Liz SheridanVeteran actress, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeldmother Seinfeld who also repeated on ALF And appeared in several Broadway Appears, he died today in New York City. She was 93 years old.
Longtime friend and actress Amanda Hendon told Deadline that Sheridan died overnight in her sleep of natural causes.
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Sheridan was already a veteran television and film actress when she was cast as angry neighbor Raquel Ochmonic on NBC. ALF, She appeared in about thirty episodes from 1986 to 1990. Shortly thereafter, she got the role of Helen Seinfeld, the lovable, protective and sometimes amazing mother to Jerry Seinfeld. She appeared in more than 20 episodes ranging from Episode 2 – “The Stakeout” at the beginning of Season 2 – to the end of 1998.
during SeinfeldSheridan provided the voice of Mrs. Stillman in the 1994-1998 animated sitcom life with louie Starring Louis Anderson.
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A longtime dancer, she has also appeared on Broadway, including opposite Christopher Lloyd and young Meryl Streep in the 1977 musical Happy ending.
Sheridan later wrote a book about her romance with James Dean in the 1950s. Published in 2000, Dizzy and Jimmy: My Life With James Dean – A Love Story Their romance dated when the New York City dancer met a 21-year-old Indiana farm boy who came to New York via Hollywood.
They were also longtime close friends fascinated Actress Elizabeth Montgomery.
Born on April 10, 1929 in Rye, New York, Sheridan began her career on screen with guest appearances on series such as Kojak, the white shade And Give me time to rest! He had small roles in the movie Madonna who is this girl and features star 80 And Jekyll and Hyde: Together again. She continued to appear on television through the mid-1980s on popular shows including One day at a time, Three Horde, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Three’s a Crowd, The A-Team, Newhart, Remington Steele, moon light And She wrote the murder Before her frequent annoyances like Raquel the eccentric and Said the spy ALF.
All this would lead to her distinguished role in Seinfeld, which became the most popular sitcom of the ’90s and continues to be a quotable pop culture favorite for its reboots. Helen Seinfeld’s character was the prototype of her point mom, and when she heard that “crazy” Joe Divola was “stalking” her beloved son in the 1992 episode “The Wallet,” she couldn’t believe that there anyone Who did not love Jerry.
“Mother, I know it may be hard for you to understand, but I’m sure there are many people who don’t like me,” Jerry said to her. Helen’s expected response was, “No, that’s not right. You’re a wonderful, wonderful boy. Everyone loves you. It’s impossible not to love you. Not possible!”
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Seinfeld Debuting on NBC as a summer alternative titled Seinfeld Chronicles In July 1989, when stand-up comedy was hot and comedy was landing on TV gigs. From there, Show About Nothing had gone uphill but reached the plum after-cheers 9:30 p.m. Thursday slot the following spring. The show’s popularity increased with each subsequent season, and the post-season finally broke into the top 25 of Nielsen’s ratings in 1992-93 after cheers She wrapped up her run of Leviathan for 12 seasons.
Seinfeld took over cheers’ 9 p.m. for the 1993-94 season and finished #3 among all primetime shows. It would rank first or second overall for the remainder of its nine seasons, wrapping up in 1998.
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Sheridan was the last surviving “father” of Seinfeld. Estelle Harris, who played Estelle the mother of George Costanza, He died just last weekand Jerry Stiller, who played Frank Costanza, Died in 2020. Barney Martin, who played Sheridan’s on-screen husband, Morty Seinfeld, died in 2005.
Sheridan would go on to work in film and television through the 2000s, with roles in films including Now you know, finish the deal and play the game and guest in TV series including Preparation And American Dad!
Sheridan is survived by her daughter and son-in-law.
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