Crossing Delancey

Amy Irving (Actor) .. Isabelle Grossman

Born: September 10, 1953
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California, United States

Trivia: Amy Irving was the daughter of influential theatrical producer/director Jules Irving and actress Priscilla Pointer. Trained at the American Conservatory Theater and Britain's LAMDA, Irving made her off-Broadway debut in 1970. She remained loyal to the theater even after establishing herself in films, co-starring on Broadway as Mozart's wife in Amadeus (1982), and receiving a 1988 Obie Award for Road to Mecca; other notable stage credits are Heartbreak House and The Heidi Chronicles. She made an unforgettable film debut as a scheming high-schooler in the Brian DePalma shocker Carrie (1976). In 1983, she earned an Oscar nomination for making us believe that she was in love with male-drag-wearing Barbra Streisand in Yentl. Her TV resumé includes the lavish miniseries The Far Pavillions (1985) and the title character in Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986). In 1987, she launched a children's-film series with Rumpelstiltskin (1987), directed by her brother David Irving. Irving was married to director Steven Spielberg from 1985 to 1989. Since 1990, Amy Irving has referred to herself as the wife of Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto, though the couple hasn't yet made it official.

Peter Riegert (Actor) .. Sam Posner

Born: April 11, 1947
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States

Trivia: University of Buffalo graduate, former Bella Abzug campaign worker, and onetime schoolteacher Peter Riegert finessed an early flair for comedy into appearing with an improv troupe called the War Babies. This led to Riegert's Broadway bow in 1975, then to his being hired by the National Lampoon people for several projects, the first of which was Animal House (1978), in which the actor portrayed Donald "Boon" Schoenstein. He went on to play such roles as the feckless corporate-flunky good guy in Local Hero (1983) and the unhitched pickle vendor Amy Irving would never marry in a million years but does anyway in Crossing Delancey (1989). Usually bypassed by the gossip columnists (which he doesn't seem to mind at all), Riegert raised journalistic eyebrows when he was cast opposite his onetime lady friend Bette Midler in the 1993 TV version of Gypsy. In the years to come, Riegert would venture behind the camera as a director, in addition to continued roles on screen, including regular appearances on One Tree Hill and The Good Wife.

Reizl Bozyk (Actor) .. Bubbie Kantor

Born: January 01, 1914

Jeroen Krabbe (Actor) .. Anton Maes

Sylvia Miles (Actor) .. Hannah Mandelbaum

Born: September 09, 1932
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: American actress Sylvia Miles was one of several performers of the 1960s to parlay a vulgar, sex-obsessed screen personality into a successful career. Miles started out at the Actors Studio, then moved on to Broadway, playing fairly conservative roles. The first foretaste of things to come was Miles's role as The Thief in the off-Broadway production of The Balcony, in which she allowed a man dressed as a judge to whip her -- but only after she forced him to lick her foot! Though this kind of material is kid's stuff today, it packed quite a wallop in 1960, and established Miles as, at best, a "peculiar" personality. In 1969 Miles was nominated for an Oscar for her brief role in Midnight Cowboy, in which she outhustles would-be hustler Jon Voight following an athletic and sometimes amusing sex scene. Her second Oscar nomination was for Farewell My Lovely (1975), in which she played a boozer with something to hide from detective Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum). The story most often told about Miles concerns the time she responded to a bad review from critic John Simon by dumping a greasy plate of food on his head. Less often told is the story of how Miles came awfully close to being a regular on The Dick Van Dyke Show. In the 1959 Van Dyke pilot, then titled Head of the Family, Miles played comedy writer Sally Rogers -- the role ultimately played by another outspoken actress, Rose Marie.

George Martin (Actor) .. Lionel

Born: January 03, 1926

John Bedford Lloyd (Actor) .. Nick

Born: January 02, 1956

Trivia: Supporting actor, onscreen from the late '80s.

Rosemary Harris (Actor) .. Pauline Swift

Born: September 19, 1927
Birthplace: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England

Trivia: Known for her stage work and solid supporting performances in film and television, Rosemary Harris has earned particular praise for her ability to skillfully portray formidable characters, despite a petite frame and delicate features that would normally belie such a strong aura of authority. Harris grew up in India and did not plan on pursuing a career in acting -- in fact, her original career choice was nursing. She would, however, change course and begin acting studies at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. By 1951, Harris made her U.S. stage debut with great success in a Broadway production of Moss Hart's Climate of Eden, and returned to England to participate in the British premiere of The Seven Year Itch.Harris continued to act -- both on-stage, on the small screen, and in the film world -- throughout the '50s and '60s, starring opposite some of the industry's most prominent figures, including Richard Burton, Jason Robards, Rex Harrison, Laurence Olivier, and Peter O'Toole. After winning a British Tony award in 1966, Harris impressed critics and audiences with her portrayal of a Jewish doctor's wife in the multi-Emmy award-winning television production of Holocaust in 1978, and again in 1979, when she played the matriarch of an 1844 Virginian pioneer family in The Chisholms. Holocaust wasn't Harris' introduction to the Emmys -- one of the actress' most celebrated performances was for her role in the 1975 Masterpiece Theatre production of The Notorious Woman, a portrait of flamboyant novelist George Sand.Harris' 1954 film debut as the unrequited love interest of Stewart Granger in Beau Brummell was met exceedingly well; in fact, the actress was offered a variety of long-term roles from Hollywood, but she turned them down to pursue theater. Ten years later, however, Harris would return to the big screen for her supporting role in the thriller The Boys From Brazil (1978), and later co-starred in TV's The Ploughman's Lunch, a 1983 political drama. After performing at her typical standard in film and television, as well as traveling across continents for her theater career, Harris gave a volatile performance as renowned author T.S. Eliot's mother-in-law in Tom & Viv (1994) -- earning her an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. This, however, was only after earning critical praise for a series of mid-'90s theater roles, including those of a diabetic's mother in the 1991 tearjerker Steel Magnolias, an imposing grandmother in Lost in Yonkers (1992), and a troubled wife in An Inspector Calls (1994). After Harris' Oscar recognition, Kenneth Branagh felt it only appropriate to cast her as the Player Queen opposite Charlton Heston's Player King in Hamlet (1996). In 2002, Harris portrayed Peter Parker's aunt in Spider-Man, and reprised the role in Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Claudia Silver (Actor) .. Cecilia

Suzzy Roche (Actor) .. Marilyn

Born: September 29, 1956

David Hyde Pierce (Actor) .. Mark

Born: April 03, 1959
Birthplace: Saratoga Springs, New York, United States

Trivia: Although he is best known for his role as anal-retentive psychiatrist extraordinaire Niles Crane on the celebrated sitcom Frasier, David Hyde Pierce has also done considerable work on the stage and screen. Fair, birdlike, and bearing an uncanny resemblance to Frasier co-star Kelsey Grammer, Pierce is one of the entertainment business' finest purveyors of a certain kind of blue-blooded neuroticism, and, in the eyes of some viewers, has even gone so far as to make insecurity perversely sexy.Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, on April 3, 1959, Pierce was raised in what he has described as a "very run-of-the-mill, middle-class" household. When he was eight, he began taking piano lessons, and he decided to pursue a career as a concert pianist. He continued to train until he got to Yale University, where he realized that he was better suited to the acting profession. Following graduation, Pierce moved to New York and did a brief stint as a tie salesman at Bloomingdale's before being cast in a Broadway play. Although the production was a flop, Pierce continued to work on the stage in New York and Chicago for several years and was eventually cast as a suicidal congressman on the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be in 1992. His work on the show, coupled with his resemblance to Kelsey Grammer, led to his casting on Frasier the following year.Frasier proved to be the turning point in Pierce's career. His portrayal of Niles, aside from winning him a slew of awards, including an Emmy, also provided a number of opportunities for the actor on the big screen. Pierce, who had been acting sporadically in films since the early '80s, could be seen in supporting roles in such '90s films as Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Nixon (1995), in which he played John Dean, and the animated A Bug's Life (1998), for which he provided the voice of a stick insect.As the first decade of the 21st century opened, Pierce began appearing in more and more feature films, selecting an eclectic array of roles that utitlized his strengths without resorting to rehashing the Niles Crane character. Diverse in their genre and theme, the projects also ranged in their levels of success and acclaim. The 2000 comedy Isn't She Great was an abysmal failure, while the indie films Wet Hot American Summer and Full Frontal both left audiences and critics fiercely split. Pierce also continued to flex his voice skills in the animated features Osmosis Jones and Treasure Planet.One of Pierce's best-received roles came in 2003, when he costarred in the tongue-in-cheek comedy Down With Love. While not much of a box-office hit, the film managed to charm many critics with its wall-to-wall homages to 1960s sex-comedies. A year later, Pierce again showed up sans-body, providing the voice of Abe Sapien in the comic-book adaptation Hellboy. He reunited with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola's animated comic adaptation The Amazing Screw-On Head to voice the role of the dreaded Emperor Zombie in 2006, and joined the cast of The Perfect Host in 2010 for a leading role as Warwick Wilson, whose genteel façade hides a deep rage and mental instability.

Amy Wright (Actor) .. Ricki

Born: April 15, 1950

Trivia: A specialist in still-waters-run-deep roles, the deceptively placid-looking Amy Wright is a graduate of Beloit College. After graduation, Wright worked as a drama instructor, then appeared in regional theater before establishing herself at New York's Circle Repertory. She made her off-Broadway debut in Strindberg's The Stronger, then took Broadway by storm in 1980 in a role especially written for her by Lanford Wilson in The Fifth of July. In films from 1975, Wright has been nothing short of brilliant as Sabbath Lily Hawks in Wise Blood (1979), creepy groupie Shelley in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980), William Hurt's uptight sister, Rose, in The Accidental Tourist (1988), and strident beauty contestant Missy Mahoney in Miss Firecracker (1989). Making the transition to middle-aged character roles with élan, she has also been seen as Goody Gotwick in Demi Moore's remake of The Scarlet Letter (1995). Amy Wright is the mother of two children by her longtime companion, actor Rip Torn.

Faye Grant (Actor) .. Candyce

Born: July 16, 1957
Birthplace: St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Deborah Offner (Actor) .. Karen

Born: August 07, 1951

Kathleen Wilhoite (Actor) .. Myla Bondy

Born: June 29, 1964
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California

Trivia: Sturdy, dependable actress Kathleen Wilhoite adroitly tackled supporting roles in American films from the early '80s (amid her late adolescence) onward. She began with feature work, in pictures of somewhat dubious quality, such as the 1983 exploitationer Private School, the disappointing Sidney Lumet thriller The Morning After (1986), and the disastrous superhero saga Brenda Starr (1993). Wilhoite scored, however, on the small screen with three memorable series portrayals: Rosalie Hendrickson on L.A. Law, Chloe Lewis on ER, and Liz Danes on Gilmore Girls. She returned to features in 2007, with a supporting role in the quirky Michael Douglas comedy The King of California.

Moishe Rosenfeld (Actor) .. Rabbi

Paula Laurence (Actor) .. Diva

Died: October 29, 2005

Christine Campbell (Actor) .. Woman in Cab

Reg E. Cathey (Actor) .. Cab Driver

Born: August 18, 1958
Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Trivia: Moved to Germany from the United States at six years old. Was roommates with theater director Jim Simpson at Yale. Is an accomplished saxophonist. Taught drama to kids on a Navajo Reservation in Tuba City, Arizona. Made his Broadway debut in The Green Bird in 2000.

Susan Blommaert (Actor) .. Leslie

Born: October 13, 1947

Delores Sutton (Actor) .. Aunt Miriam

Sam Corsi (Actor) .. Handball Champ

Meg Simon (Actor)

Vickilyn Reynolds (Actor) .. Woman in Sauna

Born: June 02, 1955

Myra Taylor (Actor) .. Friend in Sauna

Born: February 24, 1917

Young Ho Kim (Actor) .. Mr. Kim

Tudor Sherrard (Actor) .. Book Peddler

Jacob Harran (Actor) .. Guest at Bris

Bob Levine (Actor) .. Mr. Grossman

Dolores Sutton (Actor) .. Aunt Miriam

Born: February 04, 1927

Mimi Bensinger (Actor) .. Mrs. Grossman

Michael Marisi Ornstein (Actor) .. Mickey

Susan Sandler (Actor) .. Molly

Tony Perez (Actor) .. Counter Boy

Debra Cole (Actor) .. Waitress

Brad O'Hare (Actor) .. Photographer

Died: October 01, 1994

Trivia: Actor Brad O'Hare appeared on Broadway, on television (notably as Judge Morgan Arthur on The Guiding Light), and in two feature films, including Crossing Delancey (1988).

Freda Foh Shen (Actor) .. Self-Defense Teacher

Born: October 25, 1945

Mina Bern (Actor) .. Would-be Victim

Born: May 05, 1911
Died: January 10, 2010

Kevin Rogers (Actor) .. Messenger

Miriam Phillips (Actor) .. Sarah Jacobs

Born: January 01, 1899
Died: October 24, 1997

Trivia: Primarily a theatrical actress, Miriam Phillips only occasionally appeared onscreen. She made her film debut in The Way We Live Now (1970). Other film credits include The Fan (1981) and Crossing Delancey. Phillips was born in Philadelphia and started out in 1924 as a charter member of the Rose Valley, PA, Hedgerow Theater where she would remain for 32 years. Phillips made infrequent appearances on Broadway in such notable efforts as the Sir Laurence Olivier-directed Filumena (1980). Phillips left acting in 1986 and died in 1997 at the age of 98.

Denis Belloco (Actor) .. Maitre d'

Pat Oleszko (Actor) .. Pat Oleszko

Lee M. Linderman (Actor) .. Waiter

Jayne Haynes (Actor) .. Book Thief

Arthur Tracy (Actor) .. Pickle Stand Customer

Born: June 25, 1899
Died: October 05, 1997

Trivia: Known and loved as "The Street Singer" during the 1930s, singer Arthur Tracy's success on the radio translated to a sporadic film career that began with the star-studded Bing Crosby musical The Big Broadcast (1932). In the film, he sang "Here Lies Love" which soon afterward became a major hit. When Tracy went to England for a tour, he stayed long enough to appear in four films, including Herbert Wilcox's Limelight and in The Street Singer (both 1937). In the 1980s, his rendition of "Pennies From Heaven" was used as the theme for Steve Martin's version of the musical drama. The song briefly revived his dormant career and led Tracy to take a small role in Crossing Delancey (1988). Tracy passed away at the age of 98 in New York's Mount Sinai Hospital.

Hugh Nissenson (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Keith Reddin (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Born: July 07, 1956

Lore Segal (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

John Patrick Shanley (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Born: January 01, 1950

Trivia: Bronx native John Patrick Shanley studied educational theater at N.Y.U. before making a name for himself as a writer with his first published play Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. His big breakthrough came in 1987 with the screenplay for the romantic comedy Moonstruck. Boasting an all-star cast and several Academy awards, the film won Shanley his first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. His other early screenplays include the episodic comedy Five Corners and the offbeat crime comedy The January Man. In 1990 he made his directorial debut by filming his script for Joe Versus the Volcano. A strange romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, the film is regarded as a box-office failure, but its uniqueness has found its way into the hearts of many fans. Sticking with writing, Shanley then adapted the book by Piers Paul Read for the adventure drama Alive, based on a real plane crash in the Andes mountains. He then wrote the screenplay for the cartoon We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, along with adapting Michael Crichton's Congo for the screen and cleaning up Robert Wiener's teleplay for Live From Baghdad. In 1998 he published the play The Dreamer Examines His Pillow and in 2002 a production company in France filmed a French-language version of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.

Scott Somer (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Susan Braudy (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Madge Cooper (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Loring Eutemey (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Vicki Goldberg (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Hendrik Hertzberg (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Stanley Leff (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Quincy Long (Actor) .. Celebrity Party Guest

Arthur Rubin (Actor) .. Happy Birthday Singer #1

Richard Frisch (Actor) .. Happy Birthday Singer #2

Stan Page (Actor) .. Happy Birthday Singer #3

Arthur Tracey (Actor) .. Pickle Stand Customer #1

Stan Rubin (Actor) .. Pickle Stand Customer #2

Ida Harnden (Actor) .. Mugger #1

Ronnie Gilbert (Actor) .. Mugger #2

Born: September 07, 1926

Betty Rollin (Actor) .. Party Guest #1

Marie Antoinette Rogers (Actor) .. Party Guest #2

Fran Kumin (Actor)

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