Liz Sheridan, Jerry’s Mom on ‘Seinfeld,’ Dies at 93

Actress Liz Sheridan, greatest often called Jerry’s mother on the sitcom Seinfeld, has died. In accordance with TMZ, Sheridan, handed “peacefully in her sleep from pure causes Friday at 2:30 AM.” She was 93 years previous.

Born in 1929, Sheridan received her begin in present enterprise within the theater earlier than shifting to Hollywood. (Throughout her time in New York, Sheridan additionally met and had a relationship with James Dean; she even wrote a e-book about their time collectively referred to as Dizzy & Jimmy.)

From the early Eighties on, Sheridan was a fixture on tv, engaged on collection like Kojak, The A-Staff, and St. Elsewhere. She appeared greater than 30 occasions on ALF as Rachel Ochmonek, the nosy neighbor who lives subsequent door to the Tanners, endlessly coming nearer and nearer to discovering the existence of 1 cat-loving alien life type.

Sheridan turned much more well-known enjoying Jerry’s mom Helen on Seinfeld. She appeared in 24 out of the collection’ 180 episodes, together with a number of highlights like “The Pen,” the place Jerry and Elaine go to go to his mother and father at their condominium in Florida, and discover that life in a retirement group is extraordinarily unusual. Although Sheridan herself was not Jewish, she performed one of many nice Jewish moms in TV historical past; deeply proud and fiercely protecting of her son, and nonetheless fast to anger when she thinks he’s screwed up.

Sheridan’s loss of life comes lower than two weeks after the passing of Estelle Harris, her Seinfeld co-star Estelle Harris, who performed George’s mother Estelle. This can be a unhappy time for Seinfeld followers.