Wilson Chapman editorLiz Sheridan, the actor best know for her role as Jerry Seinfeld’s mother Helen in the classic sitcom “Seinfeld,” died on Friday, a representative confirmed to Variety.
She was 93.Born in 1929, Sheridan got her start as a nightclub act, earning a living by dancing and playing in both New York City and Caribbean clubs.
During her time as a nightclub act, she had a romantic relationship with James Dean pre-fame and would write about their relationship in her memoir “Dizzy & Jimmy,” which was published in 2000.
She would meet her husband, jazz musician Dale Wales, while performing at a Puerto Rican club.In the ’70s, Sheridan began appearing extensively in Broadway productions, from plays like “Best Friend” in 1976 and “Once a Catholic” in 1979 to musicals such as “Frank Merriwell” in 1971 and “Something’s Afoot” in 1976.
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