Biography
Lorraine Gary is an American actress. Born Lorraine Gottfried on 16 August 1937 in Forest Hills, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles and attended Columbia University after winning a best actress award at the Pasadena Playhouse as a teenager. She began her career with guest roles on television series in the late 1960s.
Gary is best known for portraying Ellen Brody in Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987). Her other film roles include Car Wash (1976) and 1941 (1979). She received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in Jaws: The Revenge. Gary retired from acting after 1979 but returned briefly for the final Jaws film. She was married to film executive Sidney Sheinberg from 1956 until his death in 2019; their sons are film producers.
