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 Oct. 25 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The wife of actor-director Carl Reiner and mother of actor-director Rob Reiner, she had a handful of movie 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, directed by her son, Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal sit in a restaurant, arguing over whether women can realistically fake orgasms. After Ryan's vocal and convincing display, Mrs. Reiner, playing a customer 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 movie quotes.

Mrs. Reiner was 65 when she began a career as a jazz singer. Over the next 28 years, she recorded seven albums and performed in clubs in New York and Los Angeles.

- Inquirer wire services