Thelma Leeds aka Thelma Bernstein (born Thelma Goodman circa 1911 - d. May 27 2006), was an American actress. She was the mother of actor/director Albert Brooks, Bob Einstein (TV's Super Dave Osborne), and Clifford Einstein, chairman of Dailey & Associates Advertising in West Hollywood, California and chairman of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In the early 1930s, Leeds sang light opera on the radio. Wikipedia
Her late 1930s film career was brief and unheralded and she retired early from the business, but as the mother of Albert Brooks she managed to enjoy a mini-comeback of sorts in a couple of his films during her twilight years. Former singer/actress Thelma www.imdb.com/name/nm0077157/
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