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American actress

Date of Birth: 5 June 1914
Age at the time of death: 94 years old
Date death 25 October 2008
In the rating: #88 Actress

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Estelle Reiner was an American actress and singer, described by The New York Times as "matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy". She was the wife of Carl Reiner and the mother of Rob Reiner, Lucas Reiner, and Annie Reiner.

Life and career

Reiner was born in the Bronx and graduated from James Monroe High School. She was a visual artist and met her future husband, Carl Reiner, while working in the Catskills, designing stage sets for hotel shows. She married Reiner in 1943, and had three children, Rob, Lucas and Annie. She was Jewish.

Carl Reiner's 1960s television comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, recapitulated his career writing for Sid Caesar, with Carl Reiner playing the Caesar character and Dick Van Dyke portraying Reiner's real-life job as a writer in the role of Rob Petrie. The re-creation was so complete that the Petries in the show lived on Bonnie Meadow Road in suburban New Rochelle, New York, the same street as the real-life Reiners. As described by Rob Reiner, "Basically he wrote his own life" in The Dick Van Dyke Show and that “my mother was Mary Tyler Moore".

In her 60s, Reiner became a cabaret singer and performed for decades until just a few years before her death. She studied the theatre with method acting pioneer Lee Strasberg and with Viola Spolin, the American Grandmother of Improvisation. She appeared in a number of film comedies, including with Dom DeLuise in the 1980 film Fatso, as Mrs. Goodman, and in the 1983 movies The Man with Two Brains with Steve Martin in the role "Tourist in Elevator" and in Mel Brooks' To Be or Not to Be as Gruba.

Reiner's most enduring film role was in 1989's When Harry Met Sally..., in which director Rob Reiner cast his mother as a customer in a scene with stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan at Katz's Delicatessen, in which Ryan fakes what was described as "a very public (and very persuasive) orgasm". Approached by a waitress after Ryan finishes, Reiner deadpans "I'll have what she's having". The line was ranked 33rd on the American Film Institute's list of the Top 100 movie quotations, just behind Casablanca's "Round up the usual suspects".

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Date of Birth 5 June 1914

Age at the time of death 94 years old

Zodiac sign Gemini Gemini - friendliness and practicality Gemini is undoubtedly an active sign, nevertheless, their energy and strength lacks the constant direction that is necessary in order to achieve success. Gemini sometimes cannot bring a distant goal closer, at…

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Leo	92%
Libra	92%
Cancer	88%
Aquarius	88%
Sagittarius	88%
Gemini	84%
Aries	80%
Virgo	68%
Taurus	68%
Scorpio	68%
Capricorn	68%
Pisces	64%

Slavic horoscope Finist The Finist chertog in the Svarog circle carries a distinct rhythm of character, totem strength, and life task. People born in this hall often recognize themselves through ties to nature, kin, and patronage.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Horse	96%
Eagle	92%
Elk	92%
Aurochs	92%
Finist	88%
Pike	84%
Boar	84%
Fox	84%
Stork	84%
Virgin	80%
Raven	80%
Swan	76%
Lynx	76%
Wolf	76%
Bear	76%
Serpent	56%

Egyptian horoscope Set The Egyptian sign of Set reflects divine patronage and a particular season of character in the ancient calendar. People born under this deity often feel motives early and carry a recognizable moral gravity.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Anubis	96%
Bastet	92%
Set	88%
Sekhmet	84%
Isis	84%
Thoth	80%
Horus	76%
Osiris	76%
Geb	64%
Nile	64%
Amun-Ra	60%
Mut	56%

Druid horoscope Hawthorn Hawthorn joins outer reserve with inner fire. Born 13 May to 9 June, these people sense beauty deeply and love with intensity behind a quiet face.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Oak	92%
Willow	92%
Hawthorn	88%
Vine	84%
Hazel	84%
Alder	84%
Rowan	84%
Holly	80%
Ivy	76%
Ash	76%
Birch	76%
Elder	60%
Reed	56%

Indian horoscope Vrishabha Born under Vrishabha, people in the Indian horoscope often blend spiritual depth with practical discipline, reading life as a sequence of karmic lessons and duties.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Mithuna	92%
Mesha	92%
Vrishabha	88%
Tula	84%
Kanya	84%
Simha	80%
Karka	76%
Kumbha	64%
Makara	60%
Dhanu	56%
Vrishchika	56%
Meena	44%

Flower horoscope Bellflower Born under Bellflower in the flower horoscope, people often find strength in beauty, atmosphere, and the quiet symbolism of their birth bloom.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Violet	96%
Water lily	96%
Purslane	96%
Dahlia	96%
Wild rose	92%
Tulip	92%
Daisy	92%
Chamomile	92%
Lily of the valley	92%
Hydrangea	92%
Bellflower	88%
Freesia	84%
Lilac	84%
Carnation	84%
Delphinium	84%
Foxglove	84%
Poppy	84%
Mistletoe	84%
Thistle	84%
Gladiolus	80%
Camellia	80%
Rose	80%
Magnolia	80%
Belladonna	80%
Peony	76%
Orchid	76%
Heather	76%
Aster	76%
Sunflower	76%
Lily	76%
Mimosa	76%
Immortelle	76%
Gentian	76%
Lotus	64%
Dandelion	64%
Edelweiss	56%

Decan horoscope Gemini — 2nd decan Born in the Gemini — 2nd decan period, people often show a sharper flavor of their sign: faster or slower, bolder or more reflective, yet always recognizable by birth date.

Zodiac Compatibility	%
Leo — 1st decan	96%
Gemini — 3rd decan	96%
Taurus — 2nd decan	96%
Aries — 3rd decan	96%
Cancer — 3rd decan	92%
Cancer — 2nd decan	92%
Cancer — 1st decan	92%
Gemini — 1st decan	92%
Taurus — 3rd decan	92%
Taurus — 1st decan	92%
Gemini — 2nd decan	88%
Scorpio — 3rd decan	84%
Scorpio — 2nd decan	84%
Libra — 1st decan	84%
Virgo — 3rd decan	84%
Leo — 2nd decan	84%
Scorpio — 1st decan	80%
Virgo — 2nd decan	80%
Aries — 1st decan	80%
Sagittarius — 1st decan	76%
Libra — 3rd decan	76%
Libra — 2nd decan	76%
Virgo — 1st decan	76%
Leo — 3rd decan	76%
Aries — 2nd decan	76%
Pisces — 1st decan	64%
Aquarius — 3rd decan	64%
Capricorn — 2nd decan	64%
Capricorn — 1st decan	64%
Aquarius — 2nd decan	60%
Sagittarius — 3rd decan	60%
Pisces — 3rd decan	56%
Pisces — 2nd decan	56%
Aquarius — 1st decan	56%
Capricorn — 3rd decan	56%
Sagittarius — 2nd decan	56%