Who is Jeremy Yaffe?

Introduction of Jeremy Yaffe

Jeremy Yaffe is one such personality who gained the spotlight due to her famous ex-husband. Like many famous personalities, Jeremy Yaffe’s ex-husband fell in love with a non-celebrity.

Jeremy Yaffe with her exhusband Alan Arkin

However, as soon as Jeremy started dating her ex-husband, the media brought her into the limelight, and became famous overnight. The non-celebrity or influencer background Jeremy has does not limit her beauty.

Jeremy could easily make it to the entertainment industry if it was for her looks. Jeremy is a pretty lady with a fit body, one would surely love her looks and personality.

It seems that Jeremy, however, was never interested in working in the entertainment industry and wanted to keep her life simple and away from glamour, unlike that of her husband. Jeremy’s life was pretty ordinary before marrying her famous husband.

Quick Bio

Birth and Childhood of Jeremy Yaffe

Jeremy Yaffe came into the world in the year 1937. The exact date of her birth remains unknown, but one can tell by Jeremy’s birth year that she is about 86 years old. George Yaffe and Ninna Yaffe are whom Jeremy calls father and mother, respectively.

Most of the information about Jeremy’s childhood remains unknown, mostly because of her non-celebrity background. Her parents were commoners, and she may or may not have a sibling.
Jeremy’s parents come from a Caucasian race, but Jeremy was born and brought up in Massachusetts, US. Jeremy hence holds an American nationality.

Jeremy Yaffe grew up with a lot of love and care from her parents. Jeremy’s personality clearly displays that she has been brought up in a respectful and ideal family.

Education and Profession

There is no exact information of the school and universities Jeremy received her education from, but she is surely a very educated woman.

The fact that Jeremy used to work in the medical field as a Nurse clearly defines that Jeremy completed her higher studies and is professionally trained. Jeremy served as a Nurse for many years, both before and after her marriage.

Working as a nurse provided Jeremy with financial stability and is the reason for her independent life. Until today, Jeremy is able to live a lavish life due to her past hard work and efforts.

Her Marriage

Jeremy met her celebrity husband, Alan Arkin, back when she was quite young. Alan Arkin is a writer, director, and actor. He has played major roles in many films and TV shows back then.
His famous movies include Little Miss Sunshine, the Russians and coming, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Argo, and many more. During the 70s and 80s, he became one of the most demanded actors for both side and main roles.

The story of the meeting and falling in love remains unknown until today. However, it is shocking to know that Jeremy married Alan when she was only 18 years old. The reason for her early marriage could be the primitive thinking of those times, or maybe the couple knew they would be perfect together.

It was in the year 1955 that the couple exchanged vows and decided to make it official. The couple’s marriage must have been private as there is no information about the venue and the exact date of them tying knots.

Just after one year of marriage, on 19 August 1956, the couple welcomed their first son Adam Arkin into their life. Four years later, on 21 March 1960, the couple had another son, who they named Matthew Arkin. Jeremy looked after her sons with a lot of love and care.

Jeremy Yaffe’s Divorce

Unfortunately, this lovely couple decided to part their ways in 1961. The relationship between the couple lasted for about six years only. The couple’s divorce separated their son from a happy family.

Both Adam and Matthew were quite young during their parent’s split up. Initially, Jeremy took custody of her sons and looked after them. However, at the age of seven, Mathew started living with his father in California.

His father Alan had married actress Barbara Dana then. Alan (Jeremy’s ex-husband), Barbara Dana, and Mathew (Jeremy’s son) together lived as a family back then. In the year 1967, Mathew got a stepbrother Anthony who was the son of his father and stepmother, Barbara Dana.

Alan Arkin with his currnet wife Suzanne Newlander Arkin

Current life and relationship status of Jeremy Yaffe

After Jeremy split up with her husband Alan, she started living a private life away from the media. She is the proud mother of two sons, Adam and Mathew.

Adam, her first son, followed his father’s footsteps and is an actor, writer, and director now. He is now married and has a successful stable career. Mathew Jeremy’s second son first perused laws but later decided to enroll in acting like that of his father and big brother.

Jeremy did not marry or date anyone after her first divorce. She decided to live a single independent life and worked hard for both her son’s success.

On the other hand, Alan Arkin is now married to his third wife, Suzanne Newlander, who is professionally a psychotherapist. The couple together currently lives in Carlsbad, California.

Alan (Jeremy’s ex-husband) has a good relationship with both of his sons, Mathew and Adam. He was the one to help and start his son’s career in acting with a short movie directed by him featuring both his sons when they were quite young.

Social Media

Jeremy Yaffe does not use any kind of social media such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. She decided to keep her life very private back then.

Net Worth of Jeremy Yaffe

As of 2022, she has a net worth of around 1 million dollars. She lives a very lavish life, and most of her net worth comes from her career then as a nurse.

Also, being the ex-wife of a big celebrity, she must have received a huge amount of money as compensation and security during her divorce. As of 2022, both of her sons are doing pretty well in their careers, which is indeed one of the biggest achievements of Jeremy as a single mother.