Helen Hanft was born in The Bronx in New York City in 1934. She began her career on the stage in the late 1950's in theatre productions after studying drama at The Performing Arts High School. She transferred to Off-Off-Broadway productions, starring in a series of plays written by Tom Eyen. One of the plays was to make Hanft a star of both ...
Currently residing in Manhattan and actively working on both stage and in films. [June 2007]
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Residing in New York and actively working on stage and screen [August 2003]
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New York, NY, USA: Currently in pre-production for her own cable access TV series, 'The Helen Hanft Show'. [August 2007]
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Met Dom DeLuise in high school and they remained lifelong friends.
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She was the eldest of three children of Esther and Benjamin Hanft, the latter known as a prominent public-relations executive for several national Jewish organizations.