Liz Sheridan
| Liz Sheridan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 10, 1929 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) |
William T. Wales (1985-2003; his death) |
Elizabeth "Liz" Sheridan (born April 10, 1929) is an American actress.
Background
Sheridan was born in New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth Poole-Jones, a concert singer, and Frank Sheridan, a classical pianist.[1][2] Sheridan began her career as a dancer working in New York City in nightclubs and musicals. There, she met the then-unknown James Dean. Sheridan claims that she and Dean became engaged and had a short-lived romance. She has written a book on this subject, Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: A Love Story, in which she claimed they were each others' first "romantic love". After Dean was cast in a play which looked to be successful, he drifted away from Sheridan and — despite the play's quick demise — this was the end of their affair. [citation needed]
Career
Sheridan starred in the 1976 Broadway play Best Friend before moving on to regular supporting roles in films and television series such as Moonlighting, Kojak, The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, and Cagney & Lacey. Her first major role was playing nosy neighbor Raquel Ochmonek on the NBC TV series ALF. Sheridan may be best known[3] for her recurring role as Helen Seinfeld, mother to Jerry Seinfeld in Seinfeld. She played the role for nine seasons, from 1990 to 1998.[4]
In 2008, Sheridan starred alongside Andy Griffith, Doris Roberts, Paul Campbell and Marla Sokoloff in the romantic comedy Play the Game, about a young ladies' man who teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather who is re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The film stirred up some controversy due to its octogenarian sex scene between Griffith and Sheridan.[5]
Sheridan was married to the late William T. "Dale" Wales (August 17, 1917 - May 24, 2003). They have a married daughter, a photographer in New York's Greenwich Village, of whom Sheridan has said, "I'm so unmotherly, I cannot tell you. I'm still a flower child somewhere. My daughter was more my friend than my daughter most of her life."[3]
References
- ↑ Liz Sheridan Biography at Film Reference
- ↑ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141628,00.html
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vancheri, Barbara (May 10, 1998). "LIZ SHERIDAN: SHE'LL BE WATCHING AT HOME WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. G-10.
- ↑ "Filmography by TV series for Liz Sheridan (I)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
- ↑ Washington Post coverage of Play The Game
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