Lorraine Gary

Blonde character actress of TV and occasional feature films with a quiet authority and a comfortable, reassuring presence. Gary acted in such made-for-TV films as "The City" (1971) and "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (1973) before her big-screen debut in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" (1975), playing Ellen Brody, wife of police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider). She reprised the part in the inferior sequel "Jaws 2" and returned to working with Spielberg, again playing a resilient mom, in "1941" (1979). Gary also turned in an interesting, out-of-type performance as George Burns' bitchy daughter in "Just You and Me, Kid" (1979). After a career hiatus in the 1980s, she was lured back to the role of Ellen Brody to star (sans Scheider) in the fourth big fish story, "Jaws: The Revenge" (1987). Gary has been married to former MCA president Sidney Sheinberg for over 30 years; the couple's sons, Jon and Bill Sheinberg, are also movie executives.

• Also Credited As:
  Lorraine Gottfried
• Born:
  August 16, 1937 in New York, New York
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Father: George Gottfried. died in 1996
• Mother: Betty Gottfried.
• Sister: Helen Gottfried.
• Son: Jon Sheinberg. born c. 1958; father Sidney Sheinberg; formerly head of creative affairs at 20th Century-Fox; joined Orion Pictures in the late 1970s: went into partnership with father and brother with The Bubble Factory, a production company
• Son: William Sheinberg. born c. 1960; father Sidney Sheinberg; in partnership with father and brother in The Bubble Factory

Education

• Columbia University, New York, New York, political science

Milestones

• 1963 Made TV debut on "Dr. Kildare"
• 1975 Made feature film debut in Steven Spielberg's "Jaws"
• 1987 Played leading role in "Jaws the Revenge"
• Raised in Los Angeles