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Comedians |
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* Bud Abbott, half of Abbott & Costello
(Jewish mother) |
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* Woody Allen, comedian, director, actor |
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* Dave Attell, comedian |
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* Roseanne Barr, comedian |
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* Jack Benny, entertainer |
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* Milton Berle, entertainer, actor |
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* Shelley Berman, comedian |
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* Sandra Bernhard, comedian |
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* Lewis Black, comedian |
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* Victor Borge, comedian, pianist |
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* Fanny Brice, entertainer |
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* Albert Brooks, comedian, actor |
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* Lenny Bruce, comedian |
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* George Burns, entertainer, actor |
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* Eddie Cantor, entertainer, actor |
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* Sid Caesar, actor, writer |
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* Andrew Dice Clay, comedian |
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* David Cross, comedian, actor |
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* Rodney Dangerfield, comedian |
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* Larry Fine, the Three Stooges |
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* Al Franken, comedian, activist |
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* Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, actor |
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* Buddy Hackett, comedian |
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* Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the Three
Stooges |
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* Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor |
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* Danny Kaye, entertainer, actor |
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* Alan King, comedian |
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* Robert Klein, comedian |
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* Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician |
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* Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor |
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* Richard Lewis, comedian |
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* Jackie Mason, comedian |
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* Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday
Night Live |
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* Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Gilda Radner, comic actress |
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* Don Rickles, comedian, actor |
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* Joan Rivers, comedienne |
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* Rita Rudner, comedian |
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* Robert Schimmel, comedian |
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* Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor |
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* Peter Sellers, comedian, actor |
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* Allan Sherman, satirist, musician |
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* Pauly Shore, comedian |
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* Sarah Silverman, comic |
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* Henny Youngman, comedian |
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Dance |
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* Michael Bennett, choreographer (Jewish
mother) |
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* Eliot Feld, dancer & choreographer |
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* Ron Field, director & choreographer |
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* Anna Halprin, dancer, choreographer &
teacher |
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* Michael Kidd, choreographer |
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* Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario |
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* Liz Lerman, choreographer & activist |
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* Arthur Murray, dance instructor |
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* Jerome Robbins, director &
choreographer |
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* Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer |
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Film Actors |
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* Jack Albertson, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Woody Allen, actor, director |
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* Alan Arkin, actor |
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* David, Patricia & Rosanna Arquette,
actors (Jewish mother) |
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* Lauren Bacall, actress |
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* Barbara Bach, actress, model (Jewish
father) |
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* Martin Balsam, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Theda Bara, actress, vamp |
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* Ellen Barkin, actress |
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* Joey Bishop, actor, member of the Rat
Pack |
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* Jack Black, actor, rock musician |
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* Mel Blanc, cartoon voice actor |
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* Selma Blair, actress |
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* Matthew Broderick actor (Jewish
mother) |
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* Adrien Brody, Oscar-winning actor |
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* George Burns, Oscar-winning actor,
comedian |
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* Red Buttons, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Seymore Butts, erotic actor |
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* Amanda Bynes, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* James Caan, actor |
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* Dyan Cannon, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Kate Capshaw, actress (converted) |
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* Phoebe Cates, actress |
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* Jill Clayburgh, actress |
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* Joan Collins, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Jennifer Connelly, Oscar-winning
actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Billy Crystal, actor |
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* Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Jewish
father) |
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* Tony Curtis, actor |
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* Sammy Davis Jr., all-around
entertainer (converted) |
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* Kirk Douglas, actor |
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* Melvyn Douglas, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Michael Douglas, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Jon Favreau, actor, director (Jewish
mother) |
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* Carrie Fisher, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Harrison Ford, actor (Jewish mother) |
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* James Franco, actor (Jewish mother) |
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* Paul Frees, cartoon voice actor |
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* Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress |
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* Gina Gershon, actress |
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* Jeff Goldblum, actor |
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* Christopher Guest, actor (Jewish
mother) |
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* Lee Grant, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Seth Green, actor |
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* Jennifer Grey, actress |
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* Joel Grey, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Steve Guttenberg, actor |
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* Maggie & Jake Gyllenhaal, actors
(Jewish mother) |
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* Alyson Hannigan, actress (Jewish
mother) |
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* Nina Hartley, erotic actress |
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* Goldie Hawn, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish mother) |
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* Barbara Hershey, actress (Jewish
father) |
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* Dustin Hoffman, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Judy Holliday, Oscar-winning actress |
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* John Houseman, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Helen Hunt, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father) |
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* Amy Irving, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Ron Jeremy, erotic actor |
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* Scarlett Johansson, actress (Jewish
mother) |
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* Al Jolson, singer, actor, early sound
film star |
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* Madeline Kahn, actress |
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* Harvey Keitel, actor |
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* Chris Klein, actor (Jewish father) |
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* Kevin Kline, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor |
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* Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Piper Laurie, actress |
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* Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress |
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* Gloria Leonard, erotic actress |
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* Peter Lorre, actor |
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* Paul Lukas, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Natasha Lyonne, actress |
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* Marx Brothers, actors |
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* Marlee Matlin, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Walter Matthau, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Anne Meara, actress, comedian |
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* Marilyn Monroe, actress (converted) |
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* Paul Muni, Oscar-winning actor |
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* Judd Nelson, actor, member of the Brat
Pack |
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* Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor
(Jewish father) |
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* Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar-winning actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Estelle Parsons, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Amanda Peet, actress |
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* Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish
father) |
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* Joaquin, River & Summer Phoenix,
actors (Jewish mother) |
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* Kevin Pollak, actor |
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* Natalie Portman, actress |
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* Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor (Jewish
grandfather) |
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* Luise Rainer, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Edward G. Robinson, actor |
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* Emmy Rossum, actress |
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* Winona Ryder, actress (Jewish father) |
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* Adam Sandler, actor, comedian |
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* Joseph Schildkraut, Oscar-winning
actor |
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* Liev Schreiber, actor |
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* Jason Schwartzman, actor (Jewish
father) |
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* David Schwimmer, actor |
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* George Segal, actor |
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* Peter Sellers, actor, comedian |
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* Norma Shearer, Oscar-winning actress
(converted) |
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* Ally Sheedy, actress (Jewish mother) |
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* Alicia Silverstone, actress |
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* Tori Spelling, actress |
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* Annie Sprinkle, erotic actress |
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* Ben Stiller, actor |
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* Barbra Streisand, Oscar-winning
actress, singer, director |
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* Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar-winning
actress (converted) |
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* Michelle Trachtenberg, teen actress
(Jewish father) |
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* Eli Wallach, actor |
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* Cornel Wilde, actor |
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* Gene Wilder, actor |
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* Debra Winger, actress |
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* Shelley Winters, Oscar-winning actress |
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* Evan Rachel Wood, actress |
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Film Directors |
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* Woody Allen, Oscar-winning director,
actor |
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* Jack Arnold, director |
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* Darren Aronofsky, director |
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* Fabian Bielinsky |
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* Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish
mother) |
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* James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning
director, producer |
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* Mel Brooks, director |
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* Richard Brooks, director |
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* William Castle, director |
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* Coen Brothers, directors |
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* Rob Cohen, director, producer |
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* George Cukor, Oscar-winning director |
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* Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director |
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* Jules Dassin, director |
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* Cecil B. DeMille, director (Jewish
mother, raised Episcopalian) |
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* Maya Deren, director |
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* Stanley Donen, director, choreographer |
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* Nora Ephron, director |
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* Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director
(Jewish father) |
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* John Frankenheimer, director |
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* William Friedkin, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Samuel Fuller, director |
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* Charles Guggenheim, Oscar-winning
documentary director |
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* Todd Haynes, director (Jewish mother) |
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* Amy Heckerling, director |
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* Peter Hyams, director |
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* Spike Jonze, director (Jewish father) |
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* Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter |
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* Irvin Kershner, director |
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* Harmony Korine, director, screenwriter |
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* Stanley Kubrick, director |
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* John Landis, director |
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* Fritz Lang, director (Jewish mother) |
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* Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director |
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* Ernst Lubitsch, director |
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* Sidney Lumet, director |
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* Michael Mann, director |
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* Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter |
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* Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning
director |
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* Mike Nichols, Oscar-winning director |
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* Frank Oz, director (Jewish father) |
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* Roman Polanski, Oscar-winning director |
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* Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning
director, actor, producer |
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* Otto Preminger, director |
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* Sam Raimi, director |
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* Harold Ramis, director |
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* Brett Ratner, director |
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* Rob Reiner, director |
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* Martin Ritt, director |
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* Jay Roach, director |
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* Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning
director, choreographer |
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* Herbert Ross, director |
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* Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter |
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* David O. Russell, director,
screenwriter (Jewish father) |
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* Don Siegel, director |
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* Bryan Singer, director |
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* Robert Siodmak, director |
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* Todd Solondz, director |
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* Barry Sonnenfeld, director |
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* Stephen Spielberg, Oscar-winning
director, producer |
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* Josef von Sternberg, director |
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* Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning director
(Jewish father) |
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* Edgar G. Ulmer, director |
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* Paul & Chris Weitz, directors |
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* Billy Wilder, Oscar-winning director |
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* Frederick Wiseman, documentary
director |
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* William Wyler, Oscar-winning director |
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* Boaz Yakin, director |
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* Fred Zinnemann, Oscar-winning director |
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* Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams, directors |
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* Edward Zwick, director |
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* Terry Zwigoff, director |
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Magicians |
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* David Blaine, stunt performer (Jewish
single mother) |
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* David Copperfield, illusionist |
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* Horace Goldin, |
