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Personal Info

Birth date

1949-11-01 (75 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

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 actress and screenwriter.

She is best known for her role in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid, directed by her mother Elaine May, for which she received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. She later played the leading role in Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975), and in 2000s returned to screen appearing in films such as Margaret (2011), Inherent Vice (2014) and Cafe Society (2016), as well as the miniseries The Night Of (2016).

Filmography

Acting

2026The Bride! as Unknown

2024I'll Be Right There as Grace

2023You Hurt My Feelings as Georgia

2022The Fabelmans as Hadassah Fabelman

2020Faraway Eyes as Goldie (Mom)

2020Hunters (10 Episodes) as Ruth Heidelbaum

2018Succession (8 Episodes) as Cyd Peach

2016The Night Of (8 Episodes) as Helen Weiss

2016Café Society as Rose Dorfman

2014Inherent Vice as Aunt Reet

2013Vijay and I as Mrs. Korokowski

2011Margaret as Emily Smith

2003Miss Match (1 Episode) as Risa Barbeko

1990In the Spirit as Crystal

1975Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York as Sheila Levine

1973Why? as The Junkie

1972The Heartbreak Kid as Lila Kolodny

1972Why as The Junkie

1972Bone as The Girl

1972Portnoy's Complaint as Bubbles Girardi

1971Two on a Bench as Harriet

1971Columbo (1 Episode) as Janie Brandt

1970The Baby Maker as Charlotte

1970The Strawberry Statement as Girl with Clipboard

1970Move as Unknown

1970On a Clear Day You Can See Forever as Girl in Orphanage (uncredited)

1970Getting Straight as Judy Kramer

1969In Name Only as Heather

1969Alice's Restaurant as Extra (Uncredited)

1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self

Writing

2018The Boor ... Writer

1990In the Spirit ... Writer

Directing

2018The Boor ... Director

Crew

1984Going Hollywood: The '30s ... Creative Consultant