Erica Yohn (October 1, 1928 – January 27, 2019) was an American stage and television actress.
Yohn had many bit parts in film and television, such as Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and television shows, such as Rhoda, ER, Murphy Brown, Double Rush, and Picket Fences. She voiced Mama Mousekewitz in An American Tail and its first two sequels.
From 1971 to 1972, she was a member of the Broadway cast of Lenny, playing various roles, including Sadie Kitchenberg alias Sally Marr, the mother of Lenny Bruce, directed by Tom O'Horgan.Erica Yohn, in "Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: May 26", Playbill, May 26, 2018. She also appeared on Broadway in the original play That Summer - That Fall (1967), an English-language revival of Federico García Lorca's play Yerma (1966–67), the musical Cabaret (1966–69), and revivals of such classics as The Alchemist (1966) and The Country Wife (1965–66).
Personal life and death Yohn was born Adella (later known as "Adele") Erica Fishman, the younger child of Jacob and Sonia Fishman; she had an elder brother, Marcus. Yohn was married at least two times. She had three children, Lara Gita Speyer and David Speyer, by her marriage to Lars Speyer, and a son, Yohn Rosqui, by her marriage to Tom Rosqui. Erica Yohn died on January 27, 2019, aged 90, of undisclosed causes.
Partial filmography Year Title Role Notes 1974 The Godfather Part II Governess 1975 The Dream Makers Helen 1979 The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther Sura Television film 1981 S.O.B. Agnes - Costume Designer 1983 Star 80 Interviewer 1985 Roadhouse 66 Thelma Pee-wee's Big Adventure Madam Ruby Night Court Madam Loretta Episode: The Gypsy 1986 An American Tail Mama Mousekewitz voice 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon Selma segment "Murray in Videoland" 1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Mama Mousekewitz voice 1993 Jack the Bear Mother-in-Law 1994 Corrina, Corrina Grandma Eva 1998 An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island Mama Mousekewitz voice
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