Bunny Levine

Bunny Levine

Bunny Levine has had a passion for entertaining from her earliest memory. At the age of two, she subjected all her relatives to her rendition of the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" at every possible opportunity. Playing with her sister and friends in pre-school days, her favorite game was a simulation of the performances of the current Hollywood stars, replete with screams and fainting, in the mode of the times. Her greatest regret was that she, unlike her contemporary Shirley Temple, had not been discovered in dance class. By third grade she wrote, directed and starred in the epic, "Debbie's Diary." A year or so later, with increased maturity, she limited her contributions to no more than two of the three elements. All through elementary school and high school, she played either the lead or a character role in school and local productions. Transferring colleges on her marriage after sophomore year made her rethink the wisdom of a short, young, character woman gaining fame and fortune in the field, so she switched majors from Theater Arts, but continued to act, and to work on the college radio station. Already pregnant upon graduation, she put her acting aspirations on the back burner for 25 years, working primarily as a school librarian, to help her underpaid college professor husband raise their three children. Storytelling and book talks helped fill her performing aspirations. Foolishly, she would not participate in community theater, thinking of herself as too much of a professional. Upon early retirement, she began taking acting classes, going on auditions, and gradually immersing herself totally in the fabulous, mad world of acting. Soon she was a member of all the unions and began booking commercials, roles on soaps and episodics, as well as films. Upon her beloved husband, Bernie's, death, she moved from the New York area to the LA market, and continued studying, booking, and striving. Among her credits are Law & Order (1990), The Jimmy Show (2001), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), _Gilmore Girls_, the soon-to-be-released Charles Busch film, and Las Vegas (2003). She considers herself the most energetic and agile septuagenarian in the field and the oldest living student (her philosophy being that you can never stop learning and exercising the acting muscle).

Acting

2025

Sacramento

Mrs. Krenshaw

2024

2024

Thelma

Mona

2023

Love Virtually

Viv's Grandma

2023

2023

Mrs. Davis

Sister Ollie

2023

Jury Duty

Prospective Juror

2021

2020

DAVE

Muriel

2020

VHYes

Diane

2019

Sunnyside

Old Lady

2018

2018

This Close

Mrs. Vanderhooven

2017

No Activity

Yaya Westbrook

2016

La La Land

Movie Theatre Cashier (uncredited)

2016

Fuller House

Old Lady

2015

Con Man

Elderly Patient

2014

Mulaney

Old Woman

2014

Bad Judge

Mildred

2014

Friends with Better Lives

Estelle Markowitz

2013

Getting On

Mrs. Beverly Poppley

2012

The Mindy Project

Bryant's Grandmother

2012

A Thousand Words

Woman on Pier

2011

Let Go

Mrs. Grossman

2011

New Girl

Shirley

2011

2011

2011

2011

Shameless

Mrs. McCurdy

2010

Raising Hope

Old Lady

2010

2010

2009

The Middle

Sylvia Goldberg

2009

Community

Pierce's Mom (voice)

2009

Play the Game

Claire Cranston

2008

2007

2006

2000

Gilmore Girls

Mrs. Thompson

1996

1990

Law & Order

Irene Drummond

1990

Cadillac Man

Woman Customer

1988

Infos

Full Name
Bunny Levine
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
12/22/1928
Also Known As

Bernice Utal