Editing Laraine Newman (section)

===1980s===
Newman continued to appear in film and television productions during the 1980s. Among these were ''[[Wholly Moses]]'', ''[[Voltar The Invincible]]'', ''[[Perfect (1985 film)|Perfect]]'', and ''[[Invaders from Mars (1986 film)|Invaders from Mars]]''. She also had a small role in Woody Allen's ''[[Stardust Memories]]'' (1980). In 1986 she starred in the syndicated [[B-movie]] comedy series, ''[[Canned Film Festival|The Canned Film Festival]]'', playing the lead role as Laraine the usherette.  Additionally, she made appearances on ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', ''E.T. and Friends'' (1983) (in which she reprised her role as Connie Conehead), ''Steve Martin's Best Show Ever'' (1981), ''St. Elsewhere'', and ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]''. Newman auditioned for the role of Masha in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[The King of Comedy (film)|The King of Comedy]]'' (1983); the role was played in the film by [[Sandra Bernhard]]. By her own admission, Newman's career during this period languished as she struggled with depression and chemical dependency issues. She became sober in 1987, after 21 years of drug use.

Newman celebrated her 36th birthday in March 1988 with a party in Los Angeles that was the last time [[Gilda Radner]] was with her original ''SNL'' co-stars.<ref name="variety">{{cite web |last1=Daval |first1=Malina |title=Laraine Newman Reflects on Her Life, Career in Memoir 'May You Live in Interesting Times' |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/spotlight/laraine-newman-reflects-on-her-life-career-in-memoir-may-you-live-in-interesting-times-1234922031/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=14 August 2022}}</ref> According to Bill Murray,<ref>{{cite book|last=Shales|first=Tom|title=Live From New York: An Uncensored History Of Saturday Night Live|year=2010|publisher=Little, Brown |isbn=978-0-316-73565-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNDb1d2i9KkC&q=Gilda%20got%20married%20and%20went%20away&pg=PT318}}</ref> when he heard Radner was about to leave the party, he and [[Dan Aykroyd]] carried her around the Los Angeles house where the party was held so that she could say goodbye to everyone. Radner died on May 20, 1989.