The actor talks about her 'culturally spectacular upbringing', how she never refers to her children as stepchildren and the joy of being a grandmother
My grandfather, on my father's side, lived on the border of Poland and Russia. He came to London after escaping the pogroms when he was 14 and lived in the East End. He had no education and didn't speak any English. He began by selling razor blades, being a barber's assistant, and then manufacturing razor blades, until he eventually had his own company. My mother's father was the chief of police in Deventer, the Netherlands.
My mother, Mieke, came from Holland and went to live in Indonesia when she was 20. Her first marriage was terrible and they divorced. When the second world war broke out, she was incarcerated in a concentration camp. She didn't escape because her best friend was pregnant. She stayed with her friend and...
My grandfather, on my father's side, lived on the border of Poland and Russia. He came to London after escaping the pogroms when he was 14 and lived in the East End. He had no education and didn't speak any English. He began by selling razor blades, being a barber's assistant, and then manufacturing razor blades, until he eventually had his own company. My mother's father was the chief of police in Deventer, the Netherlands.
My mother, Mieke, came from Holland and went to live in Indonesia when she was 20. Her first marriage was terrible and they divorced. When the second world war broke out, she was incarcerated in a concentration camp. She didn't escape because her best friend was pregnant. She stayed with her friend and...
- 9/20/2013
- by Elaine Lipworth
- The Guardian - Film News
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