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Leah Adler

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    (January 12, 1920-February 21, 2017)
    Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
    Mother of Steven Spielberg
    Birth name was Leah Frances Posner
    Owned The Milky Way restaurant in West Los Angeles (opened in 1979)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her neighbors called her ‘the lady with the Peter Pan haircut.’
    She once joked ‘If I’d known how famous he was going to be, I’d have had my uterus bronzed!’
    She divorced Steven’s father Arnold, in 1965, and married his best friend (Steven went to live with his dad while she had custody of their daughters).
    When Joan Rivers pushed her about Steven not being married to Amy Irving on the Tonight Show, ‘Hey, wait a minute. I’m a mother, not a judge!’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She learned piano at the age of five and later became a concert pianist.
    She encouraged her son's dream to be a movie director and regularly helped him (driving him to filming locales, letting him film in her house, etc.).
    She was an accomplished painter, and owned The Village Shop in Scottsdale, where she showcased the works of local artists.
    She inspired the character Mitzi Fabelman in Spielberg’s 2022 film 'The Fabelmans.'
    She is pictured alongside her son in his official AiA profile picture.

Credit: BoyWithTheGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying