Helen Siff
Born: 1937-01-01 in Woodmere, Long Island, New York, USA
Died: 2025-12-18
Known For: Acting
Biography
Helen Siff (June 2, 1937 – December 18, 2025) was an American character actress. She was known for roles in numerous films including The Karate Kid (1984), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), and Hail, Caesar! (2016). She was born in Woodmere, New York, on June 2, 1937. She died from complications of surgery in Los Angeles on December 18, 2025, at the age of 88.
Filmography
2019
- Good Trouble as Older Woman
2017
- S.W.A.T. as Shirley
2016
- Hail, Caesar! as Malibu Maid
- The Wrong Roommate as Margaret
2015
- The Christmas Gift as Magaret
2013
- Mom as Nikki (voice)
2009
- Modern Family as Traveler
2008
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan as Mrs. Skitzer
2006
- The Lost as Jane Pye
2005
- My Name Is Earl as Waitress
2003
- The Tracy Morgan Show as Jury Foreman
2001
- Scrubs as Patient
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Weinblatt's Mother
- Strong Medicine
1998
- Will & Grace as Josie
- Felicity as Food Service Employee
1997
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Mary Higgins (segment "The Chess Game")
1996
- Spin City as Woman on TV
- Josh Kirby... Time Warrior: Last Battle for the Universe as Mrs. Mandelbaum
1994
- Ellen as Sharon
- Sister, Sister as Rose
- City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold as Shushing Lady
1992
- Mad About You as Female Teacher
- From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One as Lena Bowden
1989
- Doogie Howser, M.D. as Admitting Clerk
1988
- Earth Girls Are Easy as Mamie
- Big Top Pee-wee
- For Keeps as Landlady
1987
- Married... with Children as Leona
- Her Secret Life as Secretary
- Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife
1986
- There Must Be a Pony as Woman at Airport
1985
1984
- The Karate Kid as Cashier
1982
- White Dog as Pound Operator
1981
- Murder in Texas as Marian Timmons
1979
- Knots Landing as Miss. Flider
1977
- Lou Grant as Waitress