Fund Home: Last News

Marvin Kitman, a television critic for 35 years with Newsday and a prominent author best remembered for his examination of George Washington’s financial situation, died today at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 93 and died from cancer, according to his son, Jamie Kitman.

The Actors Fund Home in New Jersey, which saw the death of 10 residents during the horrific early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, is now free of the coronavirus. That’s despite the omicron variant spike that’s now sweeping the country.

Jonathan Reynolds, a playwright and screenwriter whose string of film credits in the 1980s included the comedies Micki & Maude, Switching Channels, My Stepmother Is an Alien and the notorious flop Leonard Part 6, died Oct. 27 of organ failure at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 79.

Coronavirus vaccinations have begun at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s retirement facility in Woodland Hills, and will begin on Monday at The Actors Fund Home in Englewood, NJ. Both of the entertainment industry’s retirement homes were hit hard in the early months of the pandemic, where the MPTF facility saw the deaths of six residents and The Actors Fund Home saw the deaths of 10.

David Robb Labor EditorIn a remarkable turnaround, the Actors Fund Home in New Jersey, which saw the COVID-related deaths of 10 of its residents in the early days of the pandemic, has been COVID-free for more than five months – since April 21.Similarly, residents at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country Home in Woodland Hills, which saw the deaths of six residents there in the first months of the pandemic, has not had an infection among its residents since April 12.Asked how the New Jersey facility has gotten the upper hand on the virus, Actors Fund president and CEO Joe Benincasa told Deadline: “Our administrator, Jordan Strohl, virtually lived at the facility and walked the floors, inspiring and motivating a great staff.

By David Robb

By David Robb

By David Robb

By David Robb

By David Robb