Herta Ware

Nationality:
American
Birthplace:
Wilmington, Delaware
Death Date:
08/15/2005
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biography
Character actress of stage, screen and TV, who suffered through the blacklisting of the 50s alongside husband Will Geer (later Grandpa Walton on "The Waltons") and returned to frequent film and TV roles in the mid-80s, particularly after her performance as Rose Lefkowitz, the senile wife of Jack Gilford who dies in "Cocoon" (1985). Even before her mature on-camera roles of recent years, Herta Ware was known to theatre audiences for her work as member of Eva LaGallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in the 1930s, as well as for her roles on Broadway and on stage in Los Angeles, where she Continued
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Aunt Delia
1999
Rose Lefkowitz
Mrs Higgins
Aunt Zard
Jake's Mother
Mrs Raines
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Worked with Eva LaGallienne as member of the Civic Repertory Theatre
 
Founder and player with Theatricum Botanicum, a theatre she founded with husband Will Geer
1985 
Portrayed Rose Lefkowitz, senile retiree in "Cocoon"
1986 
Co-starred as Mrs. Hartounian in "Who Hears the Child's Cry?" movie
1988 
Guest-starred as the mother of Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Continued
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