{{Short description|American actress (1929–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Liz Sheridan | image = Liz Sheridan.jpg | caption = Sheridan in an episode of ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' | image_upright = | birth_name = Elizabeth Ann Sheridan | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|4|10}} | birth_place = [[Rye, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|15|1929|4|10}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | known_for = {{hlist|''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]''|''[[Seinfeld]]''}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer|author}} | spouse = {{Marriage|Dale Wales<br />|1985|2003|reason=died}} | years_active = 1950s–2010 | children = 1 | father = [[Frank Sheridan (pianist)|Frank Sheridan]] }} '''Elizabeth Ann Sheridan''' (April 10, 1929 – April 15, 2022) was an American actress. While best known for her roles as the nosy neighbor, Mrs. Ochmonek, on the sitcom ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'' (1986–1990), and [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry's]] mother, Helen, in ''[[Seinfeld]]'' (1990–1998), her decades-long career was extensive and included work on the stage and on large and small screens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/liz-sheridan-dead-seinfeld-mother-alf-broadway-1235003021/|title=Liz Sheridan Dies: 'Seinfeld' Mom & 'ALF' Actress Was 93|date=April 15, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
== Early life == Sheridan was born Elizabeth Ann Sheridan in [[Rye, New York]], on April 10, 1929.<ref name="EW-obit">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/tv/liz-sheridan-dead-seinfeld-mom-dies-93/ |title=Liz Sheridan, Jerry's doting mom on Seinfeld, dies at 93|first1=Christian|last1=Holub|publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=April 15, 2022}}</ref> Her father, [[Frank Sheridan (pianist)|Frank Sheridan]], was a classical pianist; her mother, Elizabeth Poole-Jones, was a concert singer. She was raised by her mother in [[Westchester County, New York]], after her parents' separation.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news|title=Liz Sheridan, Who Played Jerry Seinfeld's Mom, Dies at 93|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/arts/television/liz-sheridan-dead.html|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|date=April 15, 2022|access-date=April 16, 2022|newspaper=The New York Times|url-access=limited}}</ref> As a child, she was given the nickname "Dizzy",<ref name="NYT obit" /> a shortened version of "Dizabeth", which is how her sister managed to pronounce her name when they were young.<ref name="Bewitched">{{Cite book|last=Pilato|first=Herbie J.|title=Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery|publisher=Taylor Trade|year=2012|isbn=978-1-58979-749-9|location=Lanham, MD|pages=6, 358, 366}}</ref>
== Career == Sheridan began her professional life as a nightclub dancer and singer in the 1950s,<ref name="EW-obit" /> and spent much of her early career living and working in the Caribbean.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="NYT obit" /> In the late 1960s, back in New York City, she performed in one of [[Julius Monk]]'s annual cabaret reviews at Plaza 9, located in the [[Plaza Hotel]].{{cn|date=April 2024}} She also appeared in plays and musicals on Broadway, co-starring with [[Meryl Streep]] and [[Christopher Lloyd]] in the 1977 musical, ''[[Happy End (musical)|Happy End]]'', before moving to Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/liz-sheridan-80515|title=Liz Sheridan|website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/happy-end-4000#OpeningNightCast|title=Happy End|website=Internet Broadway Database}}</ref> Working in [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]], she came to prominence in supporting roles in over a dozen feature films and 60 prime time network television movies, mini-series, and series including ''[[Kojak]]'',<ref name="NYT obit" /> ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'',<ref name=Barnes /> ''[[Newhart]]'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> ''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'',<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> ''[[The A-Team]]'', ''[[Who's the Boss?|Who's the Boss]]'', ''[[Hill Street Blues|Hill St. Blues]]'',<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'', ''[[Family Ties]]'',<ref name=Armstrong /> ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', and ''[[Double Rush]]''.<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> Her first major role was playing the nosy neighbor Raquel Ochmonek on the [[NBC]] TV series ''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'', from 1986 to 1990.<ref name=Pedersen>{{cite news|title=Liz Sheridan Dies: 'Seinfeld' Mom & 'ALF' Actress Was 93|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/liz-sheridan-dead-seinfeld-mother-alf-broadway-1235003021/|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=April 15, 2022|access-date=April 16, 2022|magazine=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
Following that she secured a long-lived role as [[Jerry Seinfeld (character)|Jerry's]] "protective, Florida-living mom", [[Helen Seinfeld|Helen]], on ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref name="NBC News obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actor-liz-sheridan-best-known-jerry-seinfelds-tv-mother-dies-93-rcna24637 |title=Liz Sheridan, actor best known as Jerry Seinfeld's TV mom, dies at 93|first1=Diana|last1=Dasrath|first2=David K.|last2=Li|publisher=[[NBC News]]|date=April 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-best-tv-sitcoms-of-all-time-2013-6#1-seinfeld-20|title=The 20 Best TV Sitcoms Of All Time|last=Driscoll|first=Molly|date=June 8, 2013 |website=Business Insider}}</ref> She appeared in all nine seasons, from 1990 to 1998, the only actor to do so apart from the four leads,<ref>{{cite video |title=Seinfeld Season 9: Notes About Nothing – "The Blood" |medium=DVD |publisher=[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] |date=2007}}</ref> and was the last surviving actress to play one of the parents of the ''Seinfeld'' main cast members.<ref name="NBC News obit" /><ref name="CNN obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/entertainment/liz-sheridan-seinfeld-death-cec/index.html |title=Liz Sheridan, 'Seinfeld' actress, dead at 93|first1=Scottie|last1=Andrew|publisher=CNN|date=April 15, 2022}}</ref>
In 2009, with [[Andy Griffith]] and [[Doris Roberts]], Sheridan co-starred in the feature film ''[[Play the Game (2009 film)|Play the Game]]'', a romantic comedy about a widowed grandfather who learns dating tricks from his serial romancer of a grandson. The film received attention for containing a sex scene between Sheridan and Griffith.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/play-the-game-2009|title=Andy Griffith and Seinfeld's mom: I would really rather not know|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=August 26, 2009 |website=Roger Ebert}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Saslow|first=Rachel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081702067.html |title=Media Scan: A Movie About Aging, a DVD for Exercise, a Book About Dieting|date=August 18, 2009|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
== Personal life == While working as a dancer in New York City nightclubs, Sheridan met the then-unknown [[James Dean]]. She wrote a book, ''Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: A Love Story'', chronicling their time together in the early 1950s.<ref name="EW-obit" /> In it, she describes them as each other's first romantic love. "We had great times... We didn't want to be apart. We found a place and lived together... before he really hit it big."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlRm6HpQNJk&t=120s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HlRm6HpQNJk |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Liz Sheridan Interview|date=November 11, 2009|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At one point in their relationship, they found themselves traveling to Ohio with [[baseball player|Major League Baseball]] player [[Clyde McCullough]]. During the trip, as they discussed baseball, she realized that if she and Dean were married she would be known as "Dizzy Dean", evoking thoughts of the [[Dizzy Dean|baseball player of the same name]].<ref name="NYT obit" />
Dean pursued work on the stage in New York City, with film roles in Hollywood soon to follow. Without sure footing or a serious plan, forging a future was not an option, thus bringing about the end of their relationship.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spoto|first=Donald|title=Rebel: The Life and Legend of James Dean|publisher=Harper Collins|year=1996|isbn=978-0-06-017656-3|location=New York City|pages=95–122}}</ref><ref name="Leslie">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcf165OjUms |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/bcf165OjUms |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Liz Sheridan Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour|last=Leslie|first=Paul|date=March 2, 2012|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> "He was being hauled away into this career, and I couldn't follow him," she said in an interview.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/an-affair-to-remember-vol-45-no-25/|title=An Affair to Remember|last=Lipton|first=Michael A.|date=June 24, 1996|website=People magazine|access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Winkler|first=Peter|title=The Real James Dean: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best|publisher=Chicago Review Press|year=2016|isbn=978-1-61373-472-8|location=Chicago, IL|pages=138}}</ref>
Early in 1953, Sheridan departed New York City for the [[Virgin Islands]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Sheridan|first=Liz|title=Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: a Love Story|publisher=Harper Entertainment|year=2000|isbn=978-0-06-039383-0|location=New York, NY|pages=298}}</ref> She lived for over a decade in [[Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]] and later [[Puerto Rico]]. She earned a living as a dancer and also by singing and playing piano. Together with a neighbor who had a dance troupe, she won a dance contest she choreographed for the first [[Carnival]] in St. Thomas. She also earned a $600 purse finishing first in a horse race, atop her stallion, Generalé.
After a brief engagement to Justus "Pancho" Villa, she realized she did not want to marry him, broke it off, and returned for a time to New York City. There, at a party, she again met Dean. Afterwards, in a cab, he told her, "Nothing's lost between us. It never will be. You're a part of me and I'm a part of you. I take you with me wherever I go." That was the last time she saw him.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sheridan|first=Liz|title=Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: a Love Story|publisher=Harper Entertainment|year=2000|isbn=978-0-06-039383-0|location=New York, NY|pages=306–319}}</ref>
Back in the Caribbean, she met jazz musician [William] Dale Wales (1917–2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-2227934/william-dale-wales-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|title=Dale Wales|website=My Heritage}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Kelley |first=Robin D.G. |author-link = Robin Kelley |date=2009 |title=Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original |location=New York |publisher= Free Press |pages= 227, 229 |oclc=180755951 |isbn = 9780684831909 }}</ref> in Puerto Rico. They shared a life from 1960 until his death in 2003; they wed in 1985.<ref name="NYT obit" /> Their daughter Stephanie is a photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://swalescreativeimagery.zenfolio.com/about.html|title=About|work=SWalesCreativeGalleries |publisher=Stephanie Wales Creative Imagery|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> Sheridan said, "I'm so unmotherly, I cannot tell you. I'm still a flower child somewhere. My daughter was more my friend than my daughter most of her life."<ref name="PPG">{{cite news|last=Vancheri|first=Barbara|title=Liz sheridan: she'll be watching at home when the curtain falls|date=May 10, 1998|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|page=G-10}}</ref>
Sheridan and actress [[Elizabeth Montgomery]] were friends and were known as Dizzy and Lizzie. Montgomery only took on the nickname "Lizzie" following her performance in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie, ''[[The Legend of Lizzie Borden]]''<ref name="Bewitched" /><ref name="Leslie" /> The pair adored horses and together they frequented the [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita race track]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pilato|first=Herbie J.|title=The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery: A Guide to Her Magical Performances|publisher=Taylor Trade|year=2013|isbn=978-1-58979-824-3|location=Lanham, MD|pages=17–18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pilato|first=Herbie J.|title=Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery|publisher=Taylor Trade|year=2012|isbn=978-1-58979-749-9|location=Lanham, MD|pages=291, 293}}</ref> ==Death== Sheridan died on April 15, 2022, at the age of 93.<ref name="EW-obit" /><ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name="NBC News obit" /><ref name="CNN obit" />
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1982 |''[[Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/liz_sheridan|title=Liz Sheridan|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name=AFI>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/391131-Liz-Sheridan|title=Liz Sheridan|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> |Mrs. Larson | |- |1983 |''[[Star 80]]''<ref name=AFI /><ref name=TCM>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/176091%7C0/Liz-Sheridan#filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714173008/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/176091%7C0/Liz-Sheridan/#filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2017|title=Liz Sheridan – Filmography|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> |Makeup Woman | |- |1984 |''[[Nickel Mountain]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography">{{cite web|title=Liz Sheridan List of Movies and TV Shows|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/liz-sheridan/credits/3030240535/|website=TV Guide|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> |Reception Nurse | |- |1985 |''[[Avenging Angel (1985 film)|Avenging Angel]]''<ref name=AFI /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Nurse | |- |1985 |''[[School Spirit]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Kingman | |- |1986 |''[[Legal Eagles]]''<ref name=AFI /><ref name=TCM /> |Juror | |- |1987 |''[[Who's That Girl (1987 film)|Who's That Girl]]''<ref name=AFI /><ref name=TCM /> |Nurse #1 | |- |1992 |''[[Only You (1992 film)|Only You]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Stein | |- |1992 |''[[Wishman]]''<ref name=AFI /><ref name=TCM /> |Ms. Finger | |- |1993 |''[[Brainsmasher... A Love Story]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Ma Molly | |- |1995 |''[[Forget Paris]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Woman in Car | |- |1996 |''[[Wedding Bell Blues (film)|Wedding Bell Blues]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Samuel Levine | |- |1996 |''[[A&P (short story)|A&P]]'' |Hi-Ho Lady |Short film |- |1997 |''Always Say Goodbye''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Muriel Evans | |- |2002 |''[[Now You Know (film)|Now You Know]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Grandma | |- |2004 |''[[Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |{{N/a}} | <!-- |- | 2006 | ''Escape'' | Gas Station Attendant | Short film --> |- | 2007 | ''The Blacksmith and the Carpenter''<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba208921d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418110718/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba208921d|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2023|title=Liz Sheridan |publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> | God's Wife | Voice<br /> Short film |- |2009 |''[[Play the Game (2009 film)|Play the Game]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=TCM /> |Edna Gordon | |- |2010 |''Trim''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Helen | <!-- |- |2016 |''[[The Last Laugh (2016 film)|The Last Laugh]]'' |{{N/a}} |Archive footage --> |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1977 |''[[Kojak]]''<ref name="NYT obit" /> |Rose |Episode: "Kojak's Days: Part 1" |- |1981 |[[The White Shadow (TV series)|''The White Shadow'']]<ref name=Pedersen /> |Restaurant Customer |Episode: "B.M.O.C." |- |1981 |''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Lady |Episode: "Billie" |- |1982 |[[World War III (miniseries)|''World War III'']]<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Naomi Glass |Miniseries |- |1982 |''[[Gimme a Break!]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Nurse Whales |Episode: "The Emergency" |- |1982 |''[[In the Custody of Strangers]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Caseworker |Television film |- |1982 |''[[Tucker's Witch]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits Supplement: Through 1987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGlZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22liz+sheridan%22+%22Tucker%27s+Witch%22|publisher=McFarland|year=1989|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|page=833|isbn=978-0-89950-364-6}}</ref> |Secretary |Episode: "Big Mouth" |- |1983 |''[[St. Elsewhere]]''<ref name=Barnes>{{cite news|title=Liz Sheridan, Jerry's Mom on 'Seinfeld,' Dies at 93|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/liz-sheridan-dead-seinfeld-mother-1235130945/|first=Mike|last=Barnes|date=April 15, 2022|access-date=April 16, 2022|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> |Dr. Susan Mauri |Episode: "The Count" |- |1983 |''[[Oh Madeline]]'' |Mrs. Phelps |Episode: "Mummy Dearest"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/tv/oh_madeline/s01/e02|title=Oh Madeline – Season 1, Episode 2: Mummy Dearest|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> |- |1983 |''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]''<ref name=Pedersen /> |Lydia Lowell |Episode: "If Thoughts Could Kill" |- |1983 |''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Mrs. Muller |Episode: "The Dentist" |- |1983, 1985 |''[[The A-Team]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Hildegard Henderson / Tina Lavelle |2 episodes |- |1984 |''[[Second Sight: A Love Story]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Carlisle |Television film |- |1984 |''[[Three's a Crowd]]''<ref name=Pedersen /> |Miss Rockwell |Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl" |- |1984 |''[[The Cartier Affair]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Miss Carpenter |Television film |- |1984 |''[[Riptide (American TV series)|Riptide]]'' |Everitt's Secretary |Episode: "Father's Day"<ref>{{cite book|title=Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dc0TF0GHAmAC&pg=PA186|publisher=McFarland|date=September 12, 2009|last=Abbott|first=Jon|page=186|isbn=978-0-7864-5401-3}}</ref> |- |1985 |''Sins of the Father''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Middle-Aged Woman |Television film |- |1985 |''[[It's Your Move]]'' |Eunice |Episode: "A Woman Is Just a Woman"<ref>{{cite news|title=It's Your Move|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e6746ff07b974b388ae623eb15760a8a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421130057/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e6746ff07b974b388ae623eb15760a8a|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2022|date=June 23, 1986|access-date=April 16, 2022|publisher=BBC One}}</ref> |- |1985 |''[[Newhart]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Mrs. Spencer |Episode: "Look Homeward, Stephanie" |- |1985 |''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Selma |Episode: "Pilot" |- |1985 |''Generation''<ref name=TCM /> |Clara |Television film |- |1985 |''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''<ref name=Armstrong>{{cite book|title=Seinfeldia: How a Show About Nothing Changed Everything|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_UlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|publisher=Simon and Schuster|date=June 6, 2017|last=Armstrong|first=Jennifer Keishin|page=147|isbn=978-1-4767-5611-0}}</ref> |Nurse Greta Bayley |3 episodes |- |1985 |''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]'' |Zelda March |Episode: "Happy Birthday, Baby Brother"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rtv2-production-2-6.rottentomatoes.com/tv/brothers_1984/s02/e12|title=Brothers – Season 2, Episode 12: Happy Birthday, Baby Brother|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref> |- |1985 |''[[Who's the Boss?]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Gertrude |Episode: "Custody: Part 2" |- |1985, 1986 |''[[Remington Steele]]''<ref name=Armstrong /> |Greta Swenson / Woman in Hallway |2 episodes |- |1986 |''[[Hill Street Blues]]''<ref name="NYT obit" /><ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Dorothy Miskin |Episode: "I Want My Hill Street Blues" |- |1986 |''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /><ref name=Armstrong /> |Dr. Vernon |Episode: "Sorry, Right Number" <!-- |- |1986 |''[[Easy Street (TV series)|Easy Street]]'' |Mrs. Bolton |Episode: "Charity Begins at Home" --> |- |1986 |''[[Kate's Secret]]''<ref name=TCM /> |Evelyn |Television film |- |1986 |''[[The Magical World of Disney]]'' |Hostess |Episode: "Sunday Drive"<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |- |1986 |''[[A Year in the Life]]''<ref name=TCM /> |Lois |Episode: "The First Christmas" |- |1986–1990 |''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=Armstrong /> |Raquel Ochmonek |34 episodes |- |1987 |''Warm Hearts, Cold Feet''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Amanda McPherson |Television film <!-- |- |1987 |''[[Throb]]'' |Adele |Episode: "The Golden Guys" --> |- |1988 |''[[The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick]]''<ref name=TCM /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Van Adams |Television film |- |1988 |''[[Family Ties]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=Armstrong /> |Ginny McCoy |Episode: "Heartstrings: Part 3" |- |1989 |''[[It's a Living]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Sophie |Episode: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" |- |1990 |''Piece of Cake''<ref name=TCM /> |Mrs. Katz |Television film |- |1990 |''[[Good Grief (TV series)|Good Grief]]''<ref>{{cite book|title=TV Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-2PvAAAAMAAJ&q=%22liz+sheridan%22+%22Good+Grief%22|volume=38|publisher=Triangle Publications|year=1990|page=91|isbn=}}</ref> |Widow Blackwell |Episode: "Warren Learns to Fly" |- |1990 |''Dr. Ruth's House''<ref name=TCM /> |Jessica Dimmesdale |Television film |- |1990, 1994 |''[[Empty Nest]]''<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Coover / Elspeth |2 episodes |- |1990–1998 |''[[Seinfeld]]''<ref name="NYT obit" /> |[[Helen Seinfeld]] |21 episodes <!-- |- |1991 |''[[Equal Justice (TV series)|Equal Justice]]'' |Judge Constance Adler |Episode: "Do No Harm" --> |- |1991 |''[[Changes (1991 film)|Changes]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=TCM /> |Mrs. Hahn |Television film |- |1991 |''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Rose Tessler |Episode: "Bite the Big Apple" <!-- |- |1992 |''[[Herman's Head]]'' |Miss Cracknick |Episode: "To Err Is Herman" --> |- |1992 |''[[Melrose Place]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Liz Sheridan (1929–2022), Jerry's mom on "Seinfeld"|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/liz-sheridan-1929-2022-jerrys-mom-on-seinfeld/|first=Linnea|last=Crowther|date=April 15, 2022|access-date=April 16, 2022|website=Legacy.com}}</ref> |Woman Shopper |Episode: "My Way" |- |1994 |[[Blossom (American TV series)|''Blossom'']]<ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. Walker |Episode: "Blossom Gump" |- |1994–1997 |''[[Life with Louie]]''<ref name=TCM /> |Mrs. Stillman |7 episodes |- |1995 |''[[Double Rush]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Marge |Episode: "Slamming Into a Car Isn't Good" |- |1995 |''[[Sliders (TV series)|Sliders]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Miss Miller |Episode: "Prince of Wails" |- |1995 |''Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=TCM /> |Wendy Padison |Television film |- |1995 |''[[Cleghorne!]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Madame Bourreau |2 episodes |- |1997 |''[[A Match Made in Heaven]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name=TCM /> |Ruthie Klein |Television film |- |2005 |''[[Complete Savages]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /><ref name="TVG Filmography" /> |Mrs. O'Hara |Episode: "Crimes and Mini-Wieners" |- |2005 |''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numbers]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Landlady |Episode: "Bones of Contention" |- |2007 |''[[American Dad!]]''<ref name="Rotten Tomatoes" /> |Mrs. Rothberg (voice) |Episode: "An Apocalypse to Remember" <!-- |- |2021 |''[[History of the Sitcom]]'' |Helen Seinfeld |Episode: "Just Friends" --> |}
==Book== * Sheridan, Liz. (2000) ''Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life with James Dean: A Love Story''. New York: HarperEntertainment. {{ISBN|0-0603-9383-1}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|0792210}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{iobdb name|5588}}
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