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His father, Avraham Kotto (who was, according to his son, originally named Njoki Manga Bell), was a businessman from Cameroon who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Kotto's father was raised Jewish and his mother converted to Judaism. The couple separated when Kotto was a child, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents.
Mar 16, 2021 · According to the ManishTana website, run by Orthodox rabbi Shais Rishon, Kotto’s father Avraham Kotto immigrated to the US in the 1920s as an observant Jew who could speak Hebrew. Kotto...
Mar 17, 2021 · By Benjamin Ivry March 17, 2021. Yaphet Kotto, who died on March 15 at age 81, used prolonged experience with Hebrew liturgy as a way to separate reality from dreams. Born in New York to a ...
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Mar 16, 2021 · Kotto was born Nov. 15, 1939 in New York City to Avraham Kotto, who had converted to Judaism as a young man in Cameroon, and Gladys Marie, a nurse who became Jewish before he was born, he wrote...
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6′ 4″ (1.93 m) Mini Bio. Physically imposing, intense Yaphet Kotto was one of the few actors of his generation to succeed in breaking racial stereotypes in Hollywood. He was born in Harlem, New York, the son of Gladys, a nurse and army officer, and Abraham Kotto, a businessman-turned-construction worker.
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Apr 2, 2021 · Yaphet Kotto, who has died aged 81, was the first African American to play a major villain in the James Bond films when he brought menace to Live and Let Die in 1973.
Mar 16, 2021 · Kotto was born Nov. 15, 1939 in New York City to Avraham Kotto, who had converted to Judaism as a young man in Cameroon, and Gladys Marie, a nurse who became Jewish before he was born, he wrote in a self-published autobiography, “Royalty.” Raised in the Bronx, he said his religion caused him trouble.
