Born Yettie Feldman to Harry Feldman and Clara Feldman, and sister of Frieda Slumka, and later Etta wed Max Sidney Rickles (1900-1953) on June 24, 1924, and mother of entertainer Don Rickles (May 8, 1926 - April 6, 2017).
Later, son Don would pay tribute in his stage act, to his mother, Etta, who died in 1984. In a 2016 interview, Rickles called her "the Jewish Patton." "I was Momma's little boy," he says. "She had a good business head. She was very critical. And she was very forceful. All actors are shy when they're kids. I was. She got me to talk up. She gave me courage." Although she used to ask, "...Why can't you be more like Alan King?"
Son and mother had a close bond until Etta's death from emphysema on September 23, 1984, at age 83.
Later, son Don would pay tribute in his stage act, to his mother, Etta, who died in 1984. In a 2016 interview, Rickles called her "the Jewish Patton." "I was Momma's little boy," he says. "She had a good business head. She was very critical. And she was very forceful. All actors are shy when they're kids. I was. She got me to talk up. She gave me courage." Although she used to ask, "...Why can't you be more like Alan King?"
Son and mother had a close bond until Etta's death from emphysema on September 23, 1984, at age 83.
Born Yettie Feldman to Harry Feldman and Clara Feldman, and sister of Frieda Slumka, and later Etta wed Max Sidney Rickles (1900-1953) on June 24, 1924, and mother of entertainer Don Rickles (May 8, 1926 - April 6, 2017).
Later, son Don would pay tribute in his stage act, to his mother, Etta, who died in 1984. In a 2016 interview, Rickles called her "the Jewish Patton." "I was Momma's little boy," he says. "She had a good business head. She was very critical. And she was very forceful. All actors are shy when they're kids. I was. She got me to talk up. She gave me courage." Although she used to ask, "...Why can't you be more like Alan King?"
Son and mother had a close bond until Etta's death from emphysema on September 23, 1984, at age 83.
Later, son Don would pay tribute in his stage act, to his mother, Etta, who died in 1984. In a 2016 interview, Rickles called her "the Jewish Patton." "I was Momma's little boy," he says. "She had a good business head. She was very critical. And she was very forceful. All actors are shy when they're kids. I was. She got me to talk up. She gave me courage." Although she used to ask, "...Why can't you be more like Alan King?"
Son and mother had a close bond until Etta's death from emphysema on September 23, 1984, at age 83.
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