Born Elaine Berlin in Philadelphia, PA on April 21, 1932, May was the daughter of Yiddish stage actor-director, Jack Berlin. ... and daughter Jeannie Berlin (as the abandoned bride) ...

Benson added, “Berlin, co-writer of the screenplay with Laurie Jones, has her mother Elaine May’s timing, her deadpan, her enormous eyes and her briskly unforgiving slant on life.

Ad Policy. Elaine May poses for a portrait in a bowling alley in New York City, 1961. (Ed Feingersh / Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) In Elaine May’s The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Lenny and ...

Director Brendan Walsh. Release Date September 6, 2024. Writers Jim Beggarly. Cast Jack Mulhern, Kayli Carter, Charlie Tahan, Bradley Whitford, Sepideh Moafi, Michael Beach, Jeannie Berlin ...

Richard Brody reviews “Miss May Does Not Exist,” Carrie Courogen’s new biography on the performer, writer, and director Elaine May.

A major theme of Courogen’s book is that May, the child of and occasional co-star to her Yiddish Theater actor father, Jack Berlin, has kept the family tradition going in projects with her ...

EXCLUSIVE: John Magaro (Past Lives) and Jeannie Berlin (You Hurt My Feelings) have been tapped for supporting roles in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein film, The Bride!, starring Christian Bale.

EXCLUSIVE: John Magaro (Past Lives) and Jeannie Berlin (You Hurt My Feelings) have been tapped for supporting roles in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein film, The Bride!, starring Christian Bale. No ...