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.

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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

Movie

Dolly

1997

A Stranger Among Us (1992)

A Stranger Among Us

5.6

Movie

Yiddish Woman #1

1992

God, Man and Devil (1950)

God, Man and Devil

Movie

Freda, his older niece

1950

Breathing Room (1996)

5.0

Movie

Kathy's Grandmother

1996

Credits

Actress

Kartenspieler
7.8
Short
- Shifra Lerer (as Shifra Lehrer)
- 1999
Deconstructing Harry
7.3
- Dolly
- 1997
Breathing Room
5.0
- Kathy's Grandmother
- 1996
A Stranger Among Us
5.6
- Yiddish Woman #1
- 1992
Avalon
7.2
- Nellie Krichinsky
- 1990
God, Man and Devil
- Freda, his older niece
- 1950

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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
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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

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