Liz Sheridan Religion

The religion of American actress and dancer, Elizabeth Ann Sheridan, is not clearly stated. However, she grew up in a Jewish family. Her parents are from Aleppo in Syria.

Liz is best known for her roles as Jerry’s mother in Seinfeld and the nosy neighbor, Mrs. Ochmonek, on ALF, her decades-long career was extensive and included work as a dancer and actress.

She was born and raised in Rye, New York, the daughter of concert singer Elizabeth Poole-Jones and classical pianist Frank Sheridan [fr].

Sheridan began her professional life as a nightclub dancer and singer in the 1950s, and spent much of her early career living and working in the Caribbean.

In the late 1960s, back in New York, she performed in one of Julius Monk’s annual cabaret reviews at Plaza 9, located in the Plaza Hotel.

She also appeared in plays and musicals on Broadway, co-starring with Meryl Streep and Christopher Lloyd in the 1977 musical, Happy End, before moving to Los Angeles. Working in 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, Archie Bunker’s Place, St. Elsewhere, Newhart, Moonlighting, The A-Team, Who’s the Boss, Hill St. Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Family Ties, Murder, She Wrote, and Double Rush.

Her first major role was playing nosy neighbor Raquel Ochmonek on the NBC TV series ALF, from 1986 to 1990.

Following that she secured her most renowned and long-lived role, as Jerry’s mother, Helen, in Seinfeld. She appeared in all nine seasons, from 1990 to 1998, the only actor to do so apart from the four leads.

Sheridan died at her home in New York City on April 15, 2022, five days after her 93rd birthday.

Media sources reported the coincidence her death came within a few weeks after the death of Estelle Harris (also at age 93) who played the mother of another Seinfeld character, George Costanza.