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This is a list of famous Jewish American entertainers. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.

Contents

Actors

Organized by decade of birth

1990s

  • Josh Firestone (1994-) Canadian film actor and music producer ('One Night Over London" by Macees, "Happy Gilmore", "Bowfinger")
  • Andy Agus (1994-) American film and television actor ("Bee Season", "Borat", "Cloverfield")
  • Robin Arcuri (1991 - ) American film & television actress (Miracle Beach, Entourage, Ripple Effect)
  • Jonah Bobo (1997–) American film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)[40]
  • Flora Cross (1993–) American film actress (Bee Season)[41]
  • Hallie Kate Eisenberg (1992–) American film actress[42]
  • Alexander Gould (1994–) American film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)[43]
  • Shane Haboucha (1990–) American actor (Desperation, Stacy's Mom)[1]
  • Carter Jenkins (1991 - ) American film and television actor[2]
  • Owen Kline (1991–) American film actor (The Squid and the Whale)[44]
  • Jonathan Lipnicki (1990–) American film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)[45]
  • Nathalia Ramos (1992 - ) Spanish-born (later American) actress (Bratz: The Movie)[46]
  • Sarah Ramos (1991–) American television actress (American Dreams)[47]
  • Daryl Sabara (1992–) American actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)[48][49]
  • Evan Sabara (1992–) American film/TV actor, brother of Daryl Sabara[50]
  • Sam Smith (c. 1990 - ) English actor (Wondrous Oblivion)[51]
  • Adiel Stein (1991–) American film actor (Stolen Summer)[52]
  • Matt Weinberg (1990–) American film/TV actor (Haunted Lighthouse)[53]
  • Zoe Weizenbaum (1991–) American film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)[54]

1980s

1970s

1960s

1950s

1940s

1930s

1920s

1910s

1900s

  • Stella Adler (1901–1992) American actress, for decades regarded as America's foremost acting teacher[542]
  • Jack Albertson (1907-1981) American actor best known for his role on Chico and the Man
  • Leon Askin (1907–2005) Austrian (later American) actor[543]
  • Milton Berle (1908–2002) American comedian and actor[544]
  • Joe Besser (1907–1988) American comedian (Three Stooges)[545]
  • Mel Blanc (1908–1989) American voice actor, performing on radio, in television commercials, and most famously, in hundreds of cartoon shorts for Warner Bros. and Hanna-Barbera during the Golden Age of American animation[546]
  • Ben Blue (1901–1975) Canadian (later American) actor and comedian[19]
  • Howard Da Silva (1909–1986) American film actor[19]
  • Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981) American actor, won all three of the entertainment industries' highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony and an Emmy)[547][548]
  • Larry Fine (1902–1975) American comedian and actor (Three Stooges)[549]
  • John Houseman (1902–1988) was an American actor who won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
  • Curly Howard (1903–1952) American, one of the Three Stooges[550]
  • Sam Levene (1905–1980) Russian/American stage and film actor[551]
  • Peter Lorre (1904–1964) Hungarian-born (later American) stage and screen actor[552]
  • Zeppo Marx (1901–1979) American, member of the Marx Brothers[553]
  • Ritz Brothers (1901-1965, 1904-1985, 1907-1986) American comedy team[19]
  • Natalie Schafer (1900-1991) was an American actress best known for her role in Gilligan's Island

1890s

  • Fred Astaire (1899 – 1987 real name Frederick Austerlitz) With the possible exception of Gene Kelly, the most influential and innovative dancer, and choreographer in the history of dance on film, who was also a Broadway stage dancer, singer and actor.
  • Jack Benny (1894–1974) American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor[554]
  • Gertrude Berg (1899–1966) American radio and television actress[555]
  • Fanny Brice (1891–1951) American comedian, singer, and entertainer[556]
  • George Burns (1896–1996) American comedian and actor[557]
  • Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century[558]
  • Ricardo Cortez (1899–1977) Austrian-born (later American) silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type[559]
  • Hermione Gingold (1897-1987) [24], British actress
  • Moe Howard (1897–1975) the "leader" of the Three Stooges[560]
  • Shemp Howard (1895–1955) American born, part of the Three Stooges comedy team[561]
  • Sam Jaffe (1891–1984) Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor[19]
  • Irving Kaufman (1890–1976) American singer, recording artist and Vaudeville performer [25]
  • Francis Lederer (1899 - 2000) Czech-born (later American) actor [26]
  • Philip Loeb (1892–1955) American stage, film, and television actor[562]
  • Paul Lukas (1895–1971) Hungarian (later American) film actor[19]
  • Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own[563]
  • Gummo Marx (1893–1977) American, one of the Marx Brothers[564]
  • Paul Muni (1895–1967) Austrian-born (later American) Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood[565]
  • Carmel Myers (1899–1980) American silent film actress[566]
  • Molly Picon (1898–1992) American star of stage, screen and television[567]
  • Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973) American stage and film actor[568]
  • Mae West (1893–1980) American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol[569]

1880s

1870s

  • Alla Nazimova (1879–1945) American theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer[578]

1860s

1850s

1830s

Comedians

Music: singers and songwriters

Music businessmen

Dance

Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.

Stanley Donen

Film directors

Magicians

Models

Producers, screenwriters and creators (film and television)

Motion picture and television executives

Professional wrestlers

TV and radio presenters

Theater

Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.

Circus

CEOs, Owners, Producers/Directors, and Famous Performers

  • Kenneth Jeffrey Feld, CEO of Feld Entertainment, which owns Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice!, Doodlebops Live! and Disney Live!
  • Irvin and Israel Feld, were originally booking agents for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and later they purchased the company.
  • Albert Solomonsky, founded the Nikulin Moscow Circus in 1880 and the Riga Circus in Latvia
    • Mifort Treyem (born Treyfem Meyer), weight juggler for the Riga Circus in Latvia
    • Siegmund (Zishe) Breitbart, Polish circus strongman known as "the modern Samson"
  • Paul Lewis (born Rosenberg) of the Lewis Bros. Circus in Michigan
  • Sy Rubens of Rogers Bros. Circus
    • Abe Goldstein, was regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and a number of other circuses
  • Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
  • Peggy Snider, co-founder of the Pickle Family Circus
  • Jillian James Monkey Trainer, bearded lady

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