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Sylvia Kauders

Businesswoman/actress

Born - 1 December 1921, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died - 5 May 2016

Diminutive, silver-haired American actress with homely features who, after 30 years organising events for the mayor of her home city, decided to take up acting. She was so successful that TV work and a string of distinctive film cameos followed. Born Sylvia Wolinsky, her movie appearances included those in Witness (1985), Armed and Dangerous (1986), Sticky Fingers (1988), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Predator 2 (1990), Age Isn't Everything (1991), This My Life (1992), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), My Life (1994), City Hall (1996), The Giraffe (1998), Judy Berlin (1999), Love the Hard Way (2001), Analyze That (2002), Imaginary Heroes (2004), Building Girl (2005), The Last New Yorker (2007), The Wrestler (2008), According to Greta (2009), Man on a Ledge (2012), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) and Christmas With the Coopers/Love the Coopers (2015), her last. She died from a heart attack.