Maurice Schwartz

Maurice Schwartz

June 18, 1889

Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of Ukraine (then part 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 w…

Known For

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Salome

Salome

1953 · 1h 43m · Movie

After her banishment from Rome, Jewish Princess Salome returns to her Roman-ruled native land of Galilee, where prophet John the Baptist preaches against Salome's parents, King Herod and Queen Herodias.

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Tevya

Tevya

1939 · 1h 33m · Movie

The original, non-musical film version of the book which inspired "Fiddler on the Roof".

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