- Born
- Birth nameJeannie Brette May
- Height1.67 m
- Jeannie Berlin was born on November 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Just Married (1972), Margaret (2011) and The Fabelmans (2022).
- Parents
- RelativesJack Berlin(Grandparent)Ida Berlin(Grandparent)
- Jeannie adopted her mother's maiden name 'Berlin' as her legal/professional name.
- Daughter of Elaine May and Marvin May.
- Granddaughter of Ida Berlin, who actually raised Berlin since she was a child.
- Has a severe phobia of needles and hospitals.
- From the ages of 12 - 18, she worked at an institution for special needs children.
- [on playing the jilted bride in Just Married (1972)] Nobody believes me, but yes, I did have to test for the part, just like anybody else - even though the director was my mother, Elaine May. I've been told I look like Anne Bancroft, Ingrid Bergman, and from some angles, Tiny Tim.
- [on her mother, Elaine May] Professionally speaking, I'm one of her biggest fans, and out of all the theatre and movies I've done, she is my favorite director. As a mother, she's totally competent, a good sport, and my big thing is to work up to doing as many chin-ups as she can do.
- [in an interview with the New York Times in 1973] Actually, the real reason I don't want to get married is that you have to get a blood test. I hate needles. I mean, injections, or anything like that, absolutely petrify me. I just faint immediately. I get this feeling I'm going to be murdered. I mean, doctors just terrify me.
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