Tag: Jewish

Harvey Keitel

(1939) Filmography as Actor: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster     La nuit de Varennes 1982 Director: Ettore Scola Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni     Falling in Love 1984 Director: Ulu Grosbard Starring: Robert De Niro, Meryl Streep     Thelma…

Leo Genn

(1905–1978) Leopold John Genn Filmography as Actor: Caesar and Cleopatra 1945 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains     Quo Vadis 1951 Director: Mervyn LeRoy Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr   Born August 9 1905 London (England) Died January 26 1978 London (England) Cause of death…

Ruth Roman

(1922–1999) Norma Roman Filmography as Actress: Strangers on a Train 1951 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman   Born December 22 1922 Lynn, MA (USA) Died September 9 1999 Laguna Beach, CA (USA) Occupation Actress Award Hollywood Walk of Fame

Frank Oz

(1944) Frank Richard Oznowicz Filmography as Director: HouseSitter 1992 Director: Frank Oz Starring: Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn   Born May 25 1944 Hereford (England) Occupation Actor Film director Award Emmy

Franz Waxman

(1906–1967) Franz Wachsmann Works: • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) • Fascination (1957) • Love in the Afternoon (1957) • Rear Window (1954) • Rebecca (1940) • Sunset Boulevard (1950) • Suspicion (1941) • The Philadelphia Story (1940) Filmography as Composer: Rebecca…

Bernard Herrmann

(1911–1975) Max ‘Benny’ Herman Works: • Movie Theme Songs • “Scene d’amour” from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” • Vertigo (1958) Filmography as Composer: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim…

Michael Curtiz

(1886–1962) Mihály Kertész Filmography as Director: Casablanca 1942 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman   Born December 24 1886 Budapest (Hungary) Died April 10 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Occupation Film director Award…

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

(1918–2014) Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born November 30 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died May 2 2014 Solvang, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Awards Golden Globe Hollywood Walk of Fame

Alan Arkin

(1934–2023) Alan Wolf Arkin Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born March 26 1934 Brooklyn, New York, NY (USA) Died June 29 2023 Carlsbad, NM (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Musician Screenwriter Occupation…

Richard Lester

(1932) Richard Lester Liebman Filmography as Director: Robin and Marian 1976 Director: Richard Lester Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn   Born January 19 1932 Philadelphia, PA (USA) Occupation Film director Awards Kristián Award Palme d’Or