Biography
She was a Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's mother on the 1989 TV series Chicken Soup. Also appeared at the beginning of Sophie's Choice as Yetta, Sophie's (Meryl Streep) landlady. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Filmography
all 13
Movies 10
TV Shows 3
Grandmother
The Pickle (1993)
Movie
Mrs. Spepk
He Said, She Said (1991)
Movie
Mrs. Schreier
Enemies, a Love Story (1989)
Movie
Bea Fisher
Chicken Soup (1989)
TV
Yetta Zimmerman
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Reuben
Starstruck (1981)
Movie
Aunt Sonya
The Big Fix (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Mylonas
Nicky's World (1974)
Movie
Mrs. Grossbard (uncredited)
Up the Sandbox (1972)
Movie
Mrs. Reuben
ABC Afterschool Special (1972)
TV
Mrs. Goldfarb
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1919-10-24
Deathday1993-09-10 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceWilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
CitizenshipsPoland, United States of America
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