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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

34

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-11-01 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

Jeannie Brette May

Jeannie Berlin

Biography

Jeannie Berlin (born Jeannie Brette May; November 1, 1949) is an American film, television and stage actress and screenwriter, the daughter of Elaine May. She is best known for her role in the 1972 comedy film The Heartbreak Kid, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. She later played the leading role in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975), and has acted in films such as Margaret (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), Café Society (2016), The Fabelmans (2022), and You Hurt My Feelings (2023). She also acted in the HBO miniseries The Night Of (2016), the Amazon Prime series Hunters (2020), and the HBO series Succession (2019–2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeannie Berlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Why?

1973

Why?

as

The Junkie

The Heartbreak Kid

1972

The Heartbreak Kid

as

Lila Kolodny

Margaret

2011

Margaret

as

Emily Smith

The Strawberry Statement

1970

The Strawberry Statement

as

Girl with Clipboard

The Baby Maker

1970

The Baby Maker

as

Charlotte

In the Spirit

1990

In the Spirit

as

Crystal

Portnoy's Complaint

1972

Portnoy's Complaint

as

Bubbles Girardi

Inherent Vice

2014

Inherent Vice

as

Aunt Reet

Why

1972

Why

as

The Junkie

Getting Straight

1970

Getting Straight

as

Judy Kramer

Café Society

2016

Café Society

as

Rose Dorfman

Bone

1972

Bone

as

The Girl

Vijay and I

2013

Vijay and I

as

Mrs. Korokowski

Move

1970

Move

as

Faraway Eyes

2021

Faraway Eyes

as

Goldie (Mom)

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

1970

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

as

Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)

In Name Only

1969

In Name Only

as

Heather

Two on a Bench

1971

Two on a Bench

as

Harriet

The Fabelmans

2022

The Fabelmans

as

Hadassah Fabelman

Alice's Restaurant

1969

Alice's Restaurant

as

Extra (Uncredited)

Columbo

Columbo

as

Janie Brandt

Miss Match

Miss Match

as

Risa Barbeko

The Night Of

The Night Of

as

Helen Weiss

Succession

Succession

as

Cyd Peach

Hunters

Hunters

as

Ruth Heidelbaum

Production

Crew

Directing

The Boor

2018

The Boor

as