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- Birth nameHarriet Fayne Berezin
- Tanya Berezin was born on March 25, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Awakenings (1990), He Said, She Said (1991) and Compromising Positions (1985). She was married to Rob Thirkield. She died on November 29, 2023 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- SpouseRob Thirkield(June 30, 1969 - July 9, 1986) (his death, 2 children)
- Well-known to theatre-goers in New York, where she has appeared in scores of plays over the past four decades. She was a founder of Circle Repertory Company, one of the most influential theatres of the '60s and '70s, and for a time was its Artistic Director. Circle Rep produced new plays by such playwrights as Lanford Wilson, Jules Feiffer, Sam Sheppard, and Jon Robin Baitz; the loosely-organized acting company included Jud Hirsch, Robin Bartlett, John Hurt, Mary-Beth Hurt, Mary-Louise Parker, Berezin herself, and her husband Barnard Hughes, among many others. All this in a 150-seat bandbox in the West Village.
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