Anna Berger (actress)
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Berger
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1922|7|26}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|5|26|1922|7|26}}
| death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1952–2013
| spouse = Robert Malatzky (? - 2014)
| children = 2
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Anna Berger (July 26, 1922 – May 26, 2014) was an American character actress in film and television, who specialized in playing frazzled housewives and matriarchs.
Early life and education
Berger grew up on the Lower East Side and began acting as a child. After graduating from Seward Park High School, she studied acting in 1948.
Career
She appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and the Adam Sandler vehicle You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and on such television series as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Everybody Loves Raymond and NYPD Blue.{{Citation needed |date=March 2021}} She also acted on The Goldbergs.{{cite news |title=Part Too Difficult to Refuse |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73250945/anna-berger/ |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=Star-Gazette |date=July 24, 1961 |location=New York, Elmira |page=2|via = Newspapers.com}}
On Broadway, Berger appeared in Unlikely Heroes (1971), The Rose Tattoo (1966), Gideon (1961), and Twilight Walk (1951).{{cite web |title=Anna Berger |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/anna-berger-81590 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312032604/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/anna-berger-81590 |archive-date=March 12, 2021}}
In the early-1960s, Berger was the New York City Board of Education's drama specialist for community center programs.
Death
Berger was married to Robert Malatzky, and they had two daughters. Berger died on May 26, 2014, aged 91, in Manhattan.[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/04/arts/anna-berger-an-actress-with-a-gift-for-matriarchs-dies-at-91.html?ref=obituaries "Anna Berger, an Actress With a Gift for Matriarchs, Dies at 91"], nytimes.com; June 3, 2014; accessed June 7, 2014.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1959
|Caroline | |
| 1974
|The Taking of Pelham One Two Three |The Mother | |
| 1975
|Poultry Woman | |
| 1981
|Nurse | |
| 1983
|Analysis | |
| 1987
|Funeral Woman | |
| 1989
|Aunt May | |
| 1989
|Mortal Sins |Mother Weinschank | |
| 1990
|Mama Gabooch | |
| 1991
|Mrs. Malt | |
| 1991
|Mrs. Greene | |
| 1992
|Congresswoman | |
| 1995
|The Killers Within |Mrs. Thomas | |
| 1996
|Epstein's Mother | |
| 1997
|Soleil |Honorine Azoulay | |
| 2000
|Older Waitress | |
| 2000
|Mrs. Levotsky | |
| 2000
|Stella | |
| 2001
|Seymour's Mother | |
| 2002
|Clover Bend |Rose | |
| 2003
|Harriet Tubbleman | |
| 2008
|You Don't Mess with the Zohan |Older Lady in Salon | |
| 2008
|Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan |Vesuvia Maggiore | |
| 2011
|Neighborhood Lady #1 | |
| 2013
|La vieille dame | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1952
|Mrs. Paletto |Episode: "The Face of Autumn" |
| 1954
|Goodyear Television Playhouse |Mama |Episode: "And Crown Thy Good" |
| 1954
|The Philco Television Playhouse |Bookkeeper |2 episodes |
| 1963
|Mrs. Delehanty |Episode: "Golden Lads and Girls" |
| 1975
|Mrs. Lipnick |Episode: "The Nicest Guys on the Block" |
| 1976
|Mrs. Goldman |Episode: "Cop Killer" |
| 1976
|Mrs. Kline |Episode: "Victim" |
| 1976
|Street Killing |Louise |Television film |
| 1976
|Woman |Episode: "They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To" |
| 1976
|Mrs. Berg |Television film |
| 1977
|Betsy |Episode: "The Ultimatum" |
| 1977
|Celia Blackman |3 episodes |
| 1977, 1981
|Miriam Buckman / Georgia Himmel |2 episodes |
| 1977
|Mrs. Moore | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1978
|The Last Tenant |Mrs. Munro |
| 1979
|Mary Taylor |Episode: "Repo Man" |
| 1979
|Beryl Feldman |15 episodes |
| 1981
|Mrs. Goldman |Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1984
|Real Estate Agent |Television film |
| 1987
|Older Woman |Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night" |
| 1988
|Herbert's Mother |Episode: "His Mother" |
| 1990
|People Like Us |Hester Slatkin |Television film |
| 1990
|Mrs. Tarkasian |4 episodes |
| 1990
|Lotte Strauss |Episode: "Photo Opportunity" |
| 1991
|N.Y.P.D. Mounted |Woman |Television film |
| 1991
|Mrs. Garber |Episode: "Coming to America" |
| 1992–1993
|Betty Howell |4 episodes |
| 1993
|Ma Tenuti |6 episodes |
| 1994
|Bella |Episode: "What's a Mother to Do?" |
| 1994
|Mary Collito |2 episodes |
| 1994
|Secretary #70 |Episode: "The Secret Life of Jim Dial" |
| 1994
|Cat Woman |Episode: "George Puts on a Happy Face" |
| 1994
|Missing Parents |Elaine Freiburg |Television film |
| 1995
|Ruby Simpkins |Episode: "Letting Go" |
| 1995
|Old Woman |Episode: "One Simple Little Favor" |
| 1996
|Judge |Episode: "Law" |
| 1996
|Aunt Sophie |Episode: "Love, Death & Soda" |
| 1996
|ER |Mr. Brazil's Caregiver |Episode: "Fear of Flying" |
| 1996, 1998,
2005 |Belle / Rosemary / Marian Kadell |3 episodes |
| 1997
|Mrs. Farmer |Episode #1.226 |
| 1997–1998
|Marilyn |2 episodes |
| 1998
|Grandmother Owens |Episode: "Holy Words" |
| 1998, 2000
|Rita Stipe |2 episodes |
| 1999
|Irate Tourist | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 2000
|Mrs. Goldberg |
| 2000
|The Housewife |Episode: "Halloween" |
| 2000
|JAG |Mrs. Palermo |Episode: "JAG TV" |
| 2002
|Cookie Cirillo |2 episodes |
| 2002
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Karen's Grandmother |Episode: "Resilience" |
| 2002
|New Americans |Mrs. Rabinowitz |Television film |
| 2005
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Betsy Lewis |Episode: "Snakes" |
| 2005
|Amy |Episode: "Diamond Dogs" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0074105}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Manhattan
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:People from the Lower East Side
Category:Seward Park High School alumni
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