Liz Sheridan
| Liz Sheridan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan April 10, 1929 Rye, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–2010 |
| Spouse(s) |
Dale Wales (m. 1985; d. 2003) |
| Children | 1 |
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (born April 10, 1929) is an American actress.
Early life[edit]
Sheridan was born in Rye, New York, the daughter of concert singer Elizabeth Poole-Jones and classical pianist Frank Sheridan.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Sheridan may be best known[3] for her recurring role as Jerry Seinfeld's mother, Helen, in Seinfeld. She played the role for all nine seasons, from 1989 to 1998.[4] She 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. In 2009, Sheridan starred 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 Sheridan and Andy Griffith.[5]
Personal life[edit]
While working as a dancer in New York City nightclubs, Sheridan met the then-unknown James Dean. She claims that she and Dean became engaged and had a short-lived romance. She wrote a book on this subject, Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: A Love Story, in which she claimed they were each other's first "romantic love". After Dean was cast in a play which looked to be successful, he drifted from Sheridan and—despite the play's quick demise—this was the end of their affair.[citation needed]
Sheridan was married to William T. "Dale" Wales (1917–2003) from 31 December 1985 until his death.[6] 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[edit]
- ^ "Liz Sheridan Biography (1929-)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. "An Affair to Remember". People.com. Retrieved 2014-03-18.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Media Scan: A Movie About Aging, a DVD for Exercise, a Book About Dieting". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Biography: Spouse". imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
External links[edit]
- Liz Sheridan on IMDb
- 1929 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from New York (state)
- American female dancers
- American dancers
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American musical theatre actresses
- American voice actresses
- People from Westchester County, New York
