Acting
Elaine May
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2022, with a break from 2001 to 2015, busiest in 1967 with 3 main titles.
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
A New Leaf85/100
Awards
Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.
Academy Awards · Academy Honorary Award
2022 · Won · 94th Academy Awards
Source: Wikidata
BAFTA Awards · Best Adapted Screenplay
1999 · Won
Primary Colors
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1999 · Nominated · 71st Academy Awards
Primary Colors
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
1979 · Nominated · 51st Academy Awards
Heaven Can Wait
Source: Wikidata
Characters
1The characters Elaine May played, best-known titles first.
Character images: TheTVDB
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Violence2.3, average 4.1
- Adrenaline3.0, average 4.8
- Scare1.2, average 2.6
- Tension4.6, average 5.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Character-Driven 4
- New York Setting 2
- Situational Comedy 2
- Social Satire 2
- Feel-Good Movie 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Character Study 2
- Showbiz Satire 2
- 90s Nostalgia 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Mike NicholsActorThe Birdcage, Primary Colors, Mike Nichols: An American Master, Bach to Bach, All the Difference
Peter FalkActorLuv, Mikey and Nicky, In the Spirit
Charles GrodinActorHeaven Can Wait, Ishtar, The Heartbreak Kid
Dustin HoffmanActorTootsie, Ishtar, Mike Nichols: An American Master
Dave GrusinComposerTootsie, Heaven Can Wait, Ishtar
Walter MatthauActorCalifornia Suite, A New Leaf
Woody AllenActorCrisis in Six Scenes, Small Time Crooks
Jeannie BerlinActorThe Heartbreak Kid, In the Spirit
Michael RapaportActorCrisis in Six Scenes, Small Time Crooks
James CocoActorA New Leaf, Such Good Friends
Jack WestonActorIshtar, A New Leaf
Dyan CannonActorHeaven Can Wait, Such Good Friends
Movies and TV shows
29Upcoming
1 title
Director, Writer
2020s
1 title
as Ruth Lipsman Berg
2010s
3 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch score 80TV show · as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
GoodWatch score 54TV show · as Kay Munsinger
GoodWatch score 69Director
2000s
2 titles · average score 51
GoodWatch score 38Original Film Writer
GoodWatch score 65as May
1990s
5 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 71Screenplay
GoodWatch score 72Screenplay
GoodWatch score 53Screenplay
GoodWatch score 59as Operator (voice) (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 56as Marianne Flan
1980s
4 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch score 48Writer, Songs
GoodWatch score 66Screenplay
GoodWatch score 82Additional Writing, Screenplay
GoodWatch score 79Additional Writing
1970s
7 titles · average score 69
GoodWatch score 73Screenplay
GoodWatch score 53as Millie Michaels
GoodWatch score 79as Woman on TV (voice) (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 77Director
GoodWatch score 85as Henrietta Lowell
GoodWatch score 50Screenplay
as (voice)
1960s
4 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch score 49as Ellen Manville
GoodWatch score 81as Girl with Note for Benjamin (uncredited)
GoodWatch score 52as Angela Marlowe
as A Woman (voice)
1950s
2 titles · average score 75
TV show · as Candy Carter
GoodWatch score 75TV show