Dorothy Demme

Dorothy "Dodie" Demme (née Rogers; March 21, 1914 – November 20, 1995) was the mother of filmmaker Jonathan Demme, who as a senior citizen became a character actress in movies directed by her son. She made her on-camera debut a decade ago as a dancer in UB40’s “I Got U Babe” video with Chrissie Hynde. Demme then had speaking parts in her son’s hit films, first as a thrift store salesclerk in “Something Wild” in 1986, and continuing in small parts in “Married to the Mob” in 1988 and “Silence of the Lambs” in 1991.