Elaine May, the subject of the book "Miss May Does Not Exist," is the rare film legend who has opted out of public life. (CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images) Elaine May is one of the key architects of ...

Elaine May tends to shy away from accepting awards, but when she does, she gives great acceptance speeches. It is a testament to her prolific creativity and tireless work ethic that when she received ...

Carrie Courogen borrows this witticism for the title of her essential new biography, Miss May Does Not Exist. Of May’s self-description, Courogen writes, “It would be easier to take at face value as a ...

Dwight Garner, a book critic for The New York Times, first discovered the comedy of Elaine May in high school, when a teacher gave him a recording of the improv comedy duo Nichols and May. He found ...

Elaine May is one of the key architects of American comedy; an alumna of the influential Kennedy-era underground scene in Chicago that gave us the O.G. “Saturday Night Live” cast and film director ...