Modern Romance is a 1981 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Albert Brooks, who also co-wrote the script with Monica Johnson. It co-stars Kathryn Harrold and Bruno Kirby.

Leeds was born Thelma Goodman in New York City, to Katie and Joseph Goodman, Russian-Jewish immigrants. She was the mother of actor/director Albert Brooks, Bob Einstein, and Clifford Einstein, chairma