Famous Jewish actors

[Truth Bearer]

This makes some intersting reading I must say.

List of jewish actors (reasonably accurate)


JEWISH ACTORS

Jay Adler
Luther Adler
Stella Adler
Jason Alexander
Woody Allen (Allen Koenigsberg)
Ed Ames (Urick Ames)
Morey Amsterdam
Shiri Appleby
Allen Arbus
Adam Arkin
Alan Arkin
Bea Arthur (Bernice Frankel)
Ed Asner

Lauren Bacall (Bette Perske)
Barbara Bain (Millicent Fogel)
Jon Robin Baitz
Lenny Baker
Bob Balaban
Barbara Barrie
Richard Benjamin
Jack Benny (Jack Kubelsky)
Milton Berle (Mendal Berlinger)
Jeannie Berlin
Hershel Bernardi
Sarah Bernhard
Theodore Bikel
Joey Bishop (Joseph Abraham Gottlieb)
Mel Blanc (Melvin Jerome Blanc)
Yasmine Bleeth
Claire Bloom
Victor Borge (Borge Rosenbaum)
Tom Bosley
David Brenner
Felix Bressart
Fanny Brice (Fanny Borach)
Albert Brooks (Albert Einstein)
Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky)
Lenny Bruce (Leonard Alfred Schneider)
George Burns (George Birnbaum)
Red Buttons (Aaron Chwatt)

James Caan
Sid Caesar
Eddie Cantor (Edward Israel Iskowitz)
Phoebe Cates (Phoebe Katz)
Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel)
Andrew Dice Clay (Andrew Silverberg)
Lee J. Cobb (Leo Jacobi)
Howard Cosell (Howard Cohen)
David Cross (and also his sisters Juli and Wendy)
Billy Crystal
Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz)

Howard Da Silva (Howard Silverblatt)
Rodney Dangerfield (Jack Cohen)
Neil Diamond
Illeana Douglas
Kirk Douglas (Danielovitch Demsky)
Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Hesselberg)
Richard Dreyfuss
Bob Dylan (Bob Zimmerman)

Robert Evans (Robert Shapera)

Marty Feldman
Tovah Feldshuh
Norman Fell (Norman Feld)
Harvey Fierstein
Larry Fine (Laurence Feinberg)
Corey Fischer
Eddie Fisher
Al Franken
Leonard Frey

Allen Garfield (Allen Goorwitz)
John Garfield (Julius Garfinkle)
Art Garfunkel
Lorraine Gary (Lorraine Gottfried)
Brad Garrett (Brad Gerstenfeld)
Jack Gilford (Jacob Gellman)
Paul Glaser
Ned Glass
Adam Goldberg
Jeff Goldblum
Barry Gordon
Keith Gordon
Cliff Gorman
Gilbert Gottfried
Elliot Gould
Harold Gould
Lee Grant (Lyova Haskell Rosenthal)
Ellen Greene
Shecky Greene
Andre Gregory
Nick Gregory
Jennifer Grey
Joel Grey
Charles Grodin (Charles Grodinsky)
Ayre Gross
Steve Guttenberg

Buddy Hackett (Leonard Hacker)
Mark Harelik
Aaron Harnik
Lawrence Harvey (Laruschka Mischa Skikne)
Goldie Hawn
Dan Hedaya
Buck Henry (Buck Henry Zuckerman)
Pee Wee Herman (Paul Ruebens)
Stephen Hill (Soloman Krakovsky) - Orthodox!
Marcel Hillaire
Arthur Hiller
Judd Hirsch
Dustin Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Judy Holliday (Judith Tuvim)
Oscar Homolka
Michael Hordern
Adam Horwitz
Curly Howard (Jerome Lester Horwitz)
Moe Howard (Moses Horwitz)
Shrimp Howard (Shemp Horwitz)

Lou Jacobi
Sam Jaffe (Shalom Jaffe)
David Janssen (David Harold Meyer)
George Jessel
Al Jolson (Asa Yoelson)

Madeline Kahn
Ida Kaminska
Carol Kane
Omri Katz
Andy Kaufman
Julie Kavner
Lainie Kazan (Lainie Levine)
Danny Kaye (David Kaminsky)
Harvey Keitel
Alan King (Irwin Allen Kniberg)
Robert Klein
Sascha Knopf
Jack Klugman
Bernie Kopell
Harvey Korman
Henry Koster (Hermann Kosterlitz)
Jeffery Kramer
Lisa Kudrow

Juliet Landau
Martin Landau
Michael Landon (Eugene Horowitz)
Louise Lasser
Cloris Leachman
Ernest Lehman
Ron Leibman
Sheldon Leonard
Michael Lerner
Sam Levine
Eugene Levy
Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch)
Shari Lewis (Shari Hurwitz)
Hal Linden (Harold Lipshitz)
Mark Linn-Baker
Maureen Lipman
Jonathan Lipnicki
Peter Lorre (Laszlo Lowenstein)
Jon Lovitz

Bill Macy (Wolf Marvin Garber)
Howie Mandel
Marcel Marceau
Janet Margolin
Garry Marshall
Chico Marx (Leonard)
Groucho Marx (Julius)
Gummo Marx (Milton)
Harpo Marx (Adolf)
Zeppo Marx (Herbert)
Walter Matthau (Walter Matasschanskayasky)
Elaine May (Elaine Berlin)
Ferdy Mayne
Debra Messing
Bette Midler
Barry Miller
Rick Moranis
Howard Morris
Shelley Morrison (Rachel Mitrani)
Josh Mostel
Zero Mostel
Paul Muni (Muni Weisenfreund)

Alla Nazimova (Mariam Leventon)
Leonard Nimoy

Alan Oppenheimer

Lilli Palmer (Lillie Marie Peiser)
Gwyneth Paltrow
Mandy Patinkin
Sarah Jessica Parker
Rhea Perlman
Natalie Portman

Gilda Radner
Tony Randall (Leonard Rosenberg)
Carl Reiner
Rob Reiner
Paul Reiser
Don Rickles
Peter Riegert
Ron Rifkin
Joan Rivers (Joan Sandra Molinsky)
Edwar G. Robinson (Emmanuel Goldenberg)
Saul Rubinek
Zelda Rubinstein
Winona Ryder (Winona Laura Horowitz)

Mort Sahl
Gene Saks
Adam Sandler
Gary Schandling
David Schwimmer
George Segal
Jerry Seinfeld
William Shatner
Dick Shawn (Richard Schulefand)
Wallace Shawn
Harry Shearer
Anthony Sher
Dinah Shore
Pauly Shore
George Sidney
Silvia Sidney (Sophie Josow)
Simone Signoret
Ron Silver
Jonathan Silverman
Sarah Silverman
Phil Silvers (Philip Silversmith)
Alicia Silverstone
Paul Simon
Rena Sofer
Marla Sokoloff
Daniel Stern
Howard Stern
Ben Stiller
Jerry Stiller
Harold J. Stone
Lee Strassberg
Susan Strassberg
Barbara Streisand
Janet Suzman

Chaim Topol
Michael Tucker
Sophie Tucker (Sophia Abuza)

Anton Walbrook
Eli Wallach
Nancy Walker (Ann Myrtle Swayer)
Sam Wannamaker
Rachel Weisz
Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman)
Debra Winger
Henry Winkler
Shelley Winters (Shirley Schrift)
Ed Wynn (Isaiah Edwin Leopold)

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HALF JEWISH

Lisa Bonet
Joan Collins
Harry Connick Jr.
Roger Corman
Jamie Lee Curtis
Michael Douglas
Fran Drescher
David Duchovny
Douglas Fairbanks (Douglas Elton Ulman)
Carrie Fisher
Harrison Ford
John Frankenheimer

Paulette Goddard
John Houseman (Jaques Haussmann)
Barbara Hershey
Anthony Newley
Paul Newman
Freddie Prinze
Sam Robards [son of Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske).--L.D.]
Tanya Roberts
Robbie Robertson
Rob Schneider
Jason Schwartzmann
Erich Von Stroheim (Erich Oswald Stroheim)
Zoe Wanamaker

[Lakonian]

since i started the Hebrewism vs Hellenism thread you have realy shown an interest in this race my friend.

What is this becoming of you?

[Truth Bearer]

No not really I still have a open mind but after finding all that info about Turkey nationalism and their father Moustafa Kemal Ataturk it really doesn't look good for the tribe of Abraham does it??I mean have you seen HOW MANY of these actors are of Jewish heritage??They dwarf all other nationalities put together don't they Lakonian?

[Lakonian]

Im only interested on the psychological aspect of them. I dont care how many they are or what they do. Greeks too have a major influence on certain areas such as politics, real estate, sports, film,....you know as greeks, we dont count numbers phile.

I seriously dont even bother anymore about who they are, my concern is my people.And what we need to do.

But yeah, although no suprise, they own Hollywood.

[Victor]

Originally Posted by Truth Bearer

They dwarf all other nationalities put together don't they Lakonian?

No they dont but the reason there were more jewish actors and comedians than any other group is because eastern EUropean jews founded HOllywood(actors)and Vaudeville(comedians and musicians).
TOday Hollywood is more open and corporate so there are fewer % of Jewish entertainers than the old days.