Herta Ware's mother, Helen Ware, was a musician and violin teacher.
11 Facts About Herta Ware
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Herta Ware's father, Laszlo Schwartz, was an actor who was born in Budapest.
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Herta Ware's father was Jewish and her mother was Christian.
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Herta Ware made her on-screen debut in 1978, when she appeared in the television film, A Question of Guilt.
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Herta Ware is perhaps most recognized for her performance in the classic film Ron Howard's Cocoon, and appeared in the sequel Cocoon: The Return.
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Herta Ware appeared in Critters 2: The Main Course as "Nana".
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Herta Ware had roles in several other well-known films such as, Species, Practical Magic, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and Cruel Intentions, with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe.
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In 1934, Herta Ware married actor Will Geer, with whom she had three children.
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Herta Ware later married actor David Marshall, with whom she had one child, a daughter, actress Melora Marshall.
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Herta Ware stayed by Geer's bedside as he died of a respiratory ailment in 1978.
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Herta Ware died on August 15,2005, due to complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 88, in Topanga, California.