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Aliases: Jeannie Brette May

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 3


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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.

Most Famous Work

Columbo
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8

Columbo

(1971) Janie Brandt
Hunters
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7

Hunters

(2020) Ruth Heidelbaum
The Night Of
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8

The Night Of

(2016) Helen Weiss
The Fabelmans
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8

The Fabelmans

(2022) Hadassah Fabelman
Margaret
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6

Margaret

(2011) Emily Smith
The Strawberry Statement
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6

The Strawberry Statement

(1970) Girl with Clipboard
The Baby Maker
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6

The Baby Maker

(1970) Charlotte
Why?
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0

Why?

(1973) The Junkie

Acting

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1990 Writer
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Crew

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1984 Creative Consultant
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