Estelle Reiner | Actress, singer, 94
Estelle Reiner, 94, whose husband and son were comedians and who uttered one of the most memorable lines in movie history, died last Saturday in Beverly Hills. The wife of Carl Reiner and mother of Rob Reiner, she had a handful of film roles. She was also a painter and late in life became a jazz singer. During the Vietnam War, she was one of the organizers of the group Another Mother for Peace. In the movie When Harry Met Sally , Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal sit in a restaurant, arguing over whether women can realistically fake orgasms, when Ryan demonstrates that they can. After her vocal and convincing display, Mrs. Reiner, seated at a nearby table, quickly says: "I'll have what she's having." The American Film Institute ranked that line No. 33 on its list of the top 100 quotations from movies. - Inquirer wire services
Estelle Reiner, 94, whose husband and son were comedians and who uttered one of the most memorable lines in movie history, died last Saturday in Beverly Hills.
The wife of Carl Reiner and mother of Rob Reiner, she had a handful of film roles. She was also a painter and late in life became a jazz singer. During the Vietnam War, she was one of the organizers of the group Another Mother for Peace.
In the movie
When Harry Met Sally
, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal sit in a restaurant, arguing over whether women can realistically fake orgasms, when Ryan demonstrates that they can. After her vocal and convincing display, Mrs. Reiner, seated at a nearby table, quickly says: "I'll have what she's having."
The American Film Institute ranked that line No. 33 on its list of the top 100 quotations from movies.
- Inquirer wire services