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Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of the Russian Empire, was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director.
The actor-manager Maurice Schwartz (b. 1888–d. 1960) was a towering figure of the modern Yiddish stage. Born Moshe Schwartz in Sudilkov, a small town in the Ukraine, Schwartz came to America in 1901, and within a few years he launched a successful acting career.
Overview. Maurice Schwartz. (1890—1960) Quick Reference. (1890–1960) Ukrainian-American actor, director, playwright, and manager. ‘Mr Second Avenue’ was the defining figure of the inter-war Yiddish theatre in New York. He joined David Kessler's company in 1912 and ... From: Schwartz, Maurice in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance »
Maurice Schwartz. Actor: Tevya. Schwartz moved to the U.S. in 1902 and in 1926 founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. Also in 1926, Schwartz starred in and directed his first film, Broken Hearts (1926). His best known Hollywood film role was that of Ezra in the 1953 production of Salome (1953).
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- Sedikov, Russia [now Ukraine]
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- Tel Aviv, Israel
Maurice Schwartz. Actor. Often billed as the Greatest of All Yiddish Actors or the Lawrence Olivier of the Yiddish Stage, he was born in Sudilkov, Ukraine, and immigrated, with his parents, to the United States in 1901.
- Flushing, New York
- June 18, 1890
- Ukraine
Melanie Lewis, great-niece of Yiddish actor and founder of the NYC Yiddish Art Theatre Maurice Schwartz, describes the early life of Maurice Schwartz in Lond...
Maurice Schwartz. Actor: Tevya. Schwartz moved to the U.S. in 1902 and in 1926 founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. Also in 1926, Schwartz starred in and directed his first film, Broken Hearts (1926). His best known Hollywood film role was that of Ezra in the 1953 production of Salome (1953). In 1959, Schwartz traveled to Israel hoping ...
