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[Opinions] Jewish Actors
by buggycat
10/27/2024, 3:17 PM
The conversation below made me think of these. The Marx Brothers;
Leonard Joseph - Chico
Adolph (changed to Arthur) - Harpo
Julius Henry - Groucho
Milton - Gummo
Herbert Manfred - ZeppoJack Benny - Benjamin Kubelsky
Theda Barr - Theodosia Burr Goodman
Al Jolson - Asa Yoelson
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim - Erich Oswald Stroheim (he created a noble lineage for himself)
Ed Wynn - Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Sarah Bernhardt - Henriette-Rosine Bernard
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Margalit Ruth Gyllenhaal
Al Shean - Abraham Elieser Adolph Schönberg
George Burns - Nathan Birnbaum
Fanny Brice - Fanina Borach
Eddie Cantor - Isidore Itzkowitz
Edgar G. Robinson - Emanuel Goldenberg
Milton Berle - Mendel Berlinger
Bea Arthur - Bernice FrankelThe Three Stooges
Moe Howard - Moses Harry Horwitz
Shemp Howard - Samuel Horwitz
Curly Howard - Jerome Lester Horwitz
Larry Fine - Louis Feinberg

This message was edited 10/27/2024, 3:18 PM

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- (Is-rah-el) Israelle (Israella)
11/1/2024, 6:20 AM
I love Theda, Joseph, Henry, Julius, Manfred, Theodosia, Asa, Edwin, Henriette, Margalit, Edgar, Emanuel, Bernice, Isidore, Louis, Mendel
- namesarecool285
10/29/2024, 7:34 AM
For girls, I love the names Maria (I know it's a boy name here, but still!), Ruth, Bernice, Sarah, Theda, Rosine, and Maggie. For boys, I love the names Henry, Leonard, Jack, Arthur, Samuel, Nathan, Joseph, Isaiah, Leopold, Eddie, Bernard, Larry, Milton, and Jerome. What an awesome list!
- erb816
10/28/2024, 6:44 AM
Some of these names are really cool, though I understand the change (especially in the olden days) to be "mass appealing." I particularly like:Asa
Isaiah Edwin Leopold (this is just awesome)
Nathan
Isidore
&
Henriette-Rosine
Margalit Ruth (I had no idea this was her name!)
Bernice