Richmond native Caroline Aaron is best known for her role as Shirley Maisel in Amazon’s Primetime Emmy Award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (which enters its 4^th and final season on April 15). She’s also the featured speaker at the Adolf-Adams JCC Forum on March 16. This 2nd episode of our 2-part discussion includes:

– A look at her mother, Richmond icon & activist Nina Abady

– Getting cast in Maisel thanks to her daughter’s love of Gilmore Girls

– Wearing a girdle and garters as Shirley Maisel

– The challenges of Maisel’s long dialogue sequences

– Her one-woman play that became a movie

– Her reaction to the changes on Monument Avenue

– Shooting a sitcom in Israel with Henry Winkler

– Playing a character in the video game Fallout

– Seeing Lea Michele in Funny Girl

LINKS:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video)
Tickets for Caroline’s evening in Richmond
Call Waiting (her one-woman movie)