Kathryn Kates, who appeared as a counterwoman in two memorable scenes from “Seinfeld” involving baked goods in short supply — chocolate babkas land marble rye bread — and racked up numerous screen credits over nearly 50 years in the business, died on Jan. 22, in her brother’s home in Lake Worth, FL. She was 73.

The actress, who grew up in Great Neck on Long Island, appeared in “Shades of Blue,” “Friends From College,” “The Good Fight,” “Law and Order,” “Orange is the New Black,” and “The Many Saints of Newark.” But it was in the two episodes of “Seinfeld” that she made her mark, offering a New York attitude for which she was recognized on Manhattan’s streets for decades.