Elsa Raven
Elsa Raven | |
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| Born | Elsa Rabinowitz September 21, 1929 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–present |
Elsa Raven, formerly Elsa Rabinowitz (born September 21, 1929) is an American character actress, perhaps best known for her two years (1988–90) on the sitcom Amen and playing the mother of Vincent Terranova (Ken Wahl) on the TV series Wiseguy.[1]
She played Ida Straus in the 1997 film Titanic and had a voice role in the 1981 animated film American Pop.[2] Her other films included The Honeymoon Killers (1969), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), A Fan's Notes (1972), The Amityville Horror (1979), The Cracker Factory (1979), Fatso (1980), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Paternity (1981), Creator (1985), Back to the Future (1985), The Moderns (1988), In the Line of Fire (1993), The 4th Tenor (2002) and The Cutter (2005).
TV appearances
- Highway to Heaven
- The A-Team
- Amen
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Freddy's Nightmares
- Get a Life
- Seinfeld
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Murphy Brown
- Quincy, M.E.
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Wiseguy
- Million Dollar Infield
References
- ^ "Elsa Raven". The New York Times.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (February 13, 1981). "'American Pop' Grown-Up Animation". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
External links
- Elsa Raven at IMDb