Anna Berger (actress)

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. 

Life and career
Anna Berger was born on July 26, 1922, in Manhattan, the third of eight children of William and Bella (Heller) Berger.  She 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. 

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. 

Death
Berger died on May 26, 2014, aged 91, in Manhattan.  She was survived by her husband, Robert Malatzky and their two daughters, as well as four siblings. 

Filmography

Middle of the Night (1959) - Caroline
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) - The Mother (Hostage)
Hester Street (1975) - Poultry Woman
Endless Love (1981) - Nurse
Lovesick (1983) - Analysis
The House on Carroll Street (1988) - Funeral Woman
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) - Aunt May
Mortal Sins (1989) - Mother Weinschank
Book of Love (1990) - Mama Gabooch
The Dark Backward (1991) - Mrs. Malt
Mobsters (1991) - Mrs. Greene
Deep Cover (1992) - Congresswoman
The Killers Within (1995) - Mrs. Thomas
Mother Night (1996) - Epstein's Mother
Soleil (1997) - Honorine Azoulay
Sunset Strip (2000) - Older Waitress
Lost Souls (2000) - Mrs. Levotsky
The Amati Girls (2000) - Stella
Ghost World (2001) - Seymour's Mother
Clover Bend (2002) - Rose
The Hebrew Hammer (2003) - Harriet Tubbleman
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) - Older Lady in Salon
Bastard of Orleans, or Looking for Joan (2008) - Vesuvia Maggiore
Margaret (2011) - Neighborhood Lady #1
Chinese Puzzle (2013) - La vieille dame (final film role)

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Category:1922 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Disease-related deaths in New York (state)
Category:People from the Lower East Side
Category:Seward Park High School alumni