Geraldine Sherman

Geraldine Sherman Biography

Geraldine Sherman (born Geraldine Judith Schoenmann on 20 October 1940 in Staines) is a British actress and writer, now known as theatre producer Dena Hammerstein since becoming the third wife of James Hammerstein then after his death becoming President/CEO of James Hammerstein Productions Ltd.

Early life

Geraldine's parents were refugees from Czechoslovakia. Her father Kurt Wilhelm Schoenmann was born in Teplitz in Bohemia in 1915, married Edith Peller, came to Britain to escape Nazi persecution, but was interned in March 1940 because his nationality was Austrian, then transported to Australia on the infamous 1940 Dunera voyage, and held in Loveday and Tatura internment camps until 1942.

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Actress

Film
Year	Title	Role
1967	Poor Cow	Trixie
1968	Deadfall	Delgado's Receptionist
1968	The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom	Dr. Krunhauser
1968	Interlude	Natalie
1968	Song of Summer	Girl next door
1970	Take a Girl Like You	Anna Le Page
1970	There's a Girl in My Soup	Caroline
1971	Get Carter	Girl in Caf
1971	Cry of the Penguins	Penny
1995	Thin Ice	Dena
1997	Bent	Prostitute

Television
Date	Title	Role	Notes
	Foreign Affairs	peasant girl	Granada Television
	Catch Hand: Stop Counting at One	Marian	BBC tv
	Love Story: Arranged for Strings	Miss Fish	ATV
	The Big Noise, or Episodes in the Uneasy Life of a Top Pop Disc Jockey	Jackie	BBC tv
	Up the Junction	Rube	BBC tv
	Softly, Softly: The Key	Eileen Murphy	BBC tv
	Juke Box Jury	Self - panellist	BBC tv
-	King of the River	Susanna King	BBC tv 15 episodes:
	Till Death Us Do Part: A Woman's Place is in the Home		BBC tv
	Juke Box Jury	Self - panellist	BBC tv
-	The Forsyte Saga	Victorine Bicket	BBC tv
	The Wednesday Play: Death of a Private	Mary	BBC tv
	Thirty-Minute Theatre: The Sinner	the Girl	BBC tv
	Public Eye: Cross That Palm When We Come to It	Fay	ABC Television
	The Wednesday Play: A Bit of Crucifixion, Father	Sheila	BBC tv
	ITV Sunday Night Theatre: Bangelstein's Boys	Dick's Girl	LWT
	Strange Report: Report 2475: Revenge - When a Man Hates	Secretary	Arena Productions
	The Wednesday Play: There is also Tomorrow	Rosemary	BBC tv
	The Root of All Evil?: Bloxham's Concerto for Critic and Carpenter	Pippa	Yorkshire Television
	Play of the Month: E. M. Forster's Howards End	Jacky	BBC tv
	Doomwatch: The Islanders	Alice	BBC tv
	Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman	Trudi	BBC tv
-	Killers: The Stinie Morrison Case	Nellie Deitch	Thames Television 2 episodes:
	Little Miss Perkins	Mrs. Issacs	LWT
	The Professionals: You'll Be All Right	Chrissie Stone	LWT
	Screen One: Running Late	Mrs Zee	BBC tv
	Soldier Soldier: Hell and High Water	Mrs. Beryl Grey	Central Independent Television

Stage
Date	Title	Role	Theatre	Notes
-	Butley	Miss Heasman	Morosco Theatre, New York

Writer

When It's Over, by Geraldine Sherman and Eduardo Machado:

Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut: playreading 1985-1986, workshop 1986-1987

Finborough Theatre, London, 23 October - 16 November 1991

Thin Ice, 1995 film

Theatre Producer

Theatre Producer
(Dena Hammerstein)
Dates	Title	Author	Director	Theatre
-	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change	Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts	Joel Bishoff	Westside Theatre (Upstairs), New York
-	Allegro	Rodgers & Hammerstein	Eric Schaeffer	Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia
-	Dirty Blonde	Claudia Shear	James Lapine	Duke of York's Theatre, London
-	Slut	Ben H. Winters & Stephen Sislen	Gordon Greenberg	American Theater of Actors / Century Promenade, New York
-	Sunday in the Park with George	Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine	Sam Buntrock	Wyndhams Theatre, London
-	My Name Is Rachel Corrie	Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner	Alan Rickman	Minetta Lane Theatre, New York
-	Dealer's Choice	Patrick Marber	Samuel West	Trafalgar Studios, London
-	The Seagull	Anton Chekhov, new version by Christopher Hampton, music by Stephen Warbeck	Ian Rickson	Walter Kerr Theatre, New York
-	Our Town	Thornton Wilder	David Cromer	Barrow Street Theatre, New York
-	Superior Donuts	Tracy Letts	Tina Landau	Music Box Theatre, New York
-	Enron	Lucy Prebble (words), Adam Cork (music)	Rupert Goold	Broadhurst Theatre, New York
-	Butley	Simon Gray	Lindsay Posner	Duchess Theatre, London
-	Honeymoon in Vegas	Jason Robert Brown	Gary Griffin	Nederlander Theatre, New York

Philanthropist

Dena Hammerstein worked as a volunteer in New York City hospitals for over 15 years, and in 2003 received the United Hospital Funds New Leadership Group"?s Humanitarian Award. She is Founder of Only Make Believe, a non-profit organisation that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, inspired by her early work as an actress in the UK touring special-needs schools.

Personal life

In 1970 a choreographer friend invited her to holiday in New York where she met Jamie Hammerstein.

Married theatre director James Hammerstein who directed her in Butley, and has one son Simon Hammerstein (born 1977).

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