Helen Siff

Some Lesser Known Facts About Helen Siff

• Helen Siff was born in New York, where she grew up and later pursued a professional acting career.

• She began her screen career in 1976 with a Subaru commercial, appearing alongside her identical twin sister, Carol Infield Sender.

• In the late 1970s and early 1980s, she started getting television roles, including early appearances on shows like Lou Grant.

• During the 1980s, she appeared in films such as The Karate Kid (1984), Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), and Big Top Pee-Wee (1988). In the same period, she played guest roles in television series including Silver Spoons (1986), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989) and Married with Children (1994).

• Across the 1990s, she continued steady television work, appearing on shows such as Ellen (1994), Spin City (2001), Scrubs (2002), and Will & Grace (2003).

• Alongside screen work, she performed regularly in theatre productions including Lilies of the Field, Lost in Yonkers, and Over the River and Through the Woods.

• In 1993, she originated the role of Helga in the Off-Broadway production Grandma Sylvia’s Funeral.

• In later years, she appeared in films including You Don’t Mess with the Zohan in 2008 and Hail, Caesar! in 2016.

• Her later television appearances included roles in Modern Family (2015), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2021), and Good Trouble (2022).

• Helen Siff worked for over five decades, completing more than 70 film and television roles.

• She died on 18 December 2025, in Los Angeles, at the age of 88, due to complications following surgery after a long illness.