Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Date of Birth: May 15, c. 1940
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish, Sephardi Jewish
Lainie Kazan is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of Carole (Kazan) and Ben Levine.
Lainie’s maternal grandparents were Joshua Simon Kazan (the son of Hyman A. Kazanski/Kazan and Dora Goldstein) and Jane “Jennie” K. Jaffe. Joshua was born in Russia. Jane was born in Israel, to a father who was also born there, and to a mother who was born in Russia.
Source: Lainie’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
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