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Comedians |
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* Bud Abbott, half of Abbott & Costello
(Jewish mother) |
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* Woody Allen, comedian, director, actor |
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* Dave Attell, comedian |
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* Roseanne Barr, comedian |
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* Jack Benny, entertainer |
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* Milton Berle, entertainer, actor |
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* Shelley Berman, comedian |
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* Sandra Bernhard, comedian |
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* Lewis Black, comedian |
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* Victor Borge, comedian, pianist |
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* Fanny Brice, entertainer |
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* Albert Brooks, comedian, actor |
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* Lenny Bruce, comedian |
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* George Burns, entertainer, actor |
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* Eddie Cantor, entertainer, actor |
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* Sid Caesar, actor, writer |
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* Andrew Dice Clay, comedian |
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* David Cross, comedian, actor |
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* Rodney Dangerfield, comedian |
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* Larry Fine, the Three Stooges |
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* Al Franken, comedian, activist |
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* Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, actor |
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* Buddy Hackett, comedian |
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* Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the Three
Stooges |
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* Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor |
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* Danny Kaye, entertainer, actor |
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* Alan King, comedian |
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* Robert Klein, comedian |
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* Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician |
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* Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor |
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* Richard Lewis, comedian |
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* Jackie Mason, comedian |
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* Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday
Night Live |
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* Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Gilda Radner, comic actress |
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* Don Rickles, comedian, actor |
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* Joan Rivers, comedienne |
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* Rita Rudner, comedian |
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* Robert Schimmel, comedian |
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* Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor |
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* Peter Sellers, comedian, actor |
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* Allan Sherman, satirist, musician |
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* Pauly Shore, comedian |
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* Sarah Silverman, comic |
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* Henny Youngman, comedian |
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Dance |
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* Michael Bennett, choreographer (Jewish
mother) |
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* Eliot Feld, dancer & choreographer |
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* Ron Field, director & choreographer |
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* Anna Halprin, dancer, choreographer &
teacher |
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* Michael Kidd, choreographer |
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* Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario |
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* Liz Lerman, choreographer & activist |
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* Arthur Murray, dance instructor |
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* Jerome Robbins, director &
choreographer |
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* Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer |
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Film Actors |
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* Jack Albertson, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Woody Allen, actor, director |
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* Alan Arkin, actor |
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* David, Patricia & Rosanna Arquette,
actors (Jewish mother) |
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* Lauren Bacall, actress |
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* Barbara Bach, actress, model (Jewish
father) |
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* Martin Balsam, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Theda Bara, actress, vamp |
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* Ellen Barkin, actress |
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* Joey Bishop, actor, member of the Rat
Pack |
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* Jack Black, actor, rock musician |
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* Mel Blanc, cartoon voice actor |
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* Selma Blair, actress |
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* Matthew Broderick actor (Jewish
mother) |
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* Adrien Brody, Oscar-winning actor |
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* George Burns, Oscar-winning actor,
comedian |
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* Red Buttons, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Seymore Butts, erotic actor |
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* Amanda Bynes, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* James Caan, actor |
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* Dyan Cannon, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Kate Capshaw, actress (converted) |
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* Phoebe Cates, actress |
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* Jill Clayburgh, actress |
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* Joan Collins, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Jennifer Connelly, Oscar-winning
actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Billy Crystal, actor |
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* Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Jewish
father) |
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* Tony Curtis, actor |
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* Sammy Davis Jr., all-around
entertainer (converted) |
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* Kirk Douglas, actor |
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* Melvyn Douglas, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Michael Douglas, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Jon Favreau, actor, director (Jewish
mother) |
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* Carrie Fisher, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Harrison Ford, actor (Jewish mother) |
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* James Franco, actor (Jewish mother) |
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* Paul Frees, cartoon voice actor |
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* Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress |
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* Gina Gershon, actress |
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* Jeff Goldblum, actor |
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* Christopher Guest, actor (Jewish
mother) |
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* Lee Grant, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Seth Green, actor |
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* Jennifer Grey, actress |
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* Joel Grey, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Steve Guttenberg, actor |
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* Maggie & Jake Gyllenhaal, actors
(Jewish mother) |
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* Alyson Hannigan, actress (Jewish
mother) |
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* Nina Hartley, erotic actress |
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* Goldie Hawn, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish mother) |
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* Barbara Hershey, actress (Jewish
father) |
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* Dustin Hoffman, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Judy Holliday, Oscar-winning actress |
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* John Houseman, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Helen Hunt, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father) |
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* Amy Irving, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Ron Jeremy, erotic actor |
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* Scarlett Johansson, actress (Jewish
mother) |
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* Al Jolson, singer, actor, early sound
film star |
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* Madeline Kahn, actress |
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* Harvey Keitel, actor |
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* Chris Klein, actor (Jewish father) |
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* Kevin Kline, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor |
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* Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Piper Laurie, actress |
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* Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress |
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* Gloria Leonard, erotic actress |
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* Peter Lorre, actor |
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* Paul Lukas, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Natasha Lyonne, actress |
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* Marx Brothers, actors |
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* Marlee Matlin, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Walter Matthau, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Anne Meara, actress, comedian |
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* Marilyn Monroe, actress (converted) |
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* Paul Muni, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Judd Nelson, actor, member of the Brat
Pack |
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* Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Estelle Parsons, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Amanda Peet, actress |
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* Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish
father) |
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* Joaquin, River & Summer Phoenix,
actors (Jewish mother) |
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* Kevin Pollak, actor |
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* Natalie Portman, actress |
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* Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor (Jewish
grandfather) |
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* Luise Rainer, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Edward G. Robinson, actor |
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* Emmy Rossum, actress |
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* Winona Ryder, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Adam Sandler, actor, comedian |
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* Joseph Schildkraut, Oscar-winning
actor |
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* Liev Schreiber, actor |
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* Jason Schwartzman, actor (Jewish
father) |
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* David Schwimmer, actor |
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* George Segal, actor |
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* Peter Sellers, actor, comedian |
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* Norma Shearer, Oscar-winning actress
(converted) |
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* Ally Sheedy, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Alicia Silverstone, actress |
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* Tori Spelling, actress |
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* Annie Sprinkle, erotic actress |
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* Ben Stiller, actor |
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* Barbra Streisand, Oscar-winning
actress, singer, director |
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* Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar-winning
actress (converted) |
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* Michelle Trachtenberg, teen actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Eli Wallach, actor |
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* Cornel Wilde, actor |
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* Gene Wilder, actor |
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* Debra Winger, actress |
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* Shelley Winters, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Evan Rachel Wood, actress |
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Film Directors |
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* Woody Allen, Oscar-winning director,
actor |
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* Jack Arnold, director |
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* Darren Aronofsky, director |
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* Fabian Bielinsky |
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* Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish
mother) |
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* James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning
director, producer |
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* Mel Brooks, director |
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* Richard Brooks, director |
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* William Castle, director |
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* Coen Brothers, directors |
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* Rob Cohen, director, producer |
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* George Cukor, Oscar-winning director |
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* Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director |
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* Jules Dassin, director |
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* Cecil B. DeMille, director (Jewish
mother, raised Episcopalian) |
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* Maya Deren, director |
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* Stanley Donen, director, choreographer |
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* Nora Ephron, director |
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* Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director
(Jewish father) |
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* John Frankenheimer, director |
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* William Friedkin, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Samuel Fuller, director |
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* Charles Guggenheim, Oscar-winning
documentary director |
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* Todd Haynes, director (Jewish mother) |
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* Amy Heckerling, director |
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* Peter Hyams, director |
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* Spike Jonze, director (Jewish father) |
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* Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter |
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* Irvin Kershner, director |
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* Harmony Korine, director, screenwriter |
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* Stanley Kubrick, director |
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* John Landis, director |
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* Fritz Lang, director (Jewish mother) |
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* Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director |
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* Ernst Lubitsch, director |
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* Sidney Lumet, director |
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* Michael Mann, director |
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* Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter |
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* Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Mike Nichols, Oscar-winning director |
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* Frank Oz, director (Jewish father) |
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* Roman Polanski, Oscar-winning director |
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* Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning
director, actor, producer |
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* Otto Preminger, director |
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* Sam Raimi, director |
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* Harold Ramis, director |
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* Brett Ratner, director |
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* Rob Reiner, director |
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* Martin Ritt, director |
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* Jay Roach, director |
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* Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning
director, choreographer |
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* Herbert Ross, director |
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* Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter |
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* David O. Russell, director,
screenwriter (Jewish father) |
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* Don Siegel, director |
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* Bryan Singer, director |
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* Robert Siodmak, director |
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* Todd Solondz, director |
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* Barry Sonnenfeld, director |
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* Stephen Spielberg, Oscar-winning
director, producer |
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* Josef von Sternberg, director |
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* Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning director
(Jewish father) |
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* Edgar G. Ulmer, director |
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* Paul & Chris Weitz, directors |
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* Billy Wilder, Oscar-winning director |
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* Frederick Wiseman, documentary
director |
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* William Wyler, Oscar-winning director |
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* Boaz Yakin, director |
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* Fred Zinnemann, Oscar-winning director |
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* Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams, directors |
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* Edward Zwick, director |
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* Terry Zwigoff, director |
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Magicians |
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* David Blaine, stunt performer (Jewish
single mother) |
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* David Copperfield, illusionist |
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* Horace Goldin, illusionist |
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* Harry Houdini, escape artist |
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* Max Maven, mentalist |
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* Ricky Jay, card tricks |
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* Shari Lewis, ventriloquist |
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* Raymond Teller, half of Pen and Teller
(Jewish father) |
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Models |
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* Barbi Benton, model, actress |
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* Caprice Bourret, model |
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* Brooke Burke, model (Jewish mother,
identifies) |
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* Cindy Margolis, model |
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* Bess Myerson, Miss America |
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* Lindsey Vuolo, model |
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* Nikki Schieler Ziering, model
(converted) |
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Producers and Creators |
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* Irwin Allen, producer & director |
|
* George Axelrod, screenwriter |
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* Steven Bochco, creator of LA Law,
Murder One |
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* Jerry Bruckheimer, producer |
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* Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter |
|
* Norman Corwin, radio writer, producer |
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* Robert Evans, producer, studio
executive |
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* Ben Hecht, screenwriter |
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* Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter |
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* Marta Kauffman, co-creator of Friends |
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* Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter |
|
* Ernest Lehman, screenwriter |
|
* Marc Platt, producer |
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* Carl Reiner, comedian, creator of The
Dick Van Dyke Show |
|
* Leon Schlesinger, producer |
|
* Josh Schwartz, screenwriter, creator
of The OC |
|
* Sherwood Schwartz, creator of
Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch |
|
* Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight
Zone |
|
* Joel Silver, producer and co-inventor
of Ultimate Frisbee |
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* Aaron Sorkin, creator of West Wing |
|
* Aaron Spelling, producer |
|
* Darren Star, creator of Beverly Hills
90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City |
|
* Matt Stone, creator of South Park
(Jewish mother) |
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* Jerry Tokofsky, producer |
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|
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Television Actors (arranged by television
show) |
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* 24 - Jonathan Ahdout, Sara Gilbert,
Mia Kirshner |
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* The Addams Family - Carolyn Jones
(converted) |
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* Alice - Linda Lavin |
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* Arrested Development - Jeffrey Tambor,
Jessica Walter, David Cross |
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* Babylon 5 - Mira Furlan, Stephen Furst |
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* Battlestar Galactica - Lorne Greene
(Canadian but US-based) |
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* Baywatch - Yasmine Bleeth (Jewish
father) |
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* Beverly Hills 90210 - Tori Spelling,
Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris |
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* The Bob Newhart Show - Suzanne
Pleshette |
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* Bonanza - Lorne Greene, Michael Landon
(Landon Jewish father; Greene Canadian but US-based) |
|
* Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Sarah
Michelle Gellar, Seth Green, Alyson Hannigan, Michelle
Trachtenberg, Amber Benson (Benson, Trachtenberg & Hannigan half
Jewish) |
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* Charlie's Angels - Tanya Roberts,
Jaclyn Smith (both Jewish mother) |
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* Cheers - Rhea Perlman, Bebe Neuwirth |
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* Columbo - Peter Falk |
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* The Cosby Show - Lisa Bonet (Jewish
mother) |
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* The Critic - Jon Lovitz |
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* Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David |
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* Dukes of Hazzard - Sorrell Booke |
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* ER - Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies
(Margulies half Jewish) |
|
* Even Stevens - Shia LaBeouf (Jewish
mother) |
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* Everybody Loves Raymond - Doris
Roberts, Brad Garrett |
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* The Facts of Life - Charlotte Rae,
Mindy Cohn |
|
* Family Guy - Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis,
Seth Green |
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* Friends - Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer |
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* Full House - Bob Saget, Scott Weinger,
Marla Sokoloff |
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* Futurama - Katey Sagal (Jewish father) |
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* Get Smart - Don Adams, Bernie Kopell
(Adams converted) |
|
* Gilligan's Island - Tina Louise,
Natalie Schafer |
|
* Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter
(converted) |
|
* The Golden Girls - Bea Arthur, Estelle
Getty |
|
* The Goon Show - Peter Sellers |
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* Happy Days - Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley |
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* Homicide: Life on the Street - Yaphet
Kotto, Richard Belzer |
|
* Hogan's Heroes - Leon Askin, Werner
Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary (Klemperer Jewish father) |
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* The Larry Sanders Show - Garry
Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor |
|
* Law & Order - Jerry Orbach, Steven
Hill (Orbach Jewish father) |
|
* Little House on the Prairie - Michael
Landon, Melissa Gilbert (Landon Jewish father) |
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* Lost In Space - Jonathan Harris |
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* Lou Grant - Ed Asner |
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* Mad About You - Paul Reiser |
|
* Married with Children - Katey Sagal
(Jewish father) |
|
* Maude - Bea Arthur, Bill Macy |
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* Mission Impossible - Martin Landau,
Barbara Bain, Steven Hill |
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* The Munsters - Al Lewis |
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* The Nanny - Fran Drescher |
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* Northern Exposure - Rob Morrow |
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* The O.C. - Adam Brody |
|
* One Day at a Time - Bonnie Franklin |
|
* Party of Five - Scott Wolf (Jewish
father) |
|
* The Phil Silvers Show - Phil Silvers |
|
* Roseanne - Roseanne Barr, Sandra
Bernhard, Sara Gilbert, Tom Arnold (Arnold converted) |
|
* Roswell - Shiri Appleby |
|
* Saved by the Bell - Elizabeth Berkley,
Dustin Diamond |
|
* Scrubs - Zach Braff |
|
* Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld, Jason
Alexander |
|
* Sex and the City - Sara Jessica Parker
(Jewish mother) |
|
* The Simpsons - Hank Azaria, Julie
Kavner, Harry Shearer |
|
* The Sopranos - Jamie-Lynn DiScala |
|
* South Park - Matt Stone, Mary Kay
Bergman, Eliza Schneider |
|
* Space: 1999 - Martin Landau, Barbara
Bain |
|
* Starsky and Hutch - Paul Michael
Glaser |
|
* Star Trek: The Original Series -
William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig |
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* Star Trek: The Next Generation - Brent
Spiner |
|
* Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - Armin
Shimerman |
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* Taxi - Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane, Andy
Kaufman |
|
* That '70s Show - Mila Kunis, Laura
Prepon, Tanya Roberts |
|
* thirtysomething - Ken Olin, Melanie
Mayron |
|
* The West Wing - Richard Schiff, Joshua
Malina |
|
* Who's the Boss? - Judith Light |
|
* Will & Grace - Debra Messing |
|
* The Wonder Years - Fred Savage |
|
* The X-Files - David Duchovny (Jewish
father) |
|
* Zoey 101 - Sean Flynn-Amir |
|
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Television and Radio Hosts/Journalists/Newspeople |
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|
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* Dan Abrams, MSNBC anchor |
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* Marv Albert, sportscaster |
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* Mel Allen, radio sportscaster |
|
* Chuck Barris, presenter of Dating
Game, Gong Show |
|
* Wolf Blitzer, CNN reporter |
|
* Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell
the Truth, arts advocate |
|
* Connie Chung, news anchor (converted) |
|
* Howard Cosell, sportscaster |
|
* Katie Couric, presenter of The Today
Show (Jewish mother) |
|
* Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado
Gigante |
|
* Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera |
|
* Ira Glass, presenter of This American
Life |
|
* Amy Goodman, presenter of Democracy
Now |
|
* Larry King, CNN reporter, host of
Larry King Live |
|
* Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline |
|
* Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki |
|
* Bill Maher, ex-presenter of
Politically Incorrect (Jewish mother) |
|
* Al Michaels, sportscaster |
|
* Geraldo Rivera, news reporter (Jewish
mother) |
|
* Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show
host of Dr. Laura |
|
* Daniel Schorr, tv reporter |
|
* Dinah Shore, television host, singer |
|
* Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant |
|
* Bill Stern, radio sportscaster |
|
* Howard Stern, radio shock jock |
|
* Jon Stewart, comedian, presenter of
The Daily Show |
|
* Mike Wallace, correspondent for 60
Minutes |
|
* Barbara Walters, presenter of Today
Show, 20/20 |
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Theatre |
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* Stella Adler, acting teacher |
|
* Julian Beck & Judith Malina, founders
of Living Theatre |
|
* Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman,
founders of Open Theatre |
|
* Anna Held, stage performer |
|
* Judy Kaye, actress & singer |
|
* Larry Kert, actor & singer |
|
* Judy Kuhn, actress & singer |
|
* James Lapine, director & librettist |
|
* Sanford Meisner, founder of
Neighbourhood Playhouse |
|
* Idina Menzel, actress, singer and
songwriter |
|
* David Merrick, producer & director |
|
* Zero Mostel, actor |
|
* Alla Nazimova, actress |
|
* Bebe Neuwirth, actress |
|
* Mandy Patinkin, actor & singer |
|
* Harold Prince, director |
|
* Tony Randall, actor, founder of
National Actors Theatre |
|
* Max Reinhardt, director |
|
* Frank Silvera, founder of Theatre of
Being (Jewish father) |
|
* Lee Strasberg & Harold Clurman,
co-founders of Group Theatre |
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* Julie Taymor, director |
