{"id":578228,"date":"2026-08-23T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578228\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T22:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:34:11","slug":"bunny-levine-has-died-at-97-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/578228\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Levine has died at 97 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bang Showbiz<\/p>\n<p>23 Aug, 2026 05:42 PM2 mins to read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Actress Bunny Levine attends the Los Angeles Premiere of Thelma at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on June 14, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bunny Levine has died at the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The librarian-turned-actress &#8211; who had roles in TV shows and movies including Law and Order, Gilmore Girls, La La Land passed away in her sleep at her home in Tarzana, California, on Thursday, her representatives told the Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         An obituary<br \/>\n         in the New York Times read: \u201cShe was cherished by her children Marty (Judy), Francie (Jay), and Joe; and her grandchildren Robin and Jeffrey. Born in Orange, NJ, Bunny held Masters\u2019 degrees from NYU and Columbia.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe was a longtime school librarian and teacher in Teaneck, NJ, before taking an early retirement to become an actor. In both careers, she inspired affection and admiration in her students and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe acted in numerous TV and film roles and also cofounded, with her adored husband of 53 years, Bernard S. Levine (Bernie), the Actors Connection, in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bang Showbiz 23 Aug, 2026 05:42 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[117216,1975,15436,6179,156,6871,284799,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-578228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-117216","tag-at","tag-bunny","tag-died","tag-entertainment","tag-has","tag-levine","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}