His wife, photographer Michele Singer, has been by his side since the two met in 1988 ahead of filming the hit romantic comedy film When Harry Met Sally.
Who is Rob Reiner’s wife, Michele?
Michele Singer is an American actress and photographer.
She met Reiner while he was directing When Harry Met Sally.
After spotting Michelle Pfeiffer on the cover of Premiere magazine, Reiner reportedly told the movie’s director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld, that he was going to give the actress a call.
In an interview with the Guardian, Sonnenfeld then told Reiner: “You’re not going to call her, you’re going to marry my friend, Michele Singer.”
The two met on set in the midst of filming and tied the knot on May 19, 1989.
They have been married for nearly 35 years.
Pfeiffer went on to marry David E. Kelley.
Singer even inspired Reiner to change the film’s ending.
Singer’s claim to fame also includes snapping a photo of Donald Trump for the cover of his book, The Art of the Deal, in the 1980s.
Reiner, an avid anti-Trump supporter, jokingly said: “So she has a lot to atone for.”
Besides photography, Singer also dabbled in Hollywood herself.
She acted in the 1994 film Mixed Nuts, starring Steve Martin.
She also worked in the Camera and Electrical Department as a photographer in the 1990 movie Misery, based on the novel by Stephen King.
More recently, she’s served as a producer in the 2017 movie Shock and Awe, and the HBO documentary movie Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, both directed by her husband
Her IMDB lists her as producing the upcoming movies Wind River: Rising and God & Country: The Rise of Christian Nationalism.
In a 2014 interview with AARP, Reiner said that Singer was his “best friend,” adding: “She has helped raise me. The thing I talk about, how women show you what’s important, she has done for me.”
Who is Rob Reiner?
Rob Reiner is an American actor, director, and filmmaker.
He was born in the Bronx in New York City to Estelle and Carl Reiner.
Estelle was an actress, and Carl was a comedian, actor, and filmmaker who created The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Reiner went to the UCLA Film School in Los Angeles to pursue a Hollywood career.
He earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Michael “Meathead” Stivic on the CBS sitcom All in the Family in the 1970s.
Reiner then dipped his toes into filmmaking, directing hit movies including The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, and Misery.
He is perhaps most well-known for directing the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, which is when he met his now-wife, Michele Singer.
The romantic dramedy, written by Nora Ephron, starred Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan in the titular roles.
Harry, played by Crystal, was reportedly based on Reiner, who had gone through a divorce just a few years earlier.
Ephron was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker, known for writing romantic comedies like Sleepless in Seattle, which Reiner also acted in, You’ve Got Mail, and Bewitched.
Ephron passed away on June 26, 2012.
Reiner was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1993 for his film A Few Good Men, a military courtroom drama written by Aaron Sorkin.
In 2010, he received the American Cinema Editors’ Golden Eddie award for Filmmaker of the Year.
Reiner recently appeared in Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film, The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort.
Reiner played DiCaprio’s father in the movie, Max “Mad Max” Belfort.
Do they have any kids?
Reiner and Singer have three children together.
Their first son, Jake, was born in 1991.
Their second son, Nick, was born in 1993.
Their third child, daughter Romy, was born in 1997.
Romy is an actress, appearing alongside Jonah Hill, Kenya Barris, Lauren London, and Eddie Murphy in the 2023 Netflix comedy You People.
Rob Reiner also has one child from his marriage to actress and director Penny Marshall.
Reiner and Marshall married in 1971 before divorcing in 1981.
Reiner adopted Marshall’s daughter, Tracy, from her previous relationship with Michael Henry.
Tracy Reiner is an American actress, with roles in Die Hard, A League of Their Own, and Apollo 13.
Through Tracy, Reiner has five grandchildren.
In 1997, Reiner and Singer founded the I Am Your Child Foundation.
They also founded the non-profit organization Parents’ Action for Children in 2004.
Both organizations aim to raise awareness of the importance of a child’s early years and to advance public policy through parental education and advocacy.
