---
name: "Rashel Novikoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rashel-novikoff"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 August 1897"
died: "28 March 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:46:57.631678+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."
---

# Rashel Novikoff

Actor. Born 8 August 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 28 March 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 August 1897, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 March 1980
- **Active:** 1974–1977
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3930385, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637113/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940121

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lenny*](https://film.one/film/lenny.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Rashel Novikoff (1897–1980) was an American actress. She began her screen career in 1974 at the age of 77 and appeared in a series of supporting roles, typically as elderly women, in American films of the 1970s.

Her credits include Mrs Rothman in *Harry and Tonto* (1974), Aunt Mema in *Lenny* (1974), the Woman in Hotel in *The Sunshine Boys* (1975), Mrs Tupperman in *Next Stop, Greenwich Village* (1976, credited as Rachel Novikoff), Aunt Tessie Moskowitz in *Annie Hall* (1977), Mrs Shapiro in the television film *Siege* (1978) and Sadie in *Boardwalk* (1979). She died in Brooklyn, New York.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Annie Hall* (1977), Fi1m 86, as Aunt Tessie — [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md)
- *Lenny* (1974), Fi1m 67, as Aunt Mema — [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Siege* (1978), as Mrs. Shapiro
- *Annie Hall* (1977), as Aunt Tessie — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md)
- *Next Stop, Greenwich Village* (1976), as Mrs. Tupperman
- *The Sunshine Boys* (1975), as Woman in Hotel
- *Lenny* (1974), as Aunt Mema — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/lenny.md)
- *Harry and Tonto* (1974), as Mrs. Rothman

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