Leah Bernstein, the former executive secretary to producer-director Stanley Kramer, has died of coronavirus-related complications at the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s skilled nursing home in Woodland Hills. She was 99.
Bernstein is the sixth retiree to die of Covid-19 at the Woodland Hills facility, despite the staff’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
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During her long career in Hollywood, Bernstein also worked as the executive secretary to Irving Fein, Jack Benny’s longtime manager, and animator Ralph Bakshi. She had lived in the Mary Pickford House on the Motion Picture campus for the past two years.
Bernstein was born...
Bernstein is the sixth retiree to die of Covid-19 at the Woodland Hills facility, despite the staff’s efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
More from Deadline'Magnum P.I.,' ‘77 Sunset Strip’ Producer Joel Rogosin Is Fifth Mptf Motion Picture Home Resident To Die Of CoronavirusThe Cruel Ageism Of Covid-19 Threatens To Temporarily Purge Older Actors From The ScreenL.A. County Coronavirus Update: Daily Number of Deaths Drops; Seniors Now A Major Focus
During her long career in Hollywood, Bernstein also worked as the executive secretary to Irving Fein, Jack Benny’s longtime manager, and animator Ralph Bakshi. She had lived in the Mary Pickford House on the Motion Picture campus for the past two years.
Bernstein was born...
- 4/24/2020
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
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