Tag: Russian Jewish Ancestry

Woody Allen

(1935) Allan Stewart Konigsberg Filmography as Director and Actor: Annie Hall 1977 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton     Manhattan 1979 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton     Filmography as Director: The Purple Rose…

Timothée Chalamet

(1995) Timothée Hal Chalamet Filmography as Actor: A Rainy Day in New York 2019 Director: Woody Allen Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning   Born December 27 1995 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Award Independent Spirit Award

Robert Rossen

(1908–1966) Filmography as Director: Alexander the Great 1956 Director: Robert Rossen Starring: Richard Burton, Fredric March   Born March 16 1908 New York, NY (USA) Died February 18 1966 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Film director Producer Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards Directors Guild…

Albert Brooks

(1947) Albert Lawrence Einstein Filmography as Actor: Taxi Driver 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster   Born July 22 1947 Beverly Hills, CA (USA) Occupation Actor Film director Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards National Society of Film Critics Award (1985, 1996,…

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…

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…

Billy Crystal

(1948) William Edward Crystal Filmography as Actor: When Harry Met Sally… 1989 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan   Born March 14 1948 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Producer Screenwriter Occupation Singer Writer Awards Emmy Hollywood Walk…

Gérard Oury

(1919–2006) Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum Filmography as Writer and Actor: Le Miroir à deux faces 1958 Director: André Cayatte Starring: Michèle Morgan, Bourvil     Filmography as Writer: The Mirror Has Two Faces 1996 Director: Barbra Streisand Starring: Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges     Filmography as Actor:…

Winona Ryder

(1971) Winona Laura Horowitz Filmography as Actress: The Age of Innocence 1993 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer     The House of the Spirits 1993 Director: Bille August Starring: Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons     Little Women 1994 Director: Gillian…