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Shifra Lerer(1915-2011)

  • Actress
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The Komediant (2000)
Shifra Lerer was born on 30 August 1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), A Stranger Among Us (1992) and God, Man and Devil (1950). She was married to Michael Michalovic and Ben-Zion Witler. She died on 12 March 2011 in New York, New York, USA.
BornAugust 30, 1915
DiedMarch 12, 2011(95)
BornAugust 30, 1915
DiedMarch 12, 2011(95)
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Known for

Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Robin Williams, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Mariel Hemingway, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Richard Benjamin, Judy Davis, Amy Irving, Tobey Maguire, and Stanley Tucci in Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Deconstructing Harry
7.3
  • Dolly
  • 1997
A Stranger Among Us (1992)
A Stranger Among Us
5.6
  • Yiddish Woman #1
  • 1992
God, Man and Devil (1950)
God, Man and Devil
  • Freda, his older niece
  • 1950
Breathing Room (1996)
Breathing Room
5.1
  • Kathy's Grandmother
  • 1996

Credits

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Actress

  • Kartenspieler (1999)
    Kartenspieler
    7.2
    Short
    • Shifra Lerer (as Shifra Lehrer)
    • 1999
  • Woody Allen, Demi Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Robin Williams, Kirstie Alley, Billy Crystal, Mariel Hemingway, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Richard Benjamin, Judy Davis, Amy Irving, Tobey Maguire, and Stanley Tucci in Deconstructing Harry (1997)
    Deconstructing Harry
    7.3
    • Dolly
    • 1997
  • Breathing Room (1996)
    Breathing Room
    5.1
    • Kathy's Grandmother
    • 1996
  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)
    A Stranger Among Us
    5.6
    • Yiddish Woman #1
    • 1992
  • Michael Krauss in Avalon (1990)
    Avalon
    7.2
    • Nellie Krichinsky
    • 1990
  • God, Man and Devil (1950)
    God, Man and Devil
    • Freda, his older niece
    • 1950

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The Komediant
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The Komediant

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Shifra Lehrer
  • Born
    • August 30, 1915
    • Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Died
    • March 12, 2011
    • New York, New York, USA(heart attack and stroke)
  • Spouses
      Michael Michalovic? - 1987 (his death)
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    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Yiddish actor Boris Thomashefsky discovered her when she was five years old.

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