{{Short description|British actor, comedian and writer}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox comedian | name = Leila Hoffman | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = Leila Rothstein | birth_date = {{birth-date and age| 11 June 1934}} | birth_place = [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]], [[London]], England | death_date = | death_place = | medium = Television, film, stand up | active = | genre = | subject = | influences = | influenced = | spouse = Alfred Hoffman | domestic partner = | notable_work = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | current_members = | past_members = }}
'''Leila Hoffman''' (''née'' '''Rothstein'''; born 11 June 1934) is an English comedian, actress and writer.
==Personal life==
Hoffman is the daughter of Esther (née Schaewitch) (1906–1992) and Joseph "Joe" Rothstein, both children of Russian Jews. She has one sister, Sybil Fox, who is four years her senior. In 1960, Leila married Alfred Hoffman in [[Brighton]], where the Rothstein family had relocated to sometime after Leila's birth.
==Recent work==
Hoffman starred in [[BBC Three]] sitcom, ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'' as Dot Treacher, the widowed neighbour.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Not to Live Your Life, BBC Three, August |publisher=TV Scoop |url=http://www.tvscoop.tv/2008/07/coming_soon_how.html |accessdate=27 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830110125/http://www.tvscoop.tv/2008/07/coming_soon_how.html |archivedate=30 August 2008 }}</ref> She has also appeared in several online BBC comedy sketches with the group [[This is Wondervision]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|title=This is Wondervision|publisher=BBC Comedy|year=2010|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/show/p005y5yy/this_is_wondervision/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904060949/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/show/p005y5yy/this_is_wondervision|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2010|accessdate=9 November 2010}}</ref>
'''Film''' *Magician's Assistant, ''[[Magicians (2007 film)|Magicians]]'' (2007), Intermedia/Universal, Andrew O'Connor. *[[List of supporting Harry Potter characters#Augusta Longbottom|Augusta Longbottom]], ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' (2001), [[Warner Brothers]], [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]. *Bag Lady, ''[[Felicia's Journey (film)|Felicia's Journey]]'' (1999), Marquis Films, Atom Egoyan. *Principal Witch, ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), Jim Henson Films, Nic Roeg.
'''Television''' *Mrs Rossiter, ''[[Doctor Who]]'', DW Productions, Richard Clark *Old Lady, ''[[Not Going Out]]'', Avalon for [[BBC TV]], Nick Wood *Mrs Treacher, ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'', Brown Eyed Boy for [[BBC Three]], Sam Leifer *Mrs Lambert, ''[[EastEnders]]'', 25th anniversary DVD, [[BBC TV]], Jenny Darnell *Mrs Treacher, ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'', Brown Eyed Boy for [[BBC Three]], Martin Dennis *Granny Smith, ''[[Skins (TV series)|Skins]]'', Company Pictures for [[E4 (channel)|E4]], Simon Massey *Mrs Treacher, ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'', Brown Eyed Boy for [[BBC Three]], Gary Reich *Mad Alice, ''Magnolia'', Red Productions For [[BBC TV]], Jim Doyle *Mrs Treacher, ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'', Brown Eyed Boy, Gary Reich *Mother, ''Party Pieces'' (sketch show), Objective Productions for E4, Paul King *Barry's Mum, ''[[Respectable (TV series)|Respectable]]'', Silver River Productions, Dominic Brigstocke *Various Roles, ''Old Gits'', World of Wonder For [[BBC TV]], Gary Reich *Old Lady in Various Sketches, ''There's a German on my Sunbed'' (6 Eps), [[Granada TV]], Pete Rowe *Aunt Vera, ''[[According to Bex]]'', [[BBC TV]], Dewi Humphreys *Mrs Mollinson, ''[[Bad Education (TV series)|Bad Education]]'', [[BBC Three]] *Mrs Webster, ''Beneath the Skin'', [[Granada TV]], Sarah Harding *Gladys Randall, ''[[Doctors and Nurses (TV series)|Doctors and Nurses]]'', [[BBC TV]], Caroline Jeffries *Old Woman-sketches, ''[[15 Storeys High]]'', [[BBC TV]], Mark Nunneley *Margaret, ''[[Grass (TV series)|Grass]]'', [[BBC TV]], Martin Dennis *Ricky Grover's Mad Aunt Rose, BULLA, BBC Pilot, Andrew Gillman *Silly Old Lady, MICHAEL BARRYMORE SHOW, LWT, Russel Norman *Mrs Impey, ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, [[BBC TV]], Christine Gernon *Ricky's Mum, RICKY GERVAIS SHOW, LWT, Various *Old Lady, THE HIDDEN CAMERA, Pola Jones Films, Carol Chamberlain *Old Lady, RED HANDED, LWT, David Tibbles *Mrs Thingy, ROGER ROGER, [[BBC TV]], Tony Dow *Various Characters, ''[[Hearts of Gold]]'' – (5 Series Regular), [[BBC TV]], Various *Miss Jemima Pinkerton, VANITY FAIR, [[BBC TV]], Diarmuid Lawrence
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name | id = 0389001}} * {{Twitter}}
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