LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) -- Former actress Thelma Bernstein, the mother of actor, writer and director Albert Brooks, has died in Los Angeles at age 95.
The New York native died Saturday, Daily Variety reported Tuesday.
Bernstein worked for RKO Studios in the 1930s under the name Thelma Leeds and included among her credits "Follow the Fleet," New Faces of 1937" and "The Toast of New York."
She married comedian Harry "Parkyakarkas" Einstein in 1932 and the union lasted 21 years until his death. She later married Irving Bernstein, Variety said.
After 40 years of retirement, she played a bit part in Brooks' 1981 movie, "Modern Romance."
In addition to Brooks, she is survived by two other sons -- Daily and Associates Advertising Chairman Clifford Einstein and writer/producer Bob Einstein -- five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
