Simka Dahblitz-Gravas

Simka Dahblitz-Gravas is a woman from the same country as Latka but from the Southern region. At first they dated, and Latka made jokes about those from her part of the country without knowing it was her native homeland. She slapped him several times for it. Latka apologized, but eventually Simka was romantically involved with another man--an American. Latka was heartbroken.

Simka had suffered a list of romantic failures, reportedly "used and cast aside like an old shoe". She eventually returned to Latka, but at this point, Latka was unhappy with himself and how people regarded him, and developed multiple personalities in an effort to change who he was into a more successful personality. One of them was the smooth-cat Vic Ferrarri, whom Simka eventually met--and was as smitten with him as most women were when they met him.

Eventually Latka gave up his other personalities, and he and Simka did eventually get married. At one point, when a cabbie named Cindy Bates was snowed in with a stalled cab and would've frozen to death, Latka showed up to rescue her, and the cabbie convinced him to have sex with her so they would not freeze to death. Latka was ashamed. Alex convinced him to keep it a secret, but Simka knew the moment she saw Latka. She was livid. They went to the temple of their faith to ask for a divorce.

They later threw a "party", where the last guest from the garage to show up would be Simka's adulteress revenge lover. The last to walk through the door was Alex.

Simka went over to Alex's place in the middle of the night to seduce him, but Alex rebuffed. Both Latka and Simka attempted to perform the divorce ritual until the obvious suggestion is made that they could just get married again.

Eventually, the U.S. Citizenship of Simka came into question and Simka was in danger of being deported. She would've prepared for her interview, but she was in the throws of P.M.S. Alex went over to coax her, and he talked her into going down to the Immigration Office to fight for herself. There was a heated domestic spat between her and Latka right in front of the INS agents, and they were convinced they were a real husband and wife.