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Has worked with actor John Heard three times, including once as a producer on her husband Raphael "Ray" Silver's directorial debut On the Yard (1978).

Directed one Oscar nominated performance: Carol Kane in Hester Street (1975).

John Cassavetes recommended that Hester Street (1975) be self-distributed. His guidance and advice on this matter worked in the Silvers' favor.

Cites Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1955) as her most formative movie-going experiences as a young woman.

Her husband Raphael "Ray" and her daughters Marisa and Claudia have directed their own films. Together, they form Silverfilm Productions in 1984.

Parents with David of Marisa Silver.

Has another daughter, Dina, and five grandchildren.

Graduated from Omaha Central High School of Omaha Nebraska in 1952.