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Bunny Levine
Actor
Born December 22, 1928 (95 years)
Bunny Levine has had a passion for entertaining from her earliest memory. At the age of two, she subjected all her relatives to her rendition of the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" at every possible opportunity. Playing with her sister and friends in pre-school days, her favorite game was a simulation of the performances of the current Hollywood stars, replete with screams and fainting, in the mode of the times. Her greatest regret was that she, unlike her contemporary Shirley Temple, had not been discovered in dance class. By third grade she wrote, directed and starred in the epic, "Debbie's Diary." A year or so later, with increased maturity, she limited her contributions to no more than two of the three elements. All through elementary school and high school, she played either the lead or a character role in school and local productions. Transferring colleges on her marriage after sophomore year made her rethink the wisdom of a short, young, character woman gaining fame and fortune in the field, so she switched majors from Theater Arts, but continued to act, and to work on the college radio station. Already pregnant upon graduation, she put her acting aspirations on the back burner for 25 years, working primarily as a school librarian, to help her underpaid college professor husband raise their three children. Storytelling and book talks helped fill her performing aspirations. Foolishly, she would not participate in community theater, thinking of herself as too much of a professional. Upon early retirement, she began taking acting classes, going on auditions, and gradually immersing herself totally in the fabulous, mad world of acting. Soon she was a member of all the unions and began booking commercials, roles on soaps and episodics, as well as films. Upon her beloved husband, Bernie's, death, she moved from the New York area to the LA market, and continued studying, booking, and striving. Among her credits are Law & Order (1990), The Jimmy Show (2001), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), _Gilmore Girls_, the soon-to-be-released Charles Busch film, and Las Vegas (2003). She considers herself the most energetic and agile septuagenarian in the field and the oldest living student (her philosophy being that you can never stop learning and exercising the acting muscle).
Filmography
| 2024 | Thelma · as Mona |
| 2023 | Love Virtually · as Viv's Grandma |
| 2023 | The Invisible Raptor · as Dorothy |
| 2023 | You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah · as Bella |
| 2023 | Mrs. Davis (TV Series) · as Sister Ollie |
| 2023 | Jury Duty (TV Series) · as Prospective Juror |
| 2022 | Sprung (TV Series) · as Natalie |
| 2022 | They Live in the Grey · as Esther Ann Hopkins |
| 2021 | Mr. Mayor (TV Series) · as Enid |
| 2020 | DAVE (TV Series) · as Muriel |
| 2019 | VHYes · as Diane |
| 2019 | Sunnyside (2019) (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 2018 | I Feel Bad (TV Series) · as Trudy |
| 2018 | Mayans M.C. (TV Series) · as Elderly Woman |
| 2018 | Holiday Hostage · as Grandma |
| 2018 | This Close (TV Series) · as Mrs. Vanderhooven |
| 2017 | No Activity (US) (TV Series) · as Yaya Westbrook |
| 2017 | Sandy Wexler · as Sandy's Grandmother |
| 2016 | La La Land · as Movie Theater Cashier |
| 2016 | The Shickles · as Nana Shickles |
| 2016 | Fuller House (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 2015 | Con Man (TV Series) · as Elderly Patient |
| 2014 | Mulaney (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 2014 | Bad Judge (TV Series) · as Mildred |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Grandma |
| 2014 | Waiting in the Wings: The Musical · as Bertha |
| 2014 | Friends with Better Lives (TV Series) · as Estelle Markowitz |
| 2013 | Defending Santa · as Elderly Woman |
| 2013 | Getting On (US) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Beverly Poppley |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project (TV Series) · as Bryant's Grandmother |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Woman On Pier |
| 2011 | Walk a Mile in My Pradas · as Sister Betty |
| 2011 | Let Go · as Mrs. Grossman |
| 2011 | New Girl (TV Series) · as Shirley |
| 2011 | 2 Broke Girls (TV Series) · as Helen |
| 2011 | Kickin' It (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rosenbaum |
| 2011 | Happy Endings (TV Series) · as Enid |
| 2011 | Stonerville · as Lady Being Robbed |
| 2011 | Shameless (US) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mccurdy |
| 2011 | Workaholics (TV Series) · as Fran |
| 2010 | Raising Hope (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 2010 | Warren the Ape (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2010 | In My Sleep · as Rachel |
| 2010 | Father vs. Son · as Mrs. Kusnitz |
| 2009 | Men of a Certain Age (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 2009 | The Middle (TV Series) · as Sylvia Goldberg |
| 2009 | Brothers (2009) (TV Series) · as Meg |
| 2009 | Play Dead · as Old Lady |
| 2009 | Community (TV Series) · as Pierce's Mom (voice) |
| 2009 | Play the Game · as Claire Cranston |
| 2009 | SouthLAnd (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 2008 | Gary Unmarried (TV Series) · as Kindly Older Woman |
| 2008 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan · as Older Lady In Salon |
| 2007 | Year of the Fish · as Tourist Woman |
| 2007 | Private Practice (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 2007 | Love Comes Lately · as Max's Neighbor |
| 2007 | General Hospital: Night Shift (TV Series) · as Estelle Lambert |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Mabel |
| 2006 | A Very Serious Person · as Mrs. Nadel |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Martha Woodley |
| 2003 | Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Mrs. Schwepski |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) · as Last Person Dave Had Sex With |
| 2001 | The Jimmy Show · as Fireplace Woman |
| 2000 | Gilmore Girls (TV Series) · as Mrs. Thompson |
| 1998 | Taxman · as Jury Foreman |
| 1997 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) · as Hilda |
| 1992 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Irene Drummond |
| 1990 | Cadillac Man · as Woman Customer |
| 1988 | Slime City · as Ruby |
| 1956 | As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Hospital Announcer Vo |