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Anna Berger is a Actor American born on 26 july 1922
Anna Berger (July 26, 1922 – May 26, 2014) was an American character actress in film and television, who specialized in playing frazzled housewives and matriarchs.
Anna Berger was born in Manhattan on July 26, 1922, the third of eight siblings born to William and Bella Berger. She grew up in the Lower East Side and began acting as a child. After graduating from Seward Park High School, she studied acting in 1948.
She appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and the Adam Sandler vehicle You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and on such television series as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Everybody Loves Raymond and NYPD Blue.
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Par la suite, sa carrière compte de nombreuses apparitions qui mettant en scène le même type de personnages. Elle joue une passagère prise en otage dans Les Pirates du métro en 1974, Tante May dans Crimes et délits de Woody Allen en 1989, la mère de Seymour dans Ghost World en 2001 et un petit rôle de vieille dame dans la comédie Rien que pour vos cheveux de Dennis Dugan en 2008. Sur le petit écran, elle incarne Cookie Cirillo, une vieille italo-américaine acariâtre dans la série Les Soprano. Elle tient aussi de petits rôles dans les séries Tout le monde aime Raymond et New York Police Blues.
Résidant dans le Upper West Side, elle s'éteint le 26 mai 2014, âgée de 91 ans. Mariée, Anna Berger était la mère de deux filles, dont l'actrice Joanna Sanchez.
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Anna Berger was born in Manhattan on July 26, 1922, the third of eight siblings born to William and Bella Berger. She grew up in the Lower East Side and began acting as a child. After graduating from Seward Park High School, she studied acting in 1948.
She appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and the Adam Sandler vehicle You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and on such television series as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Everybody Loves Raymond and NYPD Blue.
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^ Profile, imdb.com; accessed June 7, 2014.
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Née au sein d'une fratrie de huit enfants, elle commence à jouer sur scène dès l'enfance. Diplômée de Seward Park High School, elle étudie le théâtre en 1948. Tout au long de sa carrière d'actrice, elle est amenée à jouer des rôles de femmes mûres, et ce même dans ses jeunes années. Alors qu'elle était encore élève à la New School for Social Research de Manhattan, elle est choisie au cours d'un atelier dramatique pour incarner Juno Boyle, une mère irlandaise issue de la classe ouvrière dans une production de Seán O'Casey : Junon et le Paon, (Juno and the Paycock).Par la suite, sa carrière compte de nombreuses apparitions qui mettant en scène le même type de personnages. Elle joue une passagère prise en otage dans Les Pirates du métro en 1974, Tante May dans Crimes et délits de Woody Allen en 1989, la mère de Seymour dans Ghost World en 2001 et un petit rôle de vieille dame dans la comédie Rien que pour vos cheveux de Dennis Dugan en 2008. Sur le petit écran, elle incarne Cookie Cirillo, une vieille italo-américaine acariâtre dans la série Les Soprano. Elle tient aussi de petits rôles dans les séries Tout le monde aime Raymond et New York Police Blues.
Résidant dans le Upper West Side, elle s'éteint le 26 mai 2014, âgée de 91 ans. Mariée, Anna Berger était la mère de deux filles, dont l'actrice Joanna Sanchez.
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Chinese Puzzle (2013)
, 1h54Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Sandrine Holt, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, Kevin Bishop
Roles La vieille dame
Rating68%
Xavier is now forty years old and divorced from Wendy. When she decides to move to New York with their two children, he wants to remain part of their lives and so moves to the city as well.
Margaret (2011)
, 2h30Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Anna Paquin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Kieran Culkin, Krysten Ritter, Olivia Thirlby
Roles Neighborhood Lady #1
Rating64%
A 17-year-old Manhattan student, Lisa Cohen, shopping on the Upper West Side, interacts with bus driver Gerald Maretti as she runs alongside his moving bus; he allows himself to become distracted, leading to a fatal accident by missing a red light, in which a pedestrian, Monica Patterson, is hit by the bus and subsequently dies in Lisa's arms. Initially, Lisa reports to the police that the driver had a green traffic signal, but later, out of remorse, changes her story. She confronts Maretti, who first pretends to have forgotten the details of the accident, and then reveals to her in anger that he does remember them, but believes he did nothing wrong, causing Lisa to pursue his firing from the company with passion. In collaboration with Monica's best friend, Emily, and cousin, Abigail, Lisa ultimately becomes involved in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority, seeking the dismissal of the driver (who is revealed to have caused two previous accidents), as well as monetary damages, which would be awarded to the victim's next of kin, her cousin. Meanwhile, Lisa's life takes various turns, including a flirtation with her math teacher, Aaron Caije, her decision to lose her virginity to a classmate, Paul Hirsch, and various vehement debates about politics and terrorism with classmates.
, 1h53Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Adam Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider
Roles Older Lady in Salon
Rating56%
Zohan Dvir (Adam Sandler) is a kind-hearted superhuman Israeli counter-terrorist and the finest and most respected soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. However, Zohan has become both disgusted and disenchanted by the constant fighting, secretly dreaming of moving to the USA and becoming a hairdresser. This reaches a breaking point when a barbecue he hosts is interrupted by the IDF sending Zohan on a mission to stop a Palestinian terrorist group being led by his personal arch-enemy, Fatoush "the Phantom" Hakbarah (John Turturro), another superhuman. Despite being upset over his ruined party, Zohan sees it as his long awaited chance to desert the IDF and move to America. During the pursuit he fakes his own death and smuggles himself onto a flight to New York City, cutting his own hair and taking the alias "Scrappy Coco" (the names of two dogs he shared the flight with) while claiming that he is "Half Australian, Half Mount Everest." Meanwhile, the Phantom becomes rich and famous for supposedly killing Zohan and starts his own fast-food business, "Muchentuchen".
Ghost World (2001)
, 1h51Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Steve Buscemi, Pat Healy
Roles Seymour's Mother
Rating72%
Best friends Enid and Rebecca face summer after their high-school graduation. The girls are social outcasts, but Rebecca is more popular with boys than Enid. Enid's diploma is held on the condition that she attend a remedial art class. Even though she is a talented artist, her art teacher, Roberta, believes art must be socially meaningful and dismisses Enid's sketches as "light entertainment."
The Amati Girls (2001)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cloris Leachman, Mercedes Ruehl, Dinah Manoff, Sean Young, Lee Grant, Robert Picardo
Roles Stella
Rating49%
The film centers around an Italian American family of four sisters (Mercedes Ruehl, Dinah Manoff, Sean Young, and Lily Knight) who reside in Philadelphia. After their father's death, in trying to convince their mother (Cloris Leachman) that her life is still worth living, each sister grapples with her own ideas on love, faith, and ultimately, the meaning of life.
Sunset Strip (2000)
, 1h35Directed by Adam Collis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Simon Baker, Darren E. Burrows, Anna Friel, Nick Stahl, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg
Rating56%
Sunset Strip tells the story of a number of music industry artists, all in the span of 24 hours on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood. Michael secretly pines for Tammy. She is busy sleeping with the up-and-coming country rocker Glen Walker and the rock star Duncan. Zach and his band are opening at the Whisky a Go Go for Duncan Reed and the Curb. In these 24 hours, they all cross paths pursue their dreams.
Lost Souls (2000)
, 1h37Directed by Janusz Kamiński
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Winter, Philip Baker Hall, John Hurt, Elias Koteas
Roles Mrs. Levotsky
Rating48%
A small group of Roman Catholics believe Satan intends to become man just as God did in the person of Jesus. Writings from a seemingly-possessed psychiatric patient lead them to Peter Kelson (Chaplin). The group suspect it is Kelson's body Satan has chosen to occupy. The youngest of the group, Maya Larkin (Ryder), meets Peter to investigate further and try to convince him of embodied evil. Other signs come to Kelson as he and Maya take a journey full of strange occurrences, self-discovery and an ultimate showdown.
Mother Night (1996)
, 1h54Directed by Keith Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, Nick Nolte, Zach Grenier, Kirsten Dunst, Anna Berger
Roles Epstein's Mother
Rating70%
Confined in an Israeli jail, Howard W. Campbell, Jr. writes a memoir about his career in Nazi Germany. During the buildup to World War II, Campbell, an American playwright of German language stage productions, is approached by War Department operative Frank Wirtanen. Wirtanen asks Campbell to work as a spy for the U.S. in the approaching war, though he promises no reward or recognition. Campbell rejects the offer, but Wirtanen adds that he wants Campbell to take some time to consider, telling him that Campbell's answer will come in the form of how he acts and what positions he assumes once the war begins.
The Big Pardon 2 (1992)
, 2h20Directed by Alexandre Arcady
Origin France
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about families, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Gérard Darmon, Christopher Walken, Jill Clayburgh, Jennifer Beals
Roles Clairette Taieb
Rating44%
Le truand Raymond Bettoun, parrain d'une famille de caïds de la mafia juive, d'origine pieds-Noirs et Juifs, au sein du crime organisé français, sort de 10 ans de prison et rejoint son fils Maurice Bettoun à Miami en Floride. Ce dernier semble être devenu un honnête homme d'affaires. Pour réussir dans ses opérations immobilières, l'acquisition de l'île de Saruba, il va s'associer avec un trafiquant de drogue, Pasco Meisner.
Deep Cover (1992)
, 1h47Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Martin Smith, Victoria Dillard, Gregory Sierra, Glynn Turman
Roles Congresswoman
Rating69%
In Cleveland, 1972, Russell Stevens Jr. is the son of a drug addicted, alcoholic man (Glynn Turman). His father tells his son never to be like him. Stevens then witnesses his father getting killed while robbing a liquor store. He swears that he will never end up the way he has.
The Dark Backward (1991)
, 1h41Directed by Adam Rifkin
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Actors Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Wayne Newton, Lara Flynn Boyle, James Caan, Rob Lowe
Roles Mrs. Malt
Rating57%
Marty Malt (Judd Nelson) is an unhappy garbage man who moonlights as an atrociously unfunny standup comic. He lives in a dark, grimy, garbage-strewn urban netherworld, where a company named Blump's apparently owns everything. His best friend and fellow trash collector, Gus (Bill Paxton), is the only one who laughs at his jokes, and his sincerity is questionable. The obnoxiously exuberant Gus plays an accordion, which he always carries with him. Marty is seeing Rosarita (Lara Flynn Boyle), a waitress, but she doesn't seem too interested in him.
Mobsters (1991)
, 1h56Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, Michael Gambon, Anthony Quinn
Roles Mrs. Greene
Rating59%
This highly dramatized film focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky. They start as young men victimized by the current mafia. They rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.
Book of Love (1990)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Shaye
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Chris Young, Keith Coogan, John Cameron Mitchell, Tricia Leigh Fisher, Josie Bissett, Danny Nucci
Roles Mama Gabooch
Rating60%
Jack Twiller (Michael McKean) gets greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in the 50s, when he was in his last year of high school (Chris Young) and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with geeky Paul Kane and tried to get the attention of Lily (Josie Bissett), who unfortunately was together with bully Angelo (Beau Dremann).
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
, 1h44Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Jerry Orbach, Joanna Gleason
Roles Aunt May
Rating77%
The story follows two main characters: Judah Rosenthal, a successful ophthalmologist, and Clifford Stern, a small-time documentary filmmaker.
The House on Carroll Street (1988)
, 1h41Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Kelly McGillis, Jeff Daniels, Mandy Patinkin, Jessica Tandy, James Rebhorn, Jonathan Hogan
Rating60%
Emily Crane (Kelly McGillis), a picture editor for Life Magazine, is fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee and takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. One day her attention is drawn to a noisy argument being conducted in a neighbouring house. She eavesdrops through an open window, seeing that one of those involved is her main senator prosecutor, Ray Salwen (Mandy Patinkin). His opponent is an elderly man who speaks only German; a younger man named Stefan (Christopher Buchholz), whom Emily had earlier asked for directions, is interpreting their confrontation.