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Early life and education

Born Alice Edwards, she grew up in Handsworth before moving to

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. Whilst living in Leamington Spa, she spent time in a children's home in Warwick New Road. Her single German mother later cared for her. Amter attended Milverton Junior and Infant School and she received a

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Career

She has lived in France, Germany, Japan (where she taught English in the early 1990s), and the United States. She moved to

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in the early 1990s. Despite her best-known role as " Mrs. Koothrappali", she has said she has no Indian ancestry.Brummie actress Alice Amter reveals how she made it in Hollywood
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Filmography

Film

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amter, Alice 1966 births Living people English film actresses English television actresses English people of German descent British expatriate actresses in the United States Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton People from Handsworth, West Midlands 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses