Career
Her claim to mainstream fame was her sole film role in which she played the interfering grandmother of Amy Irving in Joan Micklin Silver"s film Crossing Delancey (1988). She also appeared in a memorable "Law and Order" episode "Night and Fog" which aired in season 3. She had been an enduring star of the Yiddish stage in New York, and earlier in Poland and Argentina, appearing in hundreds of productions, often as a comedian and later as the familiar mother or mother-in-law character who often stole the show.
Foreign three decades, they were inseparable on the Yiddish stage, starring in one play or revue after another.
Summers were spent performing on the borscht belt. Reizl continued to appear in performances, touring the country in Yiddish revues.
She went on to appear in New York"s "Town Hall" with the celebrated Israeli star Mary Soreano and all star revues. In 1989 she played her first stage role in English, appearing in the comedy Social Security directed by Peter Lowey at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.
The following year she recreated her Crossing Delancey role on stage in Florida, and was due to tour again when she suddenly passed.
She died at Saint Vincent"s Hospital Medical Center, in New York City, aged 79, from undisclosed causes.