anet Zarish was born on April 21, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Seinfeld (1989), Mystic Pizza (1988) and The Next Big Thing (2001). She was previously married to Mark Blum.Spouse Mark Blum (29 May 2005 - 26 March 2020) (his death) Raised in Deerfield, Illinois, where she graduated from Deerfield High School in 1972. She later attended Juilliard in New York. Currently the Head of Acting in the Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, New York. [November 2005]