Erica Yohn
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Erica Yohn | |
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Born | Adella Erica Fishman October 1, 1928 The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 27, 2019 North Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | An American Tail series |
Spouse(s) | Lars Speyer (1950-19??; divorced) Tom Rosqui (August 18, 1963 – April 12, 1991; his death) |
Children | 1 |
Erica Yohn (October 1, 1928 – January 27, 2019) was an American stage and television actress.
Yohn had many bit parts in film and television, such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and television shows, such as Rhoda, ER, Murphy Brown, Double Rush, and Picket Fences. She voiced Mama Mousekewitz in An American Tail and its first two sequels.
From 1971 to 1972, she was a member of the Broadway cast of Lenny, playing various roles, including Sadie Kitchenberg alias Sally Marr, the mother of Lenny Bruce, directed by Tom O'Horgan.[1] She also appeared on Broadway in the original play That Summer - That Fall (1967), an English-language revival of Federico García Lorca's play Yerma (1966–67), the musical Cabaret (1966–69), and revivals of such classics as The Alchemist (1966) and The Country Wife (1965-66).[2]
Personal life and death[]
Yohn was Born Adella (later known as "Adele") Erica Fishman, the younger child of Jacob and Sonia Fishman, Yohn was married at least two times; she had an elder brother, Marcus. She had two sons, one from her first marriage to Lars Speyer, David Speyer, and Yohn Rosqui, from her final marriage, to fellow actor Tom Rosqui in 1963.[3]
Yohn died on January 27, 2019, aged 90,[4] at her North Hollywood, California home after a sudden illness. Yohn Rosqui announced his mother's death on Facebook.[better source needed]
Partial filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1974 | The Godfather Part II | Governess | |
1975 | The Dream Makers | Helen | |
1981 | S.O.B. | Agnes - Costume Designer | |
1983 | Star 80 | Interviewer | |
1985 | Roadhouse 66 | Thelma | |
Pee-wee's Big Adventure | Madam Ruby | ||
Night Court | Madam Loretta | Episode: The Gypsy | |
1986 | An American Tail | Mama Mousekewitz | voice |
1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Selma | segment "Murray in Videoland" |
1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Mama Mousekewitz | voice |
1993 | Jack the Bear | Mother-in-Law | |
1994 | Corrina, Corrina | Grandma Eva | |
1998 | An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island | Mama Mousekewitz | voice |
References[]
- ^ Erica Yohn, in "Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: May 26", Playbill, May 26, 2018.
- ^ "Erica Yohn – Broadway Cast & Staff". IBDb.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Ancestry Library Edition". ancestrylibrary.proquest.com.
- ^ "Erica Yohn". aveleyman.com. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
External links[]
- Erica Yohn at IMDb
- 1928 births
- 2019 deaths
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Actresses from New York City
- Disease-related deaths in California
- People from the Bronx
- American screen actor, 1920s birth stubs
- American theatre actor stubs