974, Beverly graced the cover of American Vogue, becoming the first African American woman to ever do so. In 1975, she did it again and became the first African American woman on the cover of the French edition of Elle. Moving forward, she started acting. She wrote a controversial article in which she accused Bill Cosby of drugging her in a meeting at home in Manhattan in the 1980s.
In 2015, she wrote a memoir called The Face That Changed It All in which she discusses the Cosby incident. Fun fact: She was on The New York Times' list of one of the 20th century's most influential people in fashion in 2008.
Karen Lynn Gorney
Gorney found fame in her role as Tara Martin in the soap opera All My Children, which she held from 1970 to 1974. However, her biggest role came as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta.
Following the part, she took a decade-long break from acting and came back to act in Law & Order and The Sopranos. Recently, she acted in a short film Behind the Wall.
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn has had a successful acting career in which she’s been nominated multiple times and won several awards. In 1971, she acted in The Last Picture Show for which she received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She then received another nomination for Best Actress for her role as Chris MacNeil in The Exorcist. She finally won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1975 for playing Alice Hyatt in the Martin Scorsese film Alice doesn’t live here anymore.
Her career continues to be strong and she has acted in many films in the last few years and is set to perform in a few more in the upcoming years.
Kirstie Alley
The late Kirstie Alley is another big name from the 70s and still today. Her breakout role was in 1982 when she played Saavik in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”
She has since appeared in several films and TV series. Most memorable was Rebecca Howe on Cheers for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in 1991. She appeared in the Fox TV series “Scream Queens.”