---
name: "Bess Meisler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bess-meisler"
fi1m_id: "bess-meisler"
imdb_id: "nm0577062"
tmdb_id: 54648
wikidata_id: "Q2464687"
roles: []
born: "19 July 1922"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T02:36:49.677696+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bess Meisler

## Identity

Bess Meisler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bess-meisler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bess-meisler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0577062
- **TMDB ID:** 54648
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2464687
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2464687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54648

Actor. Born 19 July 1922 in Manhattan.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 July 1922, Manhattan
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2464687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577062/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54648

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*My Big Fat Greek Wedding*](https://film.one/film/my-big-fat-greek-wedding.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bess Meisler is an American actress. She was born on 19 July 1922 in New York City and began her screen career in 1987 with a role in the television series *Hunter*.

Meisler is best known for playing Yiayia, the grandmother of the central character, in *My Big Fat Greek Wedding* (2002). She reprised the role as Mana-Yiayia in the 2016 sequel. Her other credits include appearances in *Malcolm in the Middle* (2005), *Daddy Day Care* (2003), *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1994–1995) and *The Comeback* (2005). She had earlier worked in theatre, including a Broadway revival of *Fiddler on the Roof*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Big Fat Greek Wedding* (2002), Fi1m 70, as Yiayia — [page](https://film.one/film/my-big-fat-greek-wedding.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2* (2016), as Mana-YiaYia
- *Daddy Day Care* (2003), as Old Gypsy Woman
- *My Big Fat Greek Wedding* (2002), as Yiayia — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/my-big-fat-greek-wedding.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Gorga
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Rose Zuckerman — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/bess-meisler