Leila Hoffman (née Rothstein) (born 11 June 1934 in Hackney) is an English comedian, actress and writer.

Leila Hoffman
Birth nameLeila Rothstein
Born11 June 1934 (1934-06-11) (age 90)
Hackney, London, England
MediumTelevision, film, stand up
NationalityBritish
SpouseAlfred Hoffman

Personal life

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Hoffman is the daughter of Esther (née Schaewitch) (1906–1992) and Joseph "Joe" Rothstein, both children of Russian Jews. She has one sister, Sybil Fox, who is four years her senior. In 1960, Leila married Alfred Hoffman in Brighton, where the Rothstein family had relocated to sometime after Leila's birth.

Recent work

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Hoffman starred in BBC Three sitcom, How Not to Live Your Life as Dot Treacher, the widowed neighbour.[1] She has also appeared in several online BBC comedy sketches with the group This is Wondervision.[2]

Film

Television

References

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  1. ^ "How Not to Live Your Life, BBC Three, August". TV Scoop. Archived from the original on 30 August 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
  2. ^ "This is Wondervision". BBC Comedy. 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
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