the Lady Jerry

S09E13 The CartoonretroFeb 27, 2002, 12:39 AM ET4 years later11 posts by 11 posters
Question

Fans identify the actress who played George's girlfriend who looked like Jerry as Tracy Nelson, noting her famous entertainment family background.

11 posts
Berg

Kramer called one of George's girlfriends the lady jerry since she looked like jerry. who was that actress who played the girlfriend?

Art VandelayBerg

<<<Kramer called one of George's girlfriends the lady jerry since she looked like jerry. who was that actress who played the girlfriend?>>>

Tracy Nelson. Quite a show-biz pedigree: Daughter of Ricky Nelson, Granddaughter of Ozzie and Harriet, sister of pretty-boy pop singers "Nelson" (Gunther and ......Heimlich?), niece of David Nelson. [and, speaking of Sister...she played a nun opposite Tom Bosley in the series "The Father Dowling Mysteries."]

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JpArt Vandelay

I knew I had seen her someplace but could not place it.

byronbusseyBerg

It was actually the "Fem-Jerry"

bjb

Berg wrote:

Brianbyronbussey

"byronbussey" <"balk"@home.com Fake> wrote in message news:kPhf8.15699$[email]...

Frank and Estelle's reaction to George's "man-love for a she-Jerry." Too funny. 94% of communication is non-verbal!

-B.
visitorBrian

I like what Kramer says when he decides he will not talk anymore... something to the effect of 'what do I need to talk for, to blab to Newman about George's love for a fem-Jerry, or to tell everybody down at the coffee shop that Geroge is twisted up in some sort of freakish sexual amalgam of his girl and his best friend? Now, I've done all that...'

Damn, that's funny!!

Brian wrote:

Paul Atreidesvisitor

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, visitor wrote:

It was the already-mentioned "manlove for the she-Jerry" line that put me out of my chair and onto the floor, with rivulets of milk streaming from my nostrils. I had never seen that episode before. Actually, I avoided Seinfeld like the plague for years, thinking that the show sucked and have only just started watching the syndicated run in the last three months. As when I first read Lord of the Rings, I had to ask myself, "Why didn't I expose myself to this years ago?" Sometimes when something is really popular, it's becuase it deserves to be.

By the way, does the "she-Jerry" line count as a comic book reference? Recall that there was a comic book heroine called the She-Hulk who haunted my adolescent dreams for years. Or is it not a direct enough reference to count?

Paul Atreides [email]
John TwernboldPaul Atreides

Naw, the "she-" prefix was around long before She-Hulk. But that She-Hulk *was* a whole lotta woman, wasn't she? 'Course, it's not like any female comic book character deviated from the freakishly big-zoomered supermodel fantasies of the comic book artists...

John Twernbold jtwernbold (at) yahoo.com
MARK SPECKBerg

The actress was none other than Tracy Nelson, daughter of the late Rick Nelson. She's appeared in numerous TV series since the early '80s, making her debut as the snotty rich girl in the cult fave Square Pegs (also the show where Sarah Jessica Parker first appeared).

She's probably more recognizable as Sister Steve, the nun sidekick to Tom Bosley on Father Dowling Mysteries (1989-91). Tracy was married to William R. Moses of Falcon Crest (now divorced) and has also survived cancer.

Best,

Mark