The final episode of the long-running acclaimed American sitcom “Curb Your Enthusiasm” airs Sunday night on HBO.
As the show draws to a close after 12 seasons, fans around the world are looking back at its least positive episodes, memorable lines, former guest stars, and more.
On Friday, Larry David gathered with fans to soak up the history of “Curve” ahead of the show’s finale. Susie Essman, who plays the antagonistic Susie Greene, made a surprise appearance at an event hosted by Tribeca and HBO.
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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” is an American sitcom created by comedian and author Larry David. (Reuters/Andrew Kelly)
Essman has brought Green’s contemptible character to life since the show’s inception, and is even willing to return if Larry returns from his permanent exit. However, some former cast members won’t have the chance to do the same if it’s a reboot.
These are some of the former cast members and guest stars of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” who have passed away since the show’s first broadcast in 2000.
- Richard Lewis
- bob einstein
- mike hagerty
- Alan Arbus
- Anne Haney
- Taylor Negron
- sherry berman
- Louis Nye
- angela payton
Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis passed away peacefully at his home on February 28, 2024 at the age of 76.
“Richard and I were born three days apart and in the same hospital, and for most of my life he has been like a brother to me,” Larry David wrote on his Instagram Curve page. I had it,” Lewis signed the caption. “He was the funniest, sweetest guy. But today he made me sob, and I will never forgive him.”
Lewis played a version of himself and appeared in the first episode in 2000, titled “The Pants Tent”. In the final season of “Curve,” they filmed an episode in which Lewis tells Larry that he was included in his will before he dies. In true Larry fashion, he freaks out and argues with Lewis about the obvious manipulation behind the decision.
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Richard Lewis remained a big part of Curve Your Enthusiasm even after his death, from its broadcast in 2000 until its final season in 2024. (Fraser Harrison/Getty Images, AFI)
bob einstein
Bob Einstein played Larry’s longtime friend Marty Funkhouser in “Curve.”
Einstein, a two-time Emmy Award winner, passed away in 2019 at the age of 76 after being diagnosed with cancer.
During an episode of Bill Simmons’ podcast, Larry said of Einstein, “We would shoot a scene with him and he would start telling jokes in the scene while we were filming.”
“And I’m letting him keep going, but in my head I’m like, ‘OK, OK, come on, come on,’ because I know I’m stopping it, but he’s I would do it anyway,” Larry said. “Then everyone would laugh. He was great.”
Bob Einstein played Larry David’s longtime friend Marty Funkhouser in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” (Getty Images)
mike hagerty
Mike Haggerty played AAMCO guy Mike Duffy on season 1 of “Curve.”
In an early episode, Larry and his wife Cheryl, played by Cheryl Hines, entertain Mr. and Mrs. Duffy at a dinner party one night. The next day, Daffy apologizes to Larry for sitting at the head of the table. As the conversation is interrupted and confused, Larry apologizes that Cheryl does not want Daffy and his wife to stay at their Martha’s Vineyard home over the summer, and the conversation becomes awkward.
Mr. Haggerty is best known for his role as Mr. Trigger on the hit sitcom “Friends.” He passed away in 2022 at the age of 67.
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The cast of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” includes Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, and more. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Alan Arbus
Alan Arbus appears in Season 1 of Curve as Larry’s uncle Nathan.
During the episode in which Larry encounters his ex-girlfriend, he is forced to attend an incest victim gathering where he lies about his childhood abuse from Uncle Nathan. The lie then backfired as Uncle Nathan came to visit.
Mr. Arbus passed away in 2013 at the age of 95.
Alan Arbus (left) played Larry David’s Uncle Nathan in an episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” in 2000, when the show first aired. (Reuters)
Anne Haney
Anne Haney plays Mary’s mother in the first season’s “Curve” episode.
The episode, titled “Ted and Mary,” introduces actress Mary Steenburgen and actor Ted Danson as a husband-and-wife duo who are Larry and Cheryl’s new friends. Larry takes a liking to Mary and meets her at her mall to do her shopping. There, her mother, played by Haney, joins them for an afternoon of shopping and lunch.
During the meal, things get awkward when Larry accidentally drinks from Haney’s glass. This causes a germophobe anxiety in Larry, and he behaves disgustingly at the table.
Haney died in 2001 at the age of 67, shortly after appearing in the film.
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Taylor Negron
Taylor Negron appeared on “Curve” as a guest star during season 6 of the show in 2007. During an episode called “The Lefty Call,” Larry runs into Negron’s character, David the Waiter.
During the episode, the David and Green families were having lunch. Susie Green wants to take her leftover food home to feed her dogs. Debiday advises that restaurant policy does not allow human food to be packaged for animals.
After a series of events, Mr. and Mrs. Green receive a take-home container from which they feed their dog. With the dog sick, Larry returned to the restaurant and complained to David Day that he too had been sick for hours.
sherry berman
sherry bermanThe Grammy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated actor appeared on “Curve” from seasons 1 to 8 as Nat David, Larry’s warm and kind but strange father.
In 2008, Berman told the Las Vegas Sun, “I love working with Larry David. He’s a great comedian.”
Mr. Berman passed away in 2017 at the age of 92. After his death, the Curve Facebook page posted, “The HBO family mourns the loss of our friend Shelley Berman. We will miss you, Wojcik.”
Shelley Berman played Nat David, Larry David’s father, in “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” (Getty Images)
Louis Nye
Louis Nye appeared on “Curve” as Jeff Green’s father.
In the first episode of “Curve,” “The Pants Tent,” the Davids and the extended Green family coincidentally eat dinner at the same restaurant. Throughout the episode, Larry struggles with the material of his pants, which leads to a series of inappropriate reactions.
In a podcast episode of “The History of Curbing Your Enthusiasm with Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman,” Garlin, who plays Jeff Green, said of Nye: It will be Louis Nye’s in future episodes. ”
He added that most of the shows at the time were improvised and Nye was not given the “What you did was rotten, rotten” line to Larry.
Mr. Nye passed away in 2005 at the age of 92.
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angela payton
Angela Payton played Ruth in a season 5 episode of “Curves”.
While playing a game of bingo at Nat David’s nursing home, Larry believed the game was being fixed by Ruth and another woman named Lenore.
After Larry wins Bingo, Lenore insists that she didn’t call “I-17”, but of course he refutes this. Ruth wins on the very next call. Later in the episode, Larry is accused of trying to kill Ruth in a room full of nursing home residents.
Mr. Peyton passed away in 2016 at the age of 86.
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