Mrs. Finkelstein was the unnamed mother of Shelly Finkelstein.
Biography[]
Mrs. Finkelstein was very close to her son, Shelly, so much so, that Shelly kept a picture of themselves posed together in his wallet at all times. Shelly's blind date, Vera Sanchez, forgot to give him his wallet back following the incident with the biker gang at the grocery store. Vera saw the picture of Mrs. Finkelstein and Shelly together just before she accidentally dropped Shelly's wallet in the lake. Vera was touched by this picture, which caused her to sympathize with Shelly. Vera's sympathy for Shelly motivated her to seek him out after Shelly had left in haste following their argument. Vera wanted to talk with Shelly again, but she was murdered by Jason Voorhees before she could leave the lake area.
Behind the scenes[]
Mrs. Finkelstein was only seen in the picture. The actress was Mrs. Zerner (who is Larry Zerner's mother in real life) and was uncredited. The picture was water damaged from the scene and remained in a movie studio after filming wrapped and was never recovered. When Larry Zerner reprised his role as Shelly 35 years later for Friday the 13th: the Game, the producers learned of this and returned it to Zerner, offering their apologies.
Appearances[]
Films[]
- Friday the 13th Part III (1982)