Geraldine Sherman (born Geraldine Judith Schoenmann) known as Dena Hammerstein, is a British actress and writer, and theatre producer. She was the third wife of James Hammerstein, and after his death became president/CEO of James Hammerstein Productions Ltd.

Early life Sherman was born in Staines, Middlesex. Her parents were refugees from Czechoslovakia. Her father Kurt Wilhelm Schoenmann was born in Teplice in 1915. He married Edith Peller, later coming to Britain to escape Nazi persecution, but was interned in March 1940 because his nationality was Austrian. He was then transported to Australia on the infamous 1940 Dunera voyage, and held in Loveday and Tatura internment camps until 1942.

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+Film Year Title Role Notes1964A Hard Day's NightGirl Outside Secondhand ShopUncredited1967Poor CowTrixie1968InterludeNatalie1968DeadfallDelgado's Receptionist1968The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomDr. Krunhauser1968Song of SummerGirl next doorTV series documentary1969Take a Girl Like YouAnna Le Page1970There's a Girl in My SoupCaroline1971Get CarterGirl in Café1971Cry of the PenguinsPenny1995Thin IceDena1997BentProstitute(final film role)

+Television Date Title Role NotesForeign Affairspeasant girlGranada TelevisionBFI – Foreign AffairsCatch Hand: Stop Counting at OneMarianBBC tvBBC – Catch Hand: Stop Counting at OneLove Story: Arranged for StringsMiss FishATVThe Big Noise, or Episodes in the Uneasy Life of a Top Pop Disc JockeyJackieBBC tvBBC – The Big NoiseUp the JunctionRubeBBC tvBBC – Up the JunctionBBC – Up the JunctionSoftly, Softly: The KeyEileen MurphyBBC tvBBC – Softly, Softly: The KeyJuke Box JurySelf – panellistBBC tvBBC – Juke Box Jury 4 June 1966 – King of the RiverSusanna KingBBC tvPublicity photo for King of the River 15 episodes: BBC – King of the River: Foreign Invasion 6 July 1966BBC – King of the River: Sunset for a Sailorman 12 July 1966BBC – King of the River: Shipwreck 19 July 1966BBC – King of the River: What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor? 27 July 1966BBC – King of the River: It's an Ill Wind 3 August 1966BBC – King of the River: By Guess and by God 10 August 1966BBC – King of the River: Down River to Glory 17 August 1966BBC – King of the River: Once Aboard the Lugger 24 August 1966BBC – King of the River: Sling Your Hook 31 August 1966BBC – King of the River: A Beautiful Pea-green Boat 7 September 1966BBC – King of the River: Keeping The Old Spirit Alive 14 September 1966BBC – King of the River: Flash Point 28 September 1966BBC – King of the River: The Great Albert Mystery 5 October 1966BBC – King of the River: Susanna Goes Fishing 19 October 1966BBC – King of the River: The End of the Voyage 26 October 1966Till Death Us Do Part: A Woman's Place is in the HomeBBC tvBBC – Till Death Us Do Part: A Woman's Place is in the HomeJuke Box JurySelf – panellistBBC tvBBC – Juke Box Jury 4 March 1967 – The Forsyte SagaVictorine BicketBBC tvThe Wednesday Play: Death of a PrivateMaryBBC tvBBC – The Wednesday Play: Death of a PrivateThirty-Minute Theatre: The Sinnerthe GirlBBC tvBBC – Thirty-Minute Theatre: The SinnerPublic Eye: Cross That Palm When We Come to ItFayABC TelevisionThe Wednesday Play: A Bit of Crucifixion, FatherSheilaBBC tvBBC – The Wednesday Play: A Bit of Crucifixion, FatherITV Sunday Night Theatre: Bangelstein's BoysDick's GirlLWTBFI – Bangelstein's BoysStrange Report: Report 2475: Revenge - When a Man HatesSecretaryArena ProductionsThe Wednesday Play: There is also TomorrowRosemaryBBC tvBBC – The Wednesday Play: There is also TomorrowThe Root of All Evil?: Bloxham's Concerto for Critic and CarpenterPippaYorkshire TelevisionBFI – Bloxham's Concerto for Critic and CarpenterPlay of the Month: E. M. Forster's Howards EndJackyBBC tvBBC – Play of the Month: E. M. Forster's Howards EndDoomwatch: The IslandersAliceBBC tvBBC – Doomwatch: The Islanders Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate WomanTrudiBBC tvBBC – Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman – Killers: The Stinie Morrison CaseNellie DeitchThames Television 2 episodes: BFI – The Stinie Morrison Case: Part 1BFI – The Stinie Morrison Case: Part 2 Little Miss PerkinsMrs. IssacsLWTBFI – Little Miss Perkins The Professionals: You'll Be All RightChrissie StoneLWTBFI – You'll Be All Right Screen One: Running LateMrs ZeeBBC tvBBC – Screen One: Running Late Soldier Soldier: Hell and High WaterMrs. Beryl GreyCentral Independent TelevisionBFI – Hell and High Water

+Stage Date Title Role Theatre Notes – Butley Miss HeasmanMorosco Theatre, New York

Writer When It's Over, by Geraldine Sherman and Eduardo Machado: Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut: playreading 1985–1986, workshop 1986–1987 Finborough Theatre, London, 23 October – 16 November 1991

Thin Ice, 1995 film

Theatre producer +Theatre Producer(Dena Hammerstein) Dates Title Author Director Theatre Notes – I Love You, You're Perfect, Now ChangeJoe DiPietro and music by Jimmy RobertsJoel BishoffWestside Theatre (Upstairs), New York – AllegroRodgers & HammersteinEric SchaefferSignature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia – Dirty BlondeClaudia ShearJames LapineDuke of York's Theatre, London – SlutBen H. Winters & Stephen SislenGordon GreenbergAmerican Theater of Actors / Century Promenade, New York – Sunday in the Park with GeorgeStephen Sondheim & James LapineSam BuntrockWyndhams Theatre, London – My Name Is Rachel CorrieAlan Rickman and Katharine VinerAlan RickmanMinetta Lane Theatre, New York – Dealer's ChoicePatrick MarberSamuel WestTrafalgar Studios, London – The SeagullAnton Chekhov, new version by Christopher Hampton, music by Stephen WarbeckIan RicksonWalter Kerr Theatre, New York – Our TownThornton WilderDavid CromerBarrow Street Theatre, New York – Superior DonutsTracy LettsTina LandauMusic Box Theatre, New York – EnronLucy Prebble (words), Adam Cork (music)Rupert GooldBroadhurst Theatre, New York – ButleySimon GrayLindsay PosnerDuchess Theatre, London – Honeymoon in VegasJason Robert BrownGary GriffinNederlander Theatre, New York

Philanthropist Dena Hammerstein worked as a volunteer in New York City hospitals for over 15 years, and in 2003 received the United Hospital Funds New Leadership Group's Humanitarian Award. She is Founder of Only Make Believe, a non-profit organisation that creates and performs interactive theatre for children in hospitals and care facilities, inspired by her early work as an actress in the UK touring special-needs schools.

Personal life In 1970, a choreographer friend invited her to holiday in New York where she met Jamie Hammerstein.

Married theatre director James Hammerstein who directed her in Butley, and has one son Simon Hammerstein (born 1977).

References

External links

Geraldine Sherman at BFI

Pictures Extra in A Hard Day's Night: Girl Outside Secondhand Shop, 1964 from A Hard Day's Night Cast and Extras Publicity photo for King of the River, 1966 Publicity photo for Take a Girl Like You, 1970 Dena in 2013 Dena