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List of Jewish American show business figures
This is a list of Jewish American show business figures.
This page is part of the List of Jewish Americans series.
Film directors
- Woody Allen, Oscar-winning director, actor
- Jack Arnold, director
- Darren Aronofsky, director
- Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish mother)
- James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Mel Brooks, director
- Richard Brooks, director
- William Castle, director
- Coen Brothers, directors
- Rob Cohen, director, producer
- George Cukor, Oscar-winning director
- Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director
- Jules Dassin, director
- Cecil B. DeMille, director (Jewish mother, raised Episcopalian)
- Maya Deren, director
- Stanley Donen, director, choreographer
- Nora Ephron, director
- Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director (Jewish father)
- John Frankenheimer, director
- William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director
- Samuel Fuller, director
- Charles Guggenheim , Oscar-winning documentary director
- Todd Haynes, director (Jewish mother)
- Amy Heckerling, director
- Peter Hyams, director
- Spike Jonze, director (Jewish father)
- Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter
- Irvin Kershner, director
- Harmony Korine, director, screenwriter
- Stanley Kubrick, director
- John Landis, director
- Fritz Lang, director (Jewish mother)
- Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director
- Ernst Lubitsch, director
- Sidney Lumet, director
- Michael Mann, director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning director
- Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter
- Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning director
- Mike Nichols, Oscar-winning director
- Frank Oz, director (Jewish father)
- Roman Polanski, Oscar-winning director
- Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director, actor, producer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Sam Raimi, director
- Harold Ramis, director
- Brett Ratner, director
- Rob Reiner, director
- Martin Ritt, director
- Jay Roach, director
- Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning director, choreographer
- Herbert Ross, director
- Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter
- David O. Russell, director, screenwriter (Jewish father)
- Don Siegel, director
- Bryan Singer, director
- Robert Siodmak, director
- Todd Solondz, director
- Barry Sonnenfeld, director
- Stephen Spielberg, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Josef von Sternberg, director
- Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning director (Jewish father)
- Edgar G. Ulmer, director
- Paul & Chris Weitz, directors
- Billy Wilder, Oscar-winning director
- Frederick Wiseman, documentary director
- William Wyler, Oscar-winning director
- Boaz Yakin, director
- Fred Zinnemann, Oscar-winning director
- Zucker, Zucker & Abrahams, directors
- Edward Zwick, director
- Terry Zwigoff, director
Film actors
- Jack Albertson, Oscar-winning actor
- Woody Allen, actor, director
- Alan Arkin, actor
- David, Patricia & Rosanna Arquette, actors (Jewish mother)
- Lauren Bacall, actress
- Barbara Bach, actress, model (Jewish father)
- Martin Balsam, Oscar-winning actor
- Theda Bara, actress, vamp
- Ellen Barkin, actress
- Joey Bishop, actor, member of the Rat Pack
- Jack Black, actor, rock musician
- Mel Blanc, cartoon voice actor
- Selma Blair, actress
- Matthew Broderick actor (Jewish mother)
- Adrien Brody, Oscar-winning actor
- George Burns, Oscar-winning actor, comedian
- Red Buttons, Oscar-winning actor
- Amanda Bynes, actress (half Jewish)
- James Caan, actor
- Dyan Cannon, actress (Jewish mother)
- Kate Capshaw, actress (converted)
- Phoebe Cates, actress
- Jill Clayburgh, actress
- Joan Collins, actress (Jewish father)
- Jennifer Connelly, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish mother)
- Billy Crystal, actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Jewish father)
- Tony Curtis, actor
- Sammy Davis Jr., all-around entertainer (converted)
- Kirk Douglas, actor
- Melvyn Douglas, Oscar-winning actor
- Michael Douglas, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning actor
- Jon Favreau, actor, director (Jewish mother)
- Carrie Fisher, actress (Jewish father)
- Harrison Ford, actor (Jewish mother)
- James Franco, actor (Jewish mother)
- Paul Frees, cartoon voice actor
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
- Gina Gershon, actress
- Jeff Goldblum, actor
- Christopher Guest, actor (Jewish mother)
- Lee Grant, Oscar-winning actress
- Jennifer Grey, actress
- Joel Grey, Oscar-winning actor
- Steve Guttenberg, actor
- Maggie & Jake Gyllenhaal, actors (Jewish mother)
- Alyson Hannigan, actress (Jewish mother)
- Nina Hartley, erotic actress
- Goldie Hawn, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish mother)
- Barbara Hershey, actress (Jewish father)
- Dustin Hoffman, Oscar-winning actor
- Judy Holliday, Oscar-winning actress
- John Houseman, Oscar-winning actor
- Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)
- Amy Irving, actress (Jewish father)
- Ron Jeremy, erotic actor
- Scarlett Johansson, actress (Jewish mother)
- Al Jolson, singer, actor, early sound film star
- Madeline Kahn, actress
- Harvey Keitel, actor
- Kevin Kline, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor
- Martin Landau, Oscar-winning actor
- Piper Laurie, actress
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress
- Gloria Leonard, erotic actress
- Peter Lorre, actor
- Paul Lukas, Oscar-winning actor
- Natasha Lyonne, actress
- Marx Brothers, actors
- Marlee Matlin, Oscar-winning actress
- Walter Matthau, Oscar-winning actor
- Marilyn Monroe, actress (converted)
- Paul Muni, Oscar-winning actor
- Judd Nelson, actor, member of the Brat Pack
- Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish father)
- Estelle Parsons, Oscar-winning actress
- Amanda Peet, actress
- Sean Penn, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Joaquin, River & Summer Phoenix, actors (Jewish mother)
- Kevin Pollak, actor
- Natalie Portman, actress
- Luise Rainer, Oscar-winning actress
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Emmy Rossum, actress
- Winona Ryder, actress (Jewish father)
- Adam Sandler, actor, comedian
- Joseph Schildkraut, Oscar-winning actor
- Liev Schreiber, actor
- Jason Schwartzman, actor (Jewish father)
- George Segal, actor
- Norma Shearer, Oscar-winning actress (converted)
- Ally Sheedy, actress (Jewish mother)
- Alicia Silverstone, actress
- Tori Spelling, actress
- Annie Sprinkle, erotic actress
- Ben Stiller, actor
- Barbra Streisand, Oscar-winning actress, singer, director
- Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar-winning actress (converted)
- Michelle Trachtenberg, teen actress (Jewish father)
- Eli Wallach, actor
- Gene Wilder, actor
- Debra Winger, actress
- Shelley Winters, Oscar-winning actress
- Evan Rachel Wood, actress
Television actors
Arranged by television show:
- 24 - Jonathan Ahdout, Sara Gilbert, Mia Kirshner
- The Addams Family - Carolyn Jones (converted)
- Alice - Linda Lavin
- Arrested Development - Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, David Cross
- Babylon 5 - Mira Furlan, Stephen Furst
- Battlestar Galactica - Lorne Greene (Canadian but US-based)
- Baywatch - Yasmine Bleeth (Jewish father)
- Beverly Hills 90210 - Tori Spelling, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris
- The Bob Newhart Show - Suzanne Pleshette
- Bonanza - Lorne Greene, Michael Landon (Landon Jewish father; Greene Canadian but US-based)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green, Alyson Hannigan, Michelle Trachtenberg, Amber Benson (Benson & Trachtenberg half Jewish)
- Charlie's Angels - Tanya Roberts, Jaclyn Smith (both half Jewish)
- Cheers - Rhea Perlman, Bebe Neuwirth
- Columbo - Peter Falk
- The Cosby Show - Lisa Bonet (Jewish mother)
- The Critic - Jon Lovitz
- Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David
- Dukes of Hazzard - Sorrell Booke
- ER - Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies (both half Jewish)
- Everybody Loves Raymond - Doris Roberts, Brad Garrett
- The Facts of Life - Charlotte Rae, Mindy Cohn
- Family Guy - Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green
- Friends - Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer
- Full House - Bob Saget, Scott Weinger, Marla Sokoloff
- Futurama - Katey Sagal (Jewish father)
- Get Smart - Don Adams, Bernie Kopell (Adams converted)
- Gilligan's Island - Tina Louise, Natalie Schafer
- Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter (converted)
- The Golden Girls - Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty
- Happy Days - Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley
- Homicide: Life on the Street - Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer
- Hogan's Heroes - Leon Askin, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary (Klemperer Jewish father)
- The Larry Sanders Show - Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor
- Law & Order - Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill (Orbach Jewish father)
- Little House on the Prairie - Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert (Landon Jewish father)
- Lost In Space - Jonathan Harris
- Lou Grant - Ed Asner
- Mad About You - Paul Reiser
- Married with Children - Katey Sagal (Jewish father)
- Maude - Bea Arthur, Bill Macy
- Mission Impossible - Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Steven Hill
- The Munsters - Al Lewis
- The Nanny - Fran Drescher
- Northern Exposure - Rob Morrow
- The O.C. - Adam Brody
- One Day at a Time - Bonnie Franklin
- Party of Five - Scott Wolf (Jewish father)
- The Phil Silvers Show - Phil Silvers
- Roseanne - Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Sara Gilbert, Tom Arnold (Arnold converted)
- Roswell - Shiri Appleby
- Saved by the Bell - Elizabeth Berkley, Dustin Diamond
- Scrubs - Zach Braff
- Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander
- Sex and the City - Sara Jessica Parker (Jewish mother)
- The Simpsons - Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer
- The Sopranos - Jamie-Lynn DiScala
- South Park - Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Eliza Schneider (Stone half Jewish)
- Space: 1999 - Martin Landau, Barbara Bain
- Starsky and Hutch - Paul Michael Glaser
- Star Trek: The Original Series - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Brent Spiner
- Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - Armin Shimerman
- Taxi - Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane, Andy Kaufman
- That '70s Show - Mila Kunis, Laura Prepon, Tanya Roberts
- thirtysomething - Ken Olin, Melanie Mayron
- The West Wing - Richard Schiff, Joshua Malina
- Who's the Boss? - Judith Light
- Will & Grace - Debra Messing
- The Wonder Years - Fred Savage
- The X-Files - David Duchovny (Jewish father)
- Zoey 101 - Sean Flynn-Amir
TV and radio presenters
- Marv Albert, sportscaster
- Mel Allen, radio sportscaster
- Chuck Barris, presenter of Dating Game, Gong Show
- Wolf Blitzer, CNN reporter
- Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell the Truth, arts advocate
- Connie Chung, news anchor (converted)
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Katie Couric, presenter of The Today Show (Jewish mother)
- Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado Gigante
- Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera
- Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life
- Amy Goodman, presenter of Democracy Now
- Larry King, CNN reporter, host of Larry King Live
- Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline
- Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki
- Bill Maher, ex-presenter of Politically Incorrect (Jewish mother)
- Al Michaels, sportscaster
- Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show host of Dr. Laura
- Daniel Schorr, tv reporter
- Dinah Shore, television host, singer
- Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
- Bill Stern, radio sportscaster
- Howard Stern, radio shock jock
- Jon Stewart, comedian, presenter of The Daily Show
- Mike Wallace, correspondent for 60 Minutes
- Barbara Walters, presenter of Today Show, 20/20
Producers and creators
- Irwin Allen, producer & director
- George Axelrod, screenwriter
- Steven Bochco, creator of LA Law, Murder One
- Jerry Bruckheimer, producer
- Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter
- Norman Corwin, radio writer, producer
- Robert Evans, producer, studio executive
- Ben Hecht, screenwriter
- Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter
- Marta Kauffman , co-creator of Friends
- Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter
- Ernest Lehman, screenwriter
- Carl Reiner, comedian, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Leon Schlesinger, producer
- Josh Schwartz, screenwriter, creator of The OC
- Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch
- Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone
- Joel Silver, producer and co-inventor of Ultimate Frisbee
- Aaron Sorkin, creator of West Wing
- Aaron Spelling, producer
- Darren Star, creator of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City
- Matt Stone, creator of South Park (Jewish mother)
- Marc Platt , producer
Comedians
- Bud Abbott, half of Abbott & Costello (Jewish mother)
- Woody Allen, comedian, director, actor
- Dave Attell, comedian
- Roseanne Barr, comedian
- Jack Benny, entertainer
- Milton Berle, entertainer, actor
- Shelley Berman, comedian
- Sandra Bernhard, comedian
- Lewis Black, comedian
- Victor Borge, comedian, pianist
- Fanny Brice, entertainer
- Albert Brooks, comedian, actor
- Lenny Bruce, comedian
- George Burns, entertainer, actor
- Eddie Cantor, entertainer, actor
- Sid Caesar, actor, writer
- Andrew Dice Clay, comedian
- David Cross, comedian, actor
- Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
- Larry Fine, the Three Stooges
- Al Franken, comedian, activist
- Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, actor
- Buddy Hackett, comedian
- Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the Three Stooges
- Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor
- Danny Kaye, entertainer, actor
- Alan King, comedian
- Robert Klein, comedian
- Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician
- Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor
- Richard Lewis, comedian
- Jackie Mason, comedian
- Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live
- Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor (Jewish father)
- Gilda Radner, comic actress
- Don Rickles, comedian, actor
- Joan Rivers, comedienne
- Rita Rudner, comedian
- Robert Schimmel, comedian
- Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor
- Allan Sherman, satirist, musician
- Pauly Shore, comedian
- Sarah Silverman, comic
- Henny Youngman, comedian
Theatre
- Stella Adler, acting teacher
- Julian Beck & Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
- Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman , founders of Open Theatre
- Anna Held, stage performer
- Judy Kaye , actress & singer
- Larry Kert, actor & singer
- Judy Kuhn, actress & singer
- James Lapine, director & librettist
- Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
- Idina Menzel, actress, singer and songwriter
- David Merrick, producer & director
- Zero Mostel, actor
- Alla Nazimova, actress
- Bebe Neuwirth, actress
- Mandy Patinkin, actor & singer
- Harold Prince, director
- Tony Randall, actor, founder of National Actors Theatre
- Max Reinhardt, director
- Frank Silvera , founder of Theatre of Being (Jewish father)
- Lee Strasberg & Harold Clurman, co-founders of Group Theatre
- Julie Taymor, director
Magicians
Dance
- Michael Bennett, choreographer (Jewish mother)
- Eliot Feld , dancer & choreographer
- Ron Field, director & choreographer
- Anna Halprin , dancer, choreographer & teacher
- Michael Kidd, choreographer
- Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
- Liz Lerman , choreographer & activist
- Arthur Murray, dance instructor
- Jerome Robbins, director & choreographer
- Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer
Models
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