Graubart was in
the Second City comedy troupe, appearing in the Chicago mainstage cast in the mid- to late 1960s with comic actors such as
Fred Willard,
Peter Boyle,
Richard Libertini,
Bob Dishy and
Robert Klein. She was also a regular on
Comedy Tonight, which aired during the summer of 1970 on
CBS, along with
Peter Boyle,
Barbara Cason,
Madeline Kahn,
Robert Klein, and
Jerry Lacy. Graubart first made an uncredited appearance in
Arthur Hiller's 1967 kidnap comedy
The Tiger Makes Out, as a pedestrian with an umbrella whom mailman
Eli Wallach attempts to kidnap. He lassos a fire hydrant instead. Graubart's fellow Second City actor Bob Dishy co-stars as the husband of Wallach's ultimate kidnap victim,
Anne Jackson. Graubart played hundreds of characters on the show during
The Electric Company's original six-year run, with Jennifer of the Jungle being one of the most notable. After her run with
The Electric Company, she appeared in several films during the early 1980s, including
Marshall Brickman's
Simon and
Author! Author! which starred
Al Pacino. She reunited with Madeline Kahn for the 1999 film
Judy Berlin, which was completed shortly before Kahn's death. Throughout her career, Graubart was also a familiar face in
television commercials for products such as the
Chevrolet Vega,
Cheer,
Crunch 'n Munch,
Shake 'n Bake and
Miracle Whip, as well as extensive commercial Voice Over work. Graubart appeared, as did many other of the original cast members of
The Electric Company, in interviews and episode introductions on the second volume of
The Best of the Electric Company DVD boxed set that was released by
Shout! Factory and
Sony BMG Music Entertainment on November 14, 2006. Graubart has also appeared in theater, appearing in
Steppenwolf Theater's
Off-Broadway production of
Orphans in 1986. ==References==