Lillian Kaushtupper

Lillian Dolomite Kaushtupper is a fictional character on the Netflix original series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, portrayed by Carol Kane. She is Kimmy and Titus' odd landlady and upstairs neighbor. Titus and her first met at Pawn Werlt when he was going to sell his Barbies and leave New York; she offered him an apartment and several months of free rent. She does not learn that Kimmy is a mole woman until Jacqueline tells her in the season 1 finale.Kane has described her character as having "a passionate, checkered past, and hopefully a passionate, checkered future.” On playing Lillian, Kane states that due to the quality of the writing of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, "that basically if I can just remember what I’m supposed to say, it will come out OK." The scene where Lillian and Jacqueline switch clothes was Kane's favorite of season 3. According to Tina Nigro, the series' costume designer, Lillian's outfits requires the least amount of effort out of the four main characters, mainly consisting of "a lot of vintage." Matt Melis of Consequence of Sound identifies Lillian's "doubl[ing] down on the MAGA approach in order to win her election" in season 3 as an example of the series combining the insular world of East Dogmouth with events of the wider country. 2Biography The Kaushtupper family spent centuries hopping from one European country to another fleeing persecution for engaging in bestiality with cows. Once in New York, her family made a living as a "living diorama in the tenement museum." Her parents are still alive and work at Greenwood Cemetery. An uncle of hers talked about the weather every nine minutes due to a mental illness; he was the closest thing her family had to a radio. Aquarius is her zodiac sign. In high school, her career aptitude test said she should be an unlicensed barber or a police informant; she claims to be bot