Anna Berger Biography ((?)-)
Born July 28, in New York, NY; daughter of William and Bella (maiden name, Heller) Berger; married Robert Malatzky (a board of education administrator), December 22, 1957; children: Joanne, Susan.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- July 28,
- New York, New York, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- (Broadway debut) Mrs. Kramer, Twilight Walk, Fulton Theatre, 1951
- The Flowering Peach, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1954
- A Very Special Baby, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1956
- (As Anna Vita Berger) Golde, Tevya and His Daughters, Carnegie Hall Playhouse, New York City, 1957
- Gideon, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 1961
- Goldie, "Epstein" in Unlikely Heroes, Plymouth Theatre, 1971
- Him, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1974
- Filomena, The Mute Who Sang, New Dramatists, New York City, 1977
- Made stage debut in Diamond Lil, Blackstone Theatre, Chicago, IL;also appeared in Paradise Lost, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD; Come Blow Your Horn; Community Property; Juno and the Paycock; The Silver Tassie; The Last Analysis; Golden Boy; Bye Bye Birdie; A Majority of One; Enter Laughing; Midnight Ride of Alvin Blum; The World of Sholom Aleichem; The Rose Tattoo; Scuba-Duba; And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little; Loversand Other Strangers; Prisoner of Second Avenue; God's Favorite; Torch Song Trilogy; Within the Gates; The Dog beneath the Skin.
- Major Tours
- Diamond Lil, U.S. cities, 1950-51
- Mother, Torch Song Trilogy, U.S. cities, 1984-85
- Film Appearances
- (Film debut) Caroline, Middle of the Night, Columbia, 1959
- Mother, The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (also known as Pelham 1-2-3), United Artists, 1974
- Poultry woman, Hester Street, Midwest, 1975
- Nurse, Endless Love, Universal, 1981
- Analyst, Lovesick, Warner Bros., 1983
- Funeral woman, The House on Carroll Street, Orion, 1988
- Aunt May, Crime and Misdemeanors, 1989
- Mother Weinschank, God's Payroll (also known as Mortal Sins, Dangerous Obsession, and Divine Obsession), 1990
- Mama Gabooch, Book of Love, 1990
- Mrs. Greene, Mobsters (also known as The Evil Empire), 1991
- Mrs. Malt, The Dark Backward, 1991
- Congresswoman, Deep Cover, 1992
- Clairette Taieb, Le Grand pardon II (also known as Day of Atonement), 1992 .The Killers Within, 1995
- Epstein's mother, Mother Night, Fine Line, 1996
- Honorine Azoulay, Soleil, 1997
- Older waitress, Sunset Strip, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
- Also appeared in Brothers.
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Mrs. Tarkasian, Singer & Sons, 1990
- Ma Tenuti, Johnny Bago, CBS, 1993
- Movies
- Mrs. Moore, Contract on Cherry Street (also known as Stakeout on Cherry Street), NBC, 1977
- Mrs. Berg, Raid on Entebbe, NBC, 1977
- Mrs. Munro, The Last Tenant, 1978
- Real estate agent, Terrible Joe Moran, CBS, 1984
- Woman, NYPD Mounted, CBS, 1991
- Irate tourist, The Thirteenth Year, The Disney Channel, 1999
- Mrs. Goldberg, Something to Sing About, syndicated, 2000
- Miniseries
- Celia Blackman, Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1977
- Hester Slatkin, People Like Us, NBC, 1990
- Specials
- Elaine Freiburg, Missing Parents, Showtime, 1994
- Pilots
- Louise, Street Killing, ABC, 1976
- Mrs. Goldman, Cagney and Lacey, CBS, 1981
- Mary Collito, "Pilot," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
- Episodic
- "The Mother," The Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
- "And Crown Thy Good," Goodyear Television Playhouse, 1954
- "Middle of the Night," The Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
- "Golden Lads and Girls," Naked City, ABC, 1963
- Mrs. Lipnick, "The Nicest Guys on the Block," Kojak, CBS, 1975
- "The Rand Report," Barney Miller, ABC, 1977
- Mary Taylor, "Repo Man," CHiPS, NBC, 1979
- Barney Miller, ABC, 1981
- "The Wedding," Kate & Allie, 1989
- Lotte Strauss, "Photo Opportunity," thirtysomething, 1990
- Ms. Stricker, Life Goes On, ABC, 1990
- "M is For the Many Things She Forgot She Gave Me," Anything But Love, 1991
- Mrs. Garber, Nurses, NBC, 1991
- Betty Howell, Civil Wars, ABC, 1992
- Mary Collito, "With the Greatest of Ease," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994
- Secretary #70, "The Secret Life of Jim Dial," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1994
- Ruby Simpkins, "Letting Go," The Commish, ABC, 1995
- Cat woman, The George Carlin Show, Fox, 1994
- Old woman, Charlie Grace, ABC, 1995
- Tracey Takes On ..., HBO, 1996
- Marian Kadell, "A Tushful of Dollars," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996
- Aunt Sophie, "Love, Death & Soda," The Home Court, 1996
- Caregiver, "Fear of Flying," ER, NBC, 1996
- Mrs. Goldberg, "From Flushing with Love," The Nanny, CBS, 1997
- Aunt Marilyn, The Nanny, CBS, 1997
- Alice Golota, NYPD Blue, ABC, 1997
- Rita Stipe, "Moving Out," Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS, 1998
- Dolores Mayo, "Twin Petes," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1998
- Rita Stipe, "Marie and Frank's New Friends," Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS, 2000
- Housewife, "Halloween," Bette, CBS, 2000
- Also appeared in East Side, West Side, CBS; One Life to Live, ABC; Ryan's Hope, ABC; The Doctors, NBC; As the WorldTurns, NBC; Rhoda, CBS; Baretta, ABC; Harry-O, ABC;The Blue Knight, CBS; Popi, CBS; Doc, CBS; The Goldbergs, NBC; Leg Work, CBS; Snip; and Clinic.