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Character actress of stage, screen and TV, who suffered through the blacklisting of the 50s alongside husband Will Geer (later Grandpa Walton on "The Waltons") and returned to frequent film and TV roles in the mid-80s, particularly after her performance as Rose Lefkowitz, the senile wife of Jack Gilford who dies in "Cocoon" (1985). Even before her mature on-camera roles of recent years, Herta Ware was known to theatre audiences for her work as member of Eva LaGallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in the 1930s, as well as for her roles on Broadway and on stage in Los Angeles, where she co-founded, with Geer, the Theatricum Botanicum in the Topanga section of the city....
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Filmography

2010 - ( Jessie Bowman / 2000 / Released / )
Cruel Intentions - ( Mrs Sugarman / 1999 / Released / )
St. Patrick's Day - ( Aunt Delia / 1999 / Released / )
Practical Magic - ( Old Lady Wilkes / 1998 / Released / )
Species - ( Mrs Morris / 1995 / Released / )
Top Dog - ( Jake's Mother / 1995 / Released / )
Lonely Hearts - ( Annie / 1991 / Released / )
Soapdish - ( Old Woman / 1991 / Released / )
Cocoon: the Return - ( Rose / 1988 / Released / )
Critters 2: The Main Course - ( Nana / 1988 / Released / )
Dakota - ( Aunt Zard / 1988 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Promised Land - ( Mrs Higgins / 1988 / Released / )
Dirty Laundry - ( / 1987 / Released / Seymour Borde & Associates )
Slam Dance - ( Mrs Raines / 1987 / Released / )
Cocoon - ( Rose Lefkowitz / 1985 / Released / )
Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype - ( Old Lady on Bus / 1980 / Released / )

TV Credits
Desperate But Not Serious ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Alien Nation: Millennium ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Co-ed Call Girl ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Tracey Takes On... ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
Crazy in Love ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Miracle Landing ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Child's Cry ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Crossings ( 1986 / Released ): Actor
Civil Wars ( Released ): Actor

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Character actress of stage, screen and TV, who suffered through the blacklisting of the 50s alongside husband Will Geer (later Grandpa Walton on "The Waltons") and returned to frequent film and TV roles in the mid-80s, particularly after her performance as Rose Lefkowitz, the senile wife of Jack Gilford who dies in "Cocoon" (1985). Even before her mature on-camera roles of recent years, Herta Ware was known to theatre audiences for her work as member of Eva LaGallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre in the 1930s, as well as for her roles on Broadway and on stage in Los Angeles, where she co-founded, with Geer, the Theatricum Botanicum in the Topanga section of the city. Among her many stage roles were the mother in "Ah! Wilderness," and, on Broadway, "Journeyman" and "Bury the Dead." After a long sojourn, she was seen in a bit part -- as the old lady on the bus -- in "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hype" in 1980, and in a small role in "2010" in 1984 before "Cocoon" returned her to prominence on casting lists. She was also in "Cocoon: The Return," again as Rose, as well playing Nana in "Critters 2: The Main Course" (1988), and Chuck Norris' mother in "Top Dog" (1995). On TV, Ware was the sympathetic Mrs. Hartounian in "Who Hears A Child's Cry?" (1986), and was Dorothy Hendricks, a older passenger whose plane runs awry in "Miracle Landing" (1990), both TV movies. She appeared in the miniseries "Crossings," and was mother to Captain Jean-Luc Picard in a memorable episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," which aired in 1988. More recently, she appeared with Tracey Ullman in the latter's HBO series "Tracey Takes On..." (1996).

Profession(s):
Actor
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Family
daughter:Ellen Geer (formerly married to Ed Flanders)
daughter:Kate Geer (formerly married to Larry Linville)
husband:Will Geer (married October 1939 until his death in 1978; played Grandpa on "The Waltons")
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CableACE Award Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries "Crazy in Love" 1992

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1995 Played Chuck Norris' mother in "Top Dog"
1988 Guest-starred as the mother of Captain Picard in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
1986 Co-starred as Mrs. Hartounian in "Who Hears the Child's Cry?" movie
1985 Portrayed Rose Lefkowitz, senile retiree in "Cocoon"
Worked with Eva LaGallienne as member of the Civic Repertory Theatre
Founder and player with Theatricum Botanicum, a theatre she founded with husband Will Geer

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