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*[[Adam Brody]] (1979–), actor (''The O.C.'')<ref>http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11286</ref> |
*[[Adam Brody]] (1979–), actor (''The O.C.'')<ref>http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11286</ref> |
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*[[Adrien Brody]] (1973–), film actor (''The Pianist'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=112 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Adrien Brody |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-03-30-adrien-brody_x.htm |title=A kiss isn't just a kiss |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=March 30, 2003 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
*[[Adrien Brody]] (1973–), film actor (''The Pianist'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=112 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Adrien Brody |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-03-30-adrien-brody_x.htm |title=A kiss isn't just a kiss |publisher=Usatoday.Com |date=March 30, 2003 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]] (1975–), actress<ref>http://members.shaw.ca/almosthuman73/soaparticle17.html</ref> |
*[[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]] (1975–), actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.shaw.ca/almosthuman73/soaparticle17.html |title=Soap Opera Article 17: Q & A with Sarah Brown (Carly Roberts, General Hospital) |publisher=Members.shaw.ca |date= |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Brooke Burke]] (1971–), television personality and model<ref>http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80</ref><ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27905/edition_id/532/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
*[[Brooke Burke]] (1971–), television personality and model<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Brooke Burke |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27905/edition_id/532/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
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*[[Scott Caan]] (1976–), film actor, son of James Caan<ref>http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=122</ref> |
*[[Scott Caan]] (1976–), film actor, son of James Caan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=122 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Scott Caan |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Josh Charles]] (1971–), stage, film and television actor<ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26653/edition_id/513/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
*[[Josh Charles]] (1971–), stage, film and television actor<ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26653/edition_id/513/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
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*[[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] (1977–), film and television actress<ref>http://www.hollywood.com/feature/In_the_Mix_with_Emmanuelle_Chriqui/3469133</ref> |
*[[Emmanuelle Chriqui]] (1977–), film and television actress<ref>{{cite web|last=Scharf |first=Lindzi |url=http://www.hollywood.com/feature/In_the_Mix_with_Emmanuelle_Chriqui/3469133 |title='In the Mix' with Emmanuelle Chriqui |publisher=Hollywood.com |date=November 23, 2005 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Jennifer Connelly]] (1970–), film actress<ref name="autogenerated1">http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.25.03/film/jewometer.html</ref> |
*[[Jennifer Connelly]] (1970–), film actress<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.25.03/film/jewometer.html |title=Eye Weekly |publisher=Eye.net |date= |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref> |
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*[[Erin Daniels]] (1973–), actress<ref>http://cafesappho.smartlog.dk/17399_Interview_Erin_Daniels.html</ref><ref name="jewishsf3">http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21233/edition_id/433/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
*[[Erin Daniels]] (1973–), actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cafesappho.smartlog.dk/17399_Interview_Erin_Daniels.html |title=Interview Erin Daniels |publisher=Cafesappho.smartlog.dk |date=March 8, 2005 |accessdate=November 30, 2010}}</ref><ref name="jewishsf3">http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21233/edition_id/433/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
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*[[Dustin Diamond]] (1977–), actor (''Saved by the Bell'')<ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25229/edition_id/492/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
*[[Dustin Diamond]] (1977–), actor (''Saved by the Bell'')<ref>http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25229/edition_id/492/format/html/displaystory.html</ref> |
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*[[Nicole Eggert]] (1972–), actress who was raised in a traditional [[Jewish]] household, and who is well known for playing Summer Quinn in the hit TV Series Baywatch and Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge |
*[[Nicole Eggert]] (1972–), actress who was raised in a traditional [[Jewish]] household, and who is well known for playing Summer Quinn in the hit TV Series Baywatch and Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge |
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This is a list of famous Jewish American entertainers. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
Actors
1990s
- Jonah Bobo (1997–), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)[1]
- Flora Cross (1993–), film actress (Bee Season)[2]
- Alexander Gould (1994–), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)[3]
- Shane Haboucha (1990–), actor (Desperation, Stacy's Mom)[4]
- Carter Jenkins (1991 – ), film and television actor[5]
- Owen Kline (1991–), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)[6]
- Jonathan Lipnicki (1990–), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)[7]
- Nathalia Ramos (1992 – ) Spanish-born (later American) actress (Bratz: The Movie)[8]
- Sarah Ramos (1991–), television actress (American Dreams)[9]
- Daryl Sabara (1992–), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)[10][11]
- Evan Sabara (1992–), film/TV actor, brother of Daryl Sabara[12]
- Sam Smith (c. 1990 – ) English actor (Wondrous Oblivion)[13]
- Adiel Stein (1991–), film actor (Stolen Summer)[14]
- Matt Weinberg (1990–), film/TV actor (Haunted Lighthouse)[15]
- Zoe Weizenbaum (1991–), film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)[16]
1980s
- Jonathan Ahdout (1989–), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)[17]
- Justin Baldoni (1984–), actor (Everwood)[18]
- Rachel Bilson (1981–), film/television actress (The O.C., The Last Kiss)[19][20]
- Amanda Bynes (1986–), film star and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)[21]
- Lizzy Caplan (1982–), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)[22]
- Matt Cohen (1982–), film/television actor[23]
- John Francis Daley (1985–), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)[24]
- Kat Dennings (1986–), film/TV actress[25][26]
- Zac Efron (1987–), teen idol/actor (High School Musical, Hairspray)[27]
- Jesse Eisenberg (1983–), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)[6]
- Ben Feldman (1980–), film/TV actor[28][29]
- Sean Flynn-Amir (1989–), television actor (Zoey 101)[30]
- Ben Foster (1980–), film actor (X-Men: The Last Stand)[31]
- Jon Foster (1984–), film/television actor (Stay Alive)[32]
- Shayna Fox (1984–), voice actress[33]
- Gideon Glick (1988–), actor[34]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981–), film/TV actor[35][36]
- Max Greenfield (1980–), film/TV actor[37]
- Zena Grey (1988–), film actress (Max Keeble's Big Move)[38]
- Jake Gyllenhaal (1980–), film star (Brokeback Mountain)[39]
- Jonah Hill (1983–), film actor[40]
- Scarlett Johansson (1984–), film actress;[41] [42]
- Ariana Jollee (1982–), pornographic actress and pornographic film director[43]
- Mila Kunis (1983–), television actress (That '70s Show)[44]
- Shia LaBeouf (1986–), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes,Disturbia,Transformers)[45][46]
- Adam Lamberg (1984–), actor (Lizzie McGuire)[47]
- Samm Levine (1982–), film/TV actor[48]
- Margarita Levieva (1980–) actress and professional gymnast
- Alex D. Linz (1989–), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)[49][50]
- Jessica Manley, acclaimed actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story).
- Eli Marienthal (1986–), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)[51]
- Scott Mechlowicz (1981–), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)[52]
- Sara Paxton (1988–), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)[53][54][55]
- Josh Peck (1986–), actor (Drake & Josh)[56]
- Ashley Peldon (1984–), film/television actress[57]
- Courtney Peldon (1981–), film/television actress[58]
- Alisan Porter (1981–), film and stage actress and singer[59]
- Natalie Portman (1981–) Israeli-born film star (V for Vendetta)[60]
- Laura Prepon (1980–), film/TV actress (That '70s Show). .[61][62]
- Nikki Reed (1988–), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)[63][64]
- Daphne Rosen (1982–) Israeli/American adult film actress and adult movie producer[65]
- Emmy Rossum (1986–) actress, singer, and songwriter
- Jason Schwartzman (1980–) known from Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, and for being a member of the predominantly Jewish band Phantom Planet, of which the track "California" became the theme song for the Fox TV series, The O.C.
- Jason Segel (1980–), film/TV actor[66]
- Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981–), television actress (The Sopranos)[67]
- Marla Sokoloff (1980–), film/television actress (Big Day)[68]
- Shoshannah Stern (1980–), television actress[69][70]
- Margo Stilley (1983–), film actress (9 Songs)[71]
- Lauren Storm (1987–), television actress (Flight 29 Down)[72][73]
- Khleo Thomas (1989–), film actor (Holes)[74]
- Ashley Tisdale (1985–), actress and singer (High School Musical)[75]
- Michelle Trachtenberg (1985–), film/television actress, who was born to two devout Jewish parents and whose grandparents live in Israel [76]
- Joseph Trohman (1984–), musician (Fall Out Boy)Joe Trohman
- Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (1986–) Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)[77]
- Anneliese van der Pol (1984 – ) Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)[78]
- Mara Wilson (1987–), film actress (Matilda)[79]
- Evan Rachel Wood (1987–), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)[63][64][80]
- Mario Yedidia (1984–), former child actor (Warriors of Virtue)[81]
- Anton Yelchin (1989–) Russian-born film/television actor[82][83]
- Joey Zimmerman (1986–), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)[84]
1970s
- Shiri Appleby (1978–) Israeli/American film/television actress (Roswell)[85]
- David Arquette (1971–), film actor[86][87]
- Elizabeth Banks (1974–), film actress (Invincible)[88][89]
- Justin Bartha (1978–), film actor (National Treasure,The Hangover)[90]
- Amber Benson (1977–), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)[91]
- Elizabeth Berkley (1972–), television, film, and stage actress[92]
- Mayim Bialik (1975–), actress (Blossom)[93]
- Michael Ian Black (1971–), actor, comedian and comedy writer[94]
- Selma Blair (real name Selma Bleitner) (1972–), film actress, who was raised with a strong Jewish identity that included Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)[95]
- Alex Borstein (1971–), actress, writer and comedian[96]
- Caprice Bourret (1971–),/English fashion model and actress, often known by her first name[97]
- Zach Braff (1975–), television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)[98]
- Tamara Braun (1971–), soap opera actress[99]
- Adam Brody (1979–), actor (The O.C.)[100]
- Adrien Brody (1973–), film actor (The Pianist)[101][102]
- Sarah Brown (1975–), actress[103]
- Brooke Burke (1971–), television personality and model[104][105]
- Scott Caan (1976–), film actor, son of James Caan[106]
- Josh Charles (1971–), stage, film and television actor[107]
- Emmanuelle Chriqui (1977–), film and television actress[108]
- Jennifer Connelly (1970–), film actress[109]
- Erin Daniels (1973–), actress[110][111]
- Dustin Diamond (1977–), actor (Saved by the Bell)[112]
- Nicole Eggert (1972–), actress who was raised in a traditional Jewish household, and who is well known for playing Summer Quinn in the hit TV Series Baywatch and Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge
- Oded Fehr (1970–) Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)[113]
- Corey Feldman (1971–), film actor, 1980s teen idol[114]
- James Franco (1978–), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)[115][116]
- Soleil Moon Frye (1976–), actress and director (Punky Brewster)[117]
- Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977–), actress, writer, director, film maker, comedian, singer (Buffy Summers)
- Elon Gold (1970–), comedian, television actor, writer and producer[118]
- Missy Gold (1970–), actress on TV show Benson
- Adam Goldberg (1970–), film actor[119]
- Ginnifer Goodwin (1978 – ), film/television actress (Big Love)[120]
- Seth Green (1974–), actor, writer, and television producer.[121][122]
- Bryan Greenberg (1978–), film/television actor (Prime)[123]
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977–) Golden Globe-nominated actress[111][124]
- Corey Haim (1971–2010) Canadian born Film actor known as being one of the "two Coreys" of 80's film fame.
- Chelsea Handler (1975–), actress/comedian[125]
- Alyson Hannigan (1974–), actress ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)[126]
- Danielle Harris (1977 – ), actress[127]
- Samantha Harris (1973 – ), actress and TV presenter[128]
- Cole Hauser (1975–), film actor[129][130]
- Jason Hervey (1972–), actor known for his role on The Wonder Years
- Kate Hudson (1979–), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)[131]
- Oliver Hudson (1976–), film/television actor[32]
- Rashida Jones (1976–), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)[132]
- Chris Kattan (1970–), comedian (Saturday Night Live)[39]
- Mia Kirshner (1975–) Israeli/American actress and author born to two devout Jewish parents, known for her portrayal of Jenny Schecter on Showtime's The L Word. Mia Kirshner is the granddaughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors.
- Alla Korot (1970–) Ukrainian-born actress[133]
- Lisa Kushell (1971–), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)[134]
- David Krumholtz (1978–), actor (NUMB3RS)[135]
- Adam Levine (1979–), musician (Maroon 5)Adam Levine
- Aaron Lewis (1972–) Lead singer of post-grunge band Staind.
- Jenny Lewis (1976–), musician and former child actress[136]
- Michael Lucas (1972–) Russian-born porn star[137]
- Jamie Luner (1971–), actress (Melrose Place)[138]
- Natasha Lyonne (1979–), film/television actress (American Pie)[139]
- Gabriel Macht (1972–), film actor[140]
- Kellie Martin (1975–), actress who is known for her roles as the charismatic Rebecca Thatcher on Life Goes On, Christy Huddleston in Christy, and as Lucy Knight on ER.
- Idina Menzel (1971–), actress, singer and songwriter[141]
- Seth Meyers (1973–), actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)[142]
- Gwyneth Paltrow (1972–), actress and singer[143][144][145]
- Adam Pascal (1970–), actor (Rent)[146]
- Amanda Peet (1972–), film actress[147][148]
- Joaquin Phoenix (1974–), film actor (Walk the Line)[149][150][151][152]
- Rain Phoenix (1973–), actress/musician[153][149]
- River Phoenix (1970–1993), film actor[149][154]
- Summer Phoenix (1978–), actress and model[149][155]
- Pink (1979–), singer and actress[156]
- Josh Radnor (1976–), actor (How I Met Your Mother)[85]
- Michael Rapaport (1970–), film and television actor [157]
- Leah Remini (1970–), actress (The King of Queens)[158]
- Simon Rex (1974–), actor and model[159]
- Michael Rosenbaum (1972–), film and television actor (Smallvile)[160]
- Tracee Ellis Ross (1972–), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross[161]
- Eli Roth (1972–), film actor, director, producer and writer[162]
- Maya Rudolph (1972–), actress/comedian, cast member of Saturday Night Live[89]
- Keri Russell (1976–), actress and dancer (Felicity, The Upside of Anger)[163]
- Winona Ryder (1971–) (real name Winona Horowitz), film actress[164][165]
- Sarah Saltzberg (1976–), Broadway theater actress[166]
- Andy Samberg (1977–), comedian. Part of the group The Lonely Island and a Saturday Night Live cast member.
- Fred Savage (1976–), actor and television director known best for role on Wonder Years[167][168]
- Josh Saviano (1976–) known best for role on Wonder Years
- Miriam Shor (1971–), film/television actress (Big Day)[169]
- Sarah Silverman (1970–), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer[142]
- Alicia Silverstone (1976–), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)[170][171]
- Ione Skye (1971–) English-born actress[172]
- Lindsay Sloane (1977–), actress[173][174]
- Bahar Soomekh (1975–) Iranian-born actress (Crash)[175][176]
- Tori Spelling (1973–), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[177][178]
- Jordana Spiro (1977–), television actress (My Boys)[179]
- Matt Stone (1971–), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and creator of South Park[180]
- Danny Strong (1974–), film/television actor[181]
- Jonathan Togo (1977 – ), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)[182]
- Mageina Tovah (1979 – ), actress[183]
- Kevin Weisman (1970–), film/television actor[184]
- Jennifer Westfeldt (1971–), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)[185]
- Marissa Jaret Winokur (1973–), film, television and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)[186]
- Noah Wyle (1971–), film/television actor[187]
- Nikki Ziering (1971–), model and actress[188]
- Ethan Zohn (1973–) Survivor: Africa winner and actor[189]
- Arianne Zuker (1974–), soap opera actress[190]
1960s
- Paula Abdul (1962–), singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and prominent choreographer[191]
- Steven Adler (1965–), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
- Patricia Arquette (1968–) Golden Globe-nominated actress[192][193]
- Hank Azaria (1964–) acclaimed Ladino (Sephardic Jewish language) speaking film and television actor, director, comedian and voice artist, who is one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is known from films such as The Birdcage among others. [194]
- David Alan Basche (1968–), actor[195]
- Randall Batinkoff (1968–), film/television actor (For Keeps?)[196]
- Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)[197]
- Troy Beyer (1964–), film director, screenwriter and actress[109]
- Craig Bierko (1964–), film/television actor (Cinderella Man)[198]
- Jack Black (1969–), film actor and musician[199]
- Yasmine Bleeth (1968–), television/film actress (Baywatch)[200]
- Lisa Bonet (1967–), film/television actress (The Cosby Show)[201]
- Matthew Broderick (1962–), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)[202]
- Gabrielle Carteris (1961–), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)[203]
- Max Casella (1967–), actor Doogie Howser
- Scott Cohen (1964–), film/television actor[204]
- Mindy Cohn (1966–), television actress (The Facts of Life)[174]
- David Cross (1964–), actor/comedian[205]
- Embeth Davidtz,(1965–) acclaimed actress known from films such as Schindler’s List, and Matilda, among others.
- Dean Devlin (1962–) former actor, now producer and screenwriter[206]
- Don Diamont (1961–), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)[207]
- Robert Downey Jr. (1965–), actor and musician (Iron Man)[208][209]
- David Duchovny (1960–), television and film actor (The X-Files)[210][211]
- Lisa Edelstein (1967–), actress (House)[212]
- Jon Favreau (1966–), actor/director[213][214]
- Dan Futterman (1967–), actor and screenwriter[215]
- Jeff Garlin (1962–), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)[216]
- Brad Garrett (1960–), actor and comedian[217]
- Gina Gershon (1962–), film actress[218]
- Jami Gertz (1965–), film/television actress[219]
- Melissa Gilbert (1964–), former child actress, served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild[220]
- Judy Gold (1962–), stand-up comedian and actress[221]
- Tracey Gold (1969–), actress who appeared on TV show Growing Pains and sister of Missy
- Bill Goldberg (1966–) Currently inactive wrestler that wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and film/television actor[222]
- Kerri Green (1967–) acclaimed actress, screenwriter, producer, and 80s teen icon, known for her role as the cheerleader-turned-adventurer “Andy” in The Goonies, and for the 1986 film Lucas, among others
- Jennifer Grey (1960–), actress, and dancer (Dirty Dancing)[223]
- Arye Gross (1960–), film/television actor[224]
- Greg Grunberg (1966–), film/television actor (Heroes)[225]
- Annabelle Gurwitch (1961–), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie[226]
- Daryl Hannah (1960–), film actress (Splash)[227]
- Jessica Hecht (1965–), film/stage actress[228]
- Monica Horan (1963–), television actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)[229]
- Sean Kanan (1966–), soap opera actor (General Hospital)[230]
- Lesli Kay (real name Lesli Pushkin), actress, known from "As the World Turns", who had the first individual girl's bat mitzvah in the state of West Virginia.
- Heather Paige Kent (1969–), television actress[231]
- Marc Kudisch (1966–), stage actor[232]
- Lisa Kudrow (1963–), actress (Friends)[233]
- Juliet Landau (1965–), actress, daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain[234]
- John Lehr (1967–), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)[179]
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962–) Hollywood film actress[7]
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961–), actress (Seinfeld)[235]
- Joshua Malina (1966–), film and stage actor[236]
- Camryn Manheim (1961–), actress (The Practice)[237]
- Cindy Margolis (1965–), actress/model, included in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as a result of being the "most downloaded" person in 1999[195]
- Julianna Margulies (1966–), film/television actress (ER)[238]
- Brett Marx (1964–), actor who is the great nephew of the Marx Brothers and best known for his performance in The Bad News Bears
- Marlee Matlin (1965–), actress (Children of a Lesser God)[239]
- Debra Messing (1968–), actress (Will & Grace)[240]
- Dina Meyer (1968–), film/television actress (Saw films)[241]
- Ari Meyers (1969–), actress (Kate & Allie)[242]
- Rob Morrow (1962–), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)[243]
- Sarah Jessica Parker (1965–) Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress[244][245]
- Sean Penn (1960–), film actor[246]
- Jeremy Piven (1965–), actor (Entourage)[247]
- Rain Pryor (1969–), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor[248]
- Ted Raimi (1965–), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi[88]
- Adam Rich (1968–), child actor best known for his role in Eight is Enough
♠*Paul Rudd (1969–), actor and screenwriter, who is the son of two devout Jewish immigrants from England[249][250]
- Adam Sandler (1966–), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician[251]
- Rob Schneider (1963–), actor, comedian, and screenwriter[252]
- Bitty Schram (1968–) Golden Globe-nominated actress[253]
- Liev Schreiber (1967–), actor[254]
- Scott Schwartz (1968–), child actor who played in A Christmas Story and The Toy
- David Schwimmer (1966–) Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)[255]
- Sam Seder (1966–) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[256]
- Kyra Sedgwick (1965–) Emmy-nominated actress[227]
- Ally Sheedy (1962–), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)[257]
- Jonathan Silverman (1966–), film/television actor[258]
- Helen Slater (1963–), film actress and singer-songwriter, who is known among other things, for playing the infamous title role in the 1984 film Supergirl[259]
- Robert Smigel (1960–) Comedian, actor, writer; known for being the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog and for Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse cartoon shorts, who also contributed to the Jewish album "The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People". He is the son of two devout Jewish parents, and was raised with a strong Jewish identity, which included Jewish day school, travels to Israel, and Jewish summer camps.
- Rena Sofer (1968–), actress born to two Orthodox Jewish parents, and whose father is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi. She is a descendent of preeminent mystical rabbi and philosopher Baal Shem Tov,[260]
- Jon Stewart (1962–), stand-up comedian, actor, author, who is the host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show[261]
- Ben Stiller (1965–), comedian, actor, and film director[262]
- Michael Vartan (1968–) French-born film/television actor (Monster-in-Law)[263]
- Steven Weber (1961–), film/television actor ("Wings")[264]
- Scott Wolf (1968–), actor (Party of Five)[265]
- Ian Ziering (1964–), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)[266][128]
1950s
- Caroline Aaron (1957–), actress and producer[267]
- Jason Alexander (1959–), actor, comedian, writer, director known for playing the iconic George Costanza and directing episodes on Seinfeld [268]
- Adam Arkin (1956–), television, film, and stage actor[269]
- Rosanna Arquette (1959–), actress, film director, and film producer[270]
- Ellen Barkin (1954–), actress[37]
- Robby Benson (1956–), actor, former teen idol[271]
- Mike Binder (1958–), screenwriter, film director and actor[272]
- Kate Capshaw (1953–), actress (Indiana Jones)[273]
- Katie Couric (1957–), media personality, appeared in Shark Tale[274]
- Ian Mitchell (1958 – ) Musician, Bay City Rollers, former teen idol
- Jamie Lee Curtis (1958–) Golden Globe-winning film actress, successful writer of books for children[275]
- Tovah Feldshuh (1952–), actress, singer, and playwright[276]
- Harvey Fierstein (1954–), actor, author, and singer[277]
- Carrie Fisher (1956–), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)[278]
- Al Franken (1951–), comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator and radio host[279]
- Jeff Goldblum (1952–), film actor[280]
- Steve Guttenberg (1958–), actor[281]
- Mary Hart (1950–), former actress and television personality (Entertainment Tonight)[282]
- Amy Irving (1953–), actress[283]
- Toni Kalem (1956–), film, television actress, screenwriter and director[284]
- Carol Kane (1952–), actress[285]
- Julie Kavner (1950–), film/television actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)[286]
- Richard Kind (1956–), actor[287]
- John Landis (1950–), actor, director, writer, and producer[288]
- Carol Leifer (1956–), comedienne and actress[289]
- Joan Lunden (1950–), broadcaster (Good Morning America), has also acted[290]
- Melanie Mayron (1952–), actress and director (Thirtysomething)[291]
- Larry Miller (1953–), stand-up comedian, actor[292]
- Don Most (1953–), actor (Happy Days)[293]
- Judd Nelson (1959–), actor famous for his role in The Breakfast Club
- Bebe Neuwirth (1958–), theater, television, and film actress[141]
- Laraine Newman (1952–), comedienne and actress[294]
- Ken Olin (1954–), actor, director and producer[295]
- Mandy Patinkin (1952–), actor of stage and screen, and seminal singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs, among others[296]
- Lorna Patterson (1956–), film, stage and television actress[297]
- Scott Patterson (1958–), actor (Gilmore Girls)[298]
- David Paymer (1954–), character actor[299]
- Ron Perlman (1950–) film/television actor (Hellboy)[300]
- Kevin Pollak (1957–), actor, impressionist and comedian[301]
- Paul Reiser (1957–), actor, author and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)[302]
- Paul Reubens (1952–) aka Peewee Herman
- Tanya Roberts (1954–), actress (Charlie's Angels)[62]
- Alan Rosenberg (1950–), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild[303]
- Katey Sagal (1954–), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)[304]
- Bob Saget (1956–), actor, stand-up comedian and game show host[305]
- Richard Schiff (1955–), actor (The West Wing)[306]
- Steven Seagal (1951–), action movie actor, producer, writer, director and singer[307]
- Jerry Seinfeld (1954–), comedian, actor, and writer[255]
- Jane Seymour (1951 – ) English-born film/television actress[308]
- Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), television/movie actress[309]
- Annie Sprinkle (1954–) infamous stripper, porn film star/producer, porn magazine editor/writer, turned into an artist, cable television host, [310]
- Howard Stern (1954–), radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor and author[39]
- Stephen Tobolowsky (1951–), actor[311]
- Robert Trebor (1953–), actor (Hercules, Xena)[312]
- Debra Winger (1955–), actress born to two Orthodox Jewish parents and who was raised with a strong Jewish identity that included trips to kibbutzim in Israel, and who is known, among other things, for playing the role of Wonder Girl in the Wonder Woman television series[313]
- Mare Winningham (1959–), film and television actress[314]
1940s
- Bob Balaban (1945–), actor and director[315]
- Richard Belzer (1944–), stand up comedian, writer and actor[255]
- Lewis Black (1948–) stand up comedian and actor
- Albert Brooks (1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor[316]
- James Caan (1940–), film, stage and television actor[317]
- Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and television actress[318]
- Peter Coyote (1941–), actor and author[319]
- Billy Crystal (1947–), actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director[320][321]
- Larry David (1947–) Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm[322]
- Michael Douglas (1944–), actor and producer (Jewish father) [323]
- Richard Dreyfuss (1947–), actor[324]
- Bob Dylan (1941–) singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet, also appeared in several films[325]
- Bob Einstein (1942–), writer and comedian known as Super Dave.
- Richard Elfman (1949–), film director, writer and actor[326]
- Harrison Ford (1942–), actor[151][138]
- Bonnie Franklin (1944–), actress[327]
- Art Garfunkel (1941–), singer & songwriter
- Paul Michael Glaser (1943–), actor (Starsky & Hutch)[328]
- Scott Glenn (1941–), actor[329]
- Christopher Guest (1948–) comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member [330][331]
- Goldie Hawn (1945–), film actress, director and producer[332]
- Dan Hedaya (1940–), character actor[333]
- Barbara Hershey (1948–), actress, known for her many film roles[32]
- Ricky Jay (1948–) is an professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
- Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, television, and theater[334]
- Gabe Kaplan (1945–), actor, comedian, and professional poker player[335]
- Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) Avant-garde comedian[336]
- Judy Kaye (1948–), singer and actress[337]
- Lainie Kazan (1940–), actress and singer[338]
- Robert Klein (1942–), stand-up comedian and occasional actor[339]
- Kevin Kline (1947–), stage and film actor[6]
- Richard Kline (1944–), actor and television director[340]
- Sherry Lansing (1944–), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress[341]
- Michael Lembeck (1948–), actor and director[297]
- Richard Lewis (1947–), comedian and actor[342]
- Judith Light (1949–), actress best known for her role on Who's the Boss?
- Peggy Lipton (1947–), television actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)[343]
- Stephen Macht (1942–), actor[344]
- Richard Masur (1948–), actor[327]
- Bette Midler (1945–), singer, actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M[345]
- Frank Oz (1944–) real name Richard Frank Oznowicz, acclaimed English-born film director, actor and puppeteer. As a puppeteer his characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, and most notably Yoda (who he realized as a puppet, voiced and controlled)
- David Proval (1942–), actor (The Sopranos)[346]
- Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)[347]
- Harold Ramis (1944–), director, actor, writer, and producer
- Rob Reiner (1947–) actor, director, producer, writer, political and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner, who directed and co-wrote the classic and acclaimed “mockumentary” film This Is Spinal Tap (together with fellow Jewish screenwriters and Spinal Tap members Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest), and who is acclaimed for his films Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally..., and A Few Good Men. [348]
- Peter Riegert (1947–), film/television actor[349]
- Garry Shandling (born 1949), comedian and actor[350]
- Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer[351]
- Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author and radio host. He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, and for being a founding member the comedy band Spinal Tap [352][353]
- Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter
- Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)[354]
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942) singer, songwriter, actress, and film director.[355]
- Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/television actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)[356]
- Jessica Walter (born 1941), film/television actress (Arrested Development)[357]
- Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949),-born English actress[358][359]
- Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film and television actress[360]
- Anson Williams (born 1949), actor (Happy Days)[293]
- Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer and author (Happy Days)[293]
1930s
- Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking film director, writer, actor, musician and stand-up comedian who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family[361]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934), film actor, director[362]
- Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books[286]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director[321]
- Dyan Cannon (born 1937), film and television actress, editor, producer and director[363]
- Eddie Carmel (1936–1972) entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"[364]
- Jerry Douglas (born 1932), television actress (The Young and the Restless)[365]
- Elliott Gould (born 1938), film/television actor[366]
- Charles Grodin (born 1935), actor and former cable talk show host[367]
- Estelle Harris (born 1932), actress (Seinfeld)[255]
- Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)[290]
- Dustin Hoffman (born 1937) two-time Oscar winning actor[368]
- Tony Jay (1933–2006) English/American actor[369]
- Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor[370]
- Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher and director (appeared in original Star Trek)[371]
- Yaphet Kotto (born 1937) African-American actor (son of Cameroonian Crown Prince), best known for his role in Alien[372]
- Martin Landau (born 1931) American film and television actor
- Michael Landon (1936–1991) actor, producer and director who starred in three NBC TV series that spanned three decades[373]
- Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/television actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)[374]
- Piper Laurie (born 1932), actress[375]
- Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film and television actress[376]
- Steve Lawrence (born 1935), singer and actor on The Carol Burnett Show
- Shari Lewis (1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, popular during the 1960s[377]
- Hal Linden (born 1931), actor and television director[378]
- Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film and television actress[379]
- Jackie Mason (born 1931), stand-up comedian/actor[380]
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930), film director and actor[381]
- Barry Newman (born 1931), actor[382]
- Leonard Nimoy (born 1931) Yiddish speaking son of Orthodox Jewish parents, who is a acclaimed film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer, who wrote and directed on the Star Trek films and series (in which he also played Spock) among other films [383]
- Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress known for her role in The Bob Newhart Show
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director[384]
- Joan Rivers (born 1933), comedienne, actress, talk show host, and celebrity[385]
- George Segal (born 1934), film and stage actor[321]
- Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009), opera singer and cantor.[386]
- Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) an actress known for her performance in the risque In Praise of Older Women
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932) Oscar-winning English / American film actress & sex symbol[387][388][389]
- Gene Wilder (born 1933), actor and comedian[390]
1920s
- Marty Allen (born 1922), stand-up comedian and actor
- Ed Ames (born 1927), singer and actor[391]
- Beatrice Arthur (1925–2009), actress[392]
- Ed Asner (born 1929), actor[393]
- Lauren Bacall (born 1924), film and stage actress[394]
- Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter[395]
- Shelley Berman (born 1926), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor[396]
- Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway and television actor[397]
- Theodore Bikel (born 1924) character actor, folk singer and musician[398]
- Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor[399]
- Tom Bosley (born 1927), film/television actor (Happy Days)[400]
- Mel Brooks (born 1926) director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian, who pioneere comedy style and genre of mixing comedy with real historic events[401]
- Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) Stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist[402]
- Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress[403]
- Sid Caesar (born 1922), comic actor and writer[404]
- Robert Clary (born 1926) French-born actor, published author, and lecturer[405]
- Tony Curtis (born 1925), film star[406]
- Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian and actor[407]
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) (Converted to Judaism) entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"[408][388]
- Peter Falk (born 1927), actor[409]
- Fyvush Finkel (born 1923), actor[410]
- Eddie Fisher (born 1928), singer and father of Carrie Fisher
- Lee Grant (born 1927), theater, film and television actress, and film director[321]
- Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) Stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer, who used a lot of Jewish humor in his act, and who also served with an anti-aircraft unit during World War II, and set up the Singita Animal Sanctuary in the San Fernando Valley, California [411]
- Monty Hall (born 1921) Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)[412]
- Laurence Harvey (1928–1973) Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films
- Steven Hill (born 1922), film and television actor[413]
- Judy Holliday (1921–1965), actress, singer[414][415]
- Werner Klemperer (1920–2000) comedic actor[416]
- Jack Klugman (born 1922), actor
- Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor[417]
- Al Lewis (1920–2006), actor best known as Grandpa Munster
- Jerry Lewis (born 1926) Comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own classic films such as The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964) and The Nutty Professor (1963), among many others[408]
- Bill Macy (born 1922), actor[418]
- Ross Martin (1920–1981) [Jewish family] Polish-born TV and film actor (Wild Wild West)
- Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor[419]
- Anne Meara (born 1929), comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[420]
- Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer and model[388]
- Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor[421][422]
- Paul Newman (1925–2008) Academy Award-winning actor and film director, philanthropist, founder of "Newman's Own"[321][423][424]
- Charlotte Rae (born 1926), actress from The Facts of Life
- Tony Randall (1920–2004), comic actor[425]
- Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian[426]
- Regina Resnik (born 1922), opera singer and actress[427]
- Don Rickles (born 1926) Stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy[428]
- Mort Sahl (born 1927) Stand-up comedian and actor, who is credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, and Dick Gregory among many others, and who also wrote jokes for speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.
- Fred Sadoff (1926–1994) Actor in South Pacific [429]
- Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)[430]
- Simone Signoret (1921–1985) Academy Award-winning French actress[321]
- Jerry Stiller (born 1927), comedian and actor[420]
- Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, widely known as "The Velvet Fog", acclaimed and virtuosic jazz singer and songwriter, and who wrote over 400 songs including the song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).[431][432]
- Abe Vigoda (born 1921), film/television actor (The Godfather)Vigoda
- Jack Warden (1920–2006) Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated actor[433][434]
- Shelley Winters (1920–2006) two-time Academy Award-winning actress[435][436]
1910s
- Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor[437]
- Martin Balsam (1919–1996) was an actor who won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
- John Banner (1910–1973) Austrian/American actor[438]
- Red Buttons (1919–2006) Academy Award-winning comedian and actor[439]
- Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976) Academy Award-nominated film actor[321]
- Kirk Douglas (born 1916), actor, Hollywood film star (Spartacus)[440]
- John Garfield (1913–1952), actor, 1940s film star[441]
- Paulette Goddard (1910–1999), born, Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress[442]
- Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts[443]
- Danny Kaye (1913–1987), film actor, singer and comedian[444]
- Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) (real name Hedwig Kiesler), renown and iconic actress, the daughter of two Jewish immigrants, who is revered as much for her classically Jewish good looks as for being an important scientist and inventor who invented an early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication.
- Marc Lawrence (1910–2005), character actor[445]
- Zero Mostel (1915–1977), stage and film actor[446]
- Jan Murray (1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor[447]
- Luise Rainer (1910–) German-born (later American) two-time Academy Award-winning film actress[448][449]
- Lillian Roth (1910–1980), singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway[450]
- Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer and actress[451][452]
- Sylvia Sidney (1910–1999), film actress[453][454]
- Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor[455]
- Harold J. Stone (1913–2005), film and television character actor[456]
- Mike Wallace (born 1918), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s[457]
- Eli Wallach (born 1915), film, TV and stage actor[458]
- Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director[459]
- Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor[321]
1900s
- Stella Adler (1901–1992) legendary actress, and innovative acting teacher widely regarded as America's foremost acting teacher[460]
- Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor best known for his role on Chico and the Man
- Leon Askin (1907–2005) Austrian (later American) actor[461]
- Milton Berle (1908–2002) Comedian and actor, who pioneered the vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms [462]
- Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)[200]
- Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor and comedian, widely known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices”, known for creating the voices of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others. [463]
- Ben Blue (1901–1975) Canadian (later American) actor and comedian[321]
- Howard Da Silva (1909–1986), film actor[321]
- Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industries' highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony and an Emmy)[464][465]
- Larry Fine (1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)[200]
- John Houseman (1902–1988) was an actor who won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
- Curly Howard (1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges[200]
- Sam Levene (1905–1980) Russian/American stage and film actor[466]
- Peter Lorre (1904–1964) born in Austria-Hungary (later American) stage and screen actor[467]
- Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers[468]
- Sandy Meisner, (1905–1997) Actor and acting coach who developed the acting methodology, now known as the "Meisner Technique".
- Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986) legendary Jewish comedy team[321]
- Natalie Schafer (1900–1991) was an actress best known for her role in Gilligan's Island
- Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) renown actor, director, and one of the most respected and best-known acting teachers in American theater and film, who according to many people, including acting author Mel Gussow, "revolutionized the art of acting and had a influence on performance in American theater and movies”
- Semour Schwartzman (1929–2009) Jewish, Baritone ,Opera Singer "New York City Opera "Rigoletto"
and World famous Cantor "Hassan" Beth Shalom, Phila. Pa. Frank Lloyd Wright
1890s
- Jack Benny (1894–1974) Comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, film actor,who was a foundational influence on the situation comedy television show genre. [469]
- Gertrude Berg (1899–1966), radio and television actress[470]
- Fanny Brice (1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer[471]
- George Burns (1896–1996), comedian and actor[472]
- Eddie Cantor (1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century[473]
- Ricardo Cortez (1899–1977) Austrian-born (later American) silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type[474]
- Hermione Gingold (1897–1987),[475] British actress
- Moe Howard (1897–1975) the "leader" of the Three Stooges[200]
- Shemp Howard (1895–1955), born, part of the Three Stooges comedy team[200]
- Sam Jaffe (1891–1984) Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor[321]
- Irving Kaufman (1890–1976), singer, recording artist and Vaudeville performer [476]
- Francis Lederer (1899–2000) Czech-born (later American) actor [477]
- Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and television actor[478]
- Paul Lukas (1895–1971) Hungarian (later American) film actor[321]
- Groucho Marx (1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own[468]
- Gummo Marx (1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers[468]
- Paul Muni (1895–1967) Austrian-born (later American) Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood[479]
- Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress[480]
- Molly Picon (1898–1992), star of stage, screen and television[481]
- Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), stage and film actor[482]
- Mae West (1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol[483]
1880s
- Broncho Billy Anderson (1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer, perhaps best-known as the first star of the Western film genre[484]
- Theda Bara (1885–1955), silent film actress, known as the first screen "Vamp"[485]
- Douglas Fairbanks (real name Douglas Ullman) (1883–1939) legendary actor, screenwriter, director and producer known for his innovative silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro in which he starred himself [citation needed]
- Al Jolson (1886–1950), singer and actor[486]
- Chico Marx (1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers[468]
- Harpo Marx (1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers[468]
- Sophie Tucker (1884–1966), actress, singer and comedienne[487]
- Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957) Austrian-born (later American) filmmaker and actor[488]
- Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), star character actor in silent films during 1920s; also appeared on stage and early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930)
- Ed Wynn (1886–1966), comedian and actor[321]
Pre–1880s
- Alla Nazimova (1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer[489]
- Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939) acclaimed Ukrainian-born (later American) singer, actor, and Yiddish theatre icon[490]
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926) Russian-born (later American) actor, a star of the Yiddish theatre[491]
- Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter and poet who converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands[492]
Comedians
- Dan Ahdoot Finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004[493]
- Jason Alexander, comedian, actor, writer, and director known for playing the iconic character "George Costanza" and for directing episodes on Seinfeld
- Marty Allen (born 1922) Stand-up comedian and part of the comedy team of Allen & Rossi, also dramatic actor in TV roles
- Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking film director, writer, actor, musician and stand-up comedian who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family[321]
- Morey Amsterdam (1908–1996) television actor and comedian[494]
- Edward Asner, comedic actor
- Dave Attell (born 1965) acclaimed stand-up comedian, and host of Comedy Central's Insomniac with Dave Attell[495]
- Jack Benny (1894–1974) Comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, film actor, who pioneered the stand-up comedy art form, and who was an influence on the situation comedy television show genre.[496]
- Milton Berle (1908–2002) Comedian and actor, who pioneered the vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms [497]
- Shelley Berman (born 1926) comedian, writer, teacher, and actor[498]
- Jack Black (born 1969) actor, comedian, and musician
- Lewis Black (born 1948) stand-up comedian, author, playwright, and actor[499]
- Elayne Boosler (born 1952) comedian
- Victor Borge (1909–2000) humorist, and concert pianist[500]
- Alex Borstein (born 1971) actress, writer and comedian[501]
- David Brenner (born 1936) stand-up comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker
- Fanny Brice (1891–1951) Comedian, singer
- Albert Brooks Stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and actor.
- Mel Brooks,director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian, who pioneered the comedy style and genre of mixing comedy with real historic events, in an innovative manner
- Brother Theodore, legendary and infamous monologuist and comedian known for pioneering the rambling, stream-of-consciousness dialogue style known as "stand up tragedy."
- Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) Stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist, and free speech martyr, who drastically revolutionized the stand-up comedy art form,[502]
- George Burns (1896–1996) actor, comedian
- Red Buttons (1919–2006) comedian and actor[321][503]
- Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) comedian, singer, actor, songwriter[321]
- Sid Caesar, actor, writer
- Andrew Dice Clay, comedian
- Myron Cohen, comedian
- "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian
- David Cross, comedian, actor
- Billy Crystal (born 1947) actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director[321]
- Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
- Larry David, Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Totie Fields (1930–1978) comedienne who played the Catskills, and poked fun at her weight
- Larry Fine, the Three Stooges
- Al Franken (born 1951) comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, and U.S.Senator[504]
- Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979) comedian, actor, and three time champion bodybuilder[505]
- Elon Gold, comedian, actor
- Judy Gold (born 1962) stand-up comedian and actress[506]
- Shecky Greene, comedian, actor
- Charles Grodin, comedian, actor
- Christopher Guest, comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and founding Spinal Tap member
- Buddy Hackett, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer, who used a lot of Jewish humor in his act, and who also served with an anti-aircraft unit during World War II, and set up the Singita Animal Sanctuary in the San Fernando Valley, California
- Chelsea Handler (born 1975) actress/comedian[507]
- Goldie Hawn, comedic actress in films and on television Laugh-In
- Jonah Hill, comedian, actor, writer
- Steve Hofstetter (born 1979) comedian, author, and columnist
- Jeremy Hotz, eccentric stand-up comedian who has perfected the neurotic Jewish person schtick.
- Kenny Hotz, writer, director, actor, comedian, producer, photographer, who is the creator/co-star of the television show Kenny vs. Spenny (along with fellow Jewish comedian Spencer Rice), and creator/co-writer of the Showcase/FX series Testees.
- Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the Three Stooges
- George Jessel, comedian
- Al Jolson, comedian, actor, singer
- Jonathan Katz, stand-up comedian, actor, voice-actor who is known for creating, writing, and starring in the acclaimed animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- Mickey Katz, comedian, musician, singer-songwriter, Klezmer clarinetist, director, writer, actor
- Andy Kaufman, groundbreaking avant-garde comedian, who was the son of two devout Jewish parents, and pioneered the concept of anti-humor.
- Danny Kaye (1913–1987) comedian, film actor and singer [321]
- Alan King, comedian
- Robert Klein, comedian
- John Lehr (born 1967) actor and comedian[508]
- Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician[509]
- Oscar Levant, comedian
- BJ Novak, comedian, writer and television actor on "The Office"
- "The Reverend" Bob Levy, stand-up comedian and frequent Howard Stern guest
- Jerry Lewis (born 1926) comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own classic films such as The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964) and The Nutty Professor (1963), among many others [321]
- Richard Lewis, comedian
- Bill Maher, stand-up comedian of political humor, among other styles.
- Marc Maron, comedian, radio host
- The Marx Brothers, (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo, Gummo), legendary Jewish American comedy team
- Jackie Mason (born 1931) stand-up comedian[510]
- Anne Meara (born 1929) [ Converted to Judaism ] Comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[511]
- Lorne Michaels (real name Lorne David Lipowitz), comedian, writer, director, producer, who is the sole creator, writer, director and producer of Saturday Night Live and who also produced the various film and TV projects that spun off from it, among other things
- Bette Midler (born 1945) singer, actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M[512]
- Larry Miller (born 1953) stand-up comedian, actor[513]
- Dan Mintz, acclaimed idiosyncratic stand-up comedian known for his extremely deadpan delivery, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead and never looking toward the camera or audience, who is one of a few stand-up comedians to use non sequitur oneliners in his act.
- Jan Murray (1916–2006) stand-up comedian, actor[503]
- Gilda Radner, (1946–1989) comedic actress
- Harold Ramis (born 1944) comedic actor, director, writer, producer
- Carl Reiner, comedian, actor
- Paul Reiser, comedian, actor
- Paul Reubens, comedian, actor aka Peewee Herman
- Spencer Rice (aka Spenny), writer, director, producer, and comedian, who is the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny along with fellow Jewish comedian Kenny Hotz.
- Don Rickles, stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
- Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), legendary Jewish American comedy team[321]
- Joan Rivers (born 1933) comedian, actress, talk show host[514]
- Seth Rogen, comedian, actor, writer
- Jeffrey Ross, stand-up comedian, known as "The Roastmaster General".
- Rita Rudner, legendary and influential female Jewish stand-up comedian who uses Jewish humor in her act.
- Paul Rudd, actor, and screenwriter, who is the son of two devout Jewish immigrants from England
- Mort Sahl, stand-up comedian and actor, who is credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, and Dick Gregory, and who also wrote jokes for speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.
- Adam Sandler (born 1966) actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician[503]
- Andy Samberg (born 1978) actor, comedian
- Robert Schimmel (born 1950) stand-up comedian whose material is often X-rated and controversial[515]
- Sam Seder (born 1966) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[516]
- Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor
- Gary Shandling, comedian, actor
- Al Shean, comedian, actor
- Allan Sherman, satirist, musician
- Sarah Silverman, stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
- Phil Silvers, comedic actor
- Bobby Slayton, comedian, The Pit Bull of Comedy
- Robert Smigel, humorist, comedian and writer known for being the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog and his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts, who also contributed to the Jewish album The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People. He is the son of two devout Jewish parents, and was raised with a strong Jewish identity, which included Jewish day school, travels to Israel, and Jewish summer camps.
- Kira Soltanovich, comedian, actress, writer, star of "Girls Behaving Badly" recurring on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
- David Steinberg (born 1942) comedian, actor, author, writer and director.
- Stella, acclaimed Jewish American comedy team consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black, and David Wain.
- Jon Stewart, stand-up comedian, actor, author, who is the host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show[261]
- Ben Stiller (born 1965) comedian, actor, and film director[503]
- Jerry Stiller (born 1927) comedian and actor[511]
- Judy Toll (1958–2002) – comedian and actor
- Rich Vos, comedic actor
- Marc Weiner (born 1952) comedian, puppeteer known for his TV show Weinerville and his act Rockin Rocko and Tony on the Bizarre Show
- Gene Wilder, comedic actor
- Steven Wright, comedian, actor and writer, known for his lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, witty, philosophical and sometimes deeply confusing or nonsensical jokes and one-liners with intentionally contrived situations
- Ed Wynn (1886–1966) comedian and actor[321]
- Henny Youngman, comedian and violinist who used oneliner comedy style
- Roy Zimmerman (born 1957), political, satirical singer, songwriter and guitarist with left-wing opinions, creating satirical comedy songs.
Music: singers and songwriters
- Paula Abdul, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer, who was the main choreographer of the Jacksons, Janet Jackson, and of many high profile films such as Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Oliver Stone's The Doors, and the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’ character in Big.
- The Adolescents, predominantly Jewish hardcore punk band led by Tony Cadena (real name Anthony Brandenburg), who were one of the leading bands of the 1980s punk revival.
- Agent Orange, predominantly Jewish punk rock band led by Jewish frontman and songwriter Mike Palm, who pioneered the concept of mixing of punk rock with surf music.
- Herb Alpert, composer, songwriter, lead singer and horn player with Tijuana Brass, whose musical accomplishments include five number one hits, twenty-eight albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy Awards, fourteen Platinum albums and fifteen Gold albums, and who as of 1996 has sold 72 million albums, as well as writing many classic songs such as Baby Talk, Wonderful World and Alley-Oop among many others.
- Sean Altman, founder and lead singer of the singing group Rockapella.
- The Ames Brothers, all-Jewish singing quartet with original vocal interactions, and traditional pop music hit sensibility which made them particularly famous in the 1950s, consisting of Jewish members Joe Ames, Gene Ames, Vic Ames, and Ed Ames (real names Urick)
- Anthrax, thrash metal band with a strong Jewish membership that includes founding members, guitarists, and songwriters Scott Ian (guitarist, songwriter), Dan Lilker (lead guitarist, songwriter), and Dan Spitz (lead guitarist, songwriter)
- Asleep at the Wheel, a predominantly Jewish Country/Western Swing band, who have won nine Grammy Awards since their inception in 1970, and have released more than twenty studio albums, and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard country charts. Both main members Ray Benson (lead singer, lead guitarist, songwriter, producer), Lucky Oceans (pedal steel guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, real name Reuben Gosfield ) are Jewish
- Harold Arlen, singer, composer, songwriter, and musician.
- Kenneth Ascher, musician (keyboards), singer, songwriter and musical arranger, (as he was for John Lennon and Yoko Ono and with fellow Jewish songwriter Jim Steinman on Meat Loaf's album Bat out of Hell).
- Howard Ashman songwriter
- David Axelrod, songwriter, arranger and producer across musical genres.
- Babes in Toyland, early female grunge band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Kat Bjelland (electric guitar, lead vocals), Maureen Herman (bass, vocals)
- Burt Bacharach, musician, songwriter, singer, musical arranger, producer, pianist.
- Bad Religion, rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Brett Gurewitz (lead guitarist, songwriter, founding member), Greg Graffin (lead singer), Greg Hetson (lead guitarist, songwriter), Lucky Lehrer (voted the "best punk drummer of all-time" by fanzine, Flipside), Jay Ziskrout, Brooks Wackerman, Davy Goldman, Pete Finestone and Bobby Schayer.
- Marty Balin, (real name Martyn Buchwald), lead singer and songwriter for Jefferson Airplane
- Jeff Barry (real name Joel Adelberg), legendary Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter, singer, and record producer, who created many pop standards, and who also sometimes teamed up with fellow Jewish songwriter Cynthia Weil.
- Len Barry (real name Leonard Borisoff), lead singer, songwriter and musician who influenced artists including John Lennon, and who was a founding member of the predominantly Jewish '60s rock pioneering band The Dovells
- The Barry Sisters (Claire and Minnie Bagelman), Yiddish jazz singers who were popular in the 1940s–1960s and who sang Yiddish songs, jazz and popular recordings in Yiddish, and also recorded with other Jewish singers such as Barbra Streisand and one of the most entertaining American chazanim (Cantor); Moishe Oysher
- Beastie Boys, all-Jewish NY rap/rock band consisting of Jewish members Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch, and Adam Horovitz.
- Beck, Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter.
- Leonard Bernstein, eclectic classical composer whose legacy includes poignant explicitly Jewish themed compositions, as well as a composer of works such as West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town
- Irving Berlin, (real name Israel Isadore Baline), Yiddish speaking son of two Orthodox Jewish parents (his father was a Jewish Cantor at the synagogue), and the most beloved and prolific songwriter and lyricist of all time who wrote over 3000 songs including White Christmas, God Bless America, Easter Parade, There's No Business Like Show Business, and Cheek To Cheek
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, innovative all-Jewish band revered for innovating a new style of music by fusing of rock, Klezmer (Jewish art music), blues, pop music, horn arrangements and Klezmer/jazz improvisation into a hybrid that came to be known as "jazz-rock”, who also famously performed at Woodstock. Its Jewish members include Al Kooper, Jim Fielder, Fred Lipsius, Randy Brecker, Jerry Weiss, Dick Halligan, Steve Katz, and Bobby Colomby.
- Michael Bolton, singer and songwriter
- Mike Bloomfield, influential lead guitar, composer, and musician, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation entirely on his instrumental prowess. Respected throughout the world for his innovative and fluid guitar playing
- The Blues Project, all-Jewish, "psychedelic rock pioneering jam band".
- Bratmobile, first-generation Riot Grrrl band that has a predominantly Jewish membership including Allison Wolfe (lead singer, songwriter), Molly Neuman
- David Bromberg, guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter who has a eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock & roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2008. He wrote the song The Holdup among others.
- Carrie Brownstein, musician, actress, and music blogger, best known for being the innovative lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter in the much praised Portland, Oregon-based indie rock band Sleater-Kinney, and also of Heavens to Betsy
- Randy California, (real name Randy Craig Wolfe), hugely influential lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band Spirit. He died while saving his son from drowning.
- Shlomo Carlebach, one of the most prolific singer-songwriters, who was also a Jewish religious teacher, composer, and who was known as "The Singing Rabbi" during his lifetime. Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox yeshivot, he branched out to create his own movement combining Hasidic-style warmth and personal interaction, public concerts, and song-filled synagogue services.
- Eric Carmen, singer/songwriter/pianist and leader of The Raspberries who wrote and sang the songs All By Myself, Go All the Way, Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, among many others.
- The Cars, predominantly Jewish New Wave rock band, whose Jewish members include Ric Ocasek (singer, rhythm guitarist), Elliot Easton (real name Elliot Steinberg, lead guitarist, singer), Benjamin Orr (real name Benjamin Orzechowski, bass guitar player, vocalist), and Greg Hawkes (keyboardist)
- Sharon Cheslow, musician, composer, and artist. who 1981, formed Chalk Circle, Washington, D.C.'s first all-female punk band. [1] She has since become an accomplished artist who works between different mediums
- Harry Chapin, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for folk rock songs such as Taxi, W*O*L*D, and the number-one hit Cat's in the Cradle, among many others.
- Alex Chilton, songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known as the leader of the bands Big Star, and Box Tops.
- Richie Chodes, Leader of the "novelty pop" Elephant 6 based band Kingsauce. Richie sneaks a lot of Yiddish into his songs.
- Marc Cohn, singer-songwriter and musician, whose songs include the much covered classic song Walking in Memphis, among others
- Cy Coleman (real name Seymour Kaufman), composer, songwriter, singer, jazz pianist, and major contributor to the Great American Songbook, whose songs include "Big Spender", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Hey, Look Me Over", "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "Witchcraft", among many others.
- Concrete Blonde, predominantly Jewish alternative rock band led by Jewish members Johnette Napolitano, and James Mankey (also of the influential band Sparks)
- Harry Connick, Jr., singer/crooner, composer, arranger, and pianist
- Carol Connors (real name Annette Kleinbard), singer-songwriter and composer who was the lead singer of the pop vocal trio The Teddy Bears, which also included Phil Specter, and who composed many famous songs including Tomorrow Is Another Day, The Journey and Someone's Waiting for You, from the Disney film The Rescuers (with fellow Jewish songwriter Sammy Fain), and the 1960s hit "Hey Little Cobra", among many others
- Aaron Copland, innovative composer known as "the dean of American composers" and an accomplished pianist; he was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition
- Country Joe and the Fish, the quintessential anti-Vietnam protest rock band, has a predominantly Jewish membership; infamously performed at Woodstock
- Chris Cornell, lead singer/songwriter of the era-defining alternative rock band Soundgarden and also of Audioslave, who is known for his distinctive high octave range voice as well as for his songwriting
- Dick Dale, surf-rock guitarist, known as "The King Of The Surf Guitar".
- Glenn Danzig, singer, songwriter, musician, and entrepreneur, who is the founder of the bands the Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig
- Joe Dassin, innovative American/French singer-songwriter and composer. He was born to two devout Jewish parents (his father was the film noir director and Yiddish theatre actor Jules Dassin)
- Hal David, musician and Burt Bacharach's writing partner
- Taylor Dayne, 1980s singer, songwriter, dance artist, actress
- Paul Desmond, (real name Paul Emil Breitenfeld), innovative composer and jazz alto saxophonist best known for the work he did in the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for "composing that group's greatest hit", Take Five. Known to have possessed an idiosyncratic wit, he was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the West Coast's "cool jazz" scene.
- Neil Diamond, singer, guitarist, and songwriter, of Sweet Caroline, among many others. He worked in the Brill Building and wrote all his own songs, as well as many songs for others such as I'm a Believer for The Monkees. Sometimes called “The Jewish Elvis” even though Elvis Presley was Jewish himself
- The Dictators, all-Jewish proto-punk pioneering band whose Jewish members include bassist/vocalist Andy Shernoff, lead guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman (who is also a founding member of the heavy metal band Manowar), lead singer Handsome Dick Manitoba (real name Richard Blum), rhythm guitarist Scott Kempner, and drummer Stu Boy King. They were "one of the very first (if not the actual first) punk bands in history, and they subsequently invented the infamous punk rock sound/genre."
- Ani Difranco, Grammy Award-winning singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is a prolific artist, having released over twenty albums, and who is widely celebrated as a feminist icon.
- David Draiman, lead singer and principal songwriter for the alternative metal band Disturbed
- Dream Theater, acclaimed progressive rock band whose Jewish members include Mike Portnoy, and Jordan Rudess.
- Adam Duritz, Lead Singer and main songwriter for the alternative band Counting Crows
- Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter who revolutionized folk music with songs like Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone
- Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son, lead singer, songwriter of the predominantly Jewish Grammy Award winning rock band The Wallflowers
- Elliot Easton, (real name Elliot Steinberg), innovative lead guitarist, songwriter, vocalist with the band The Cars
- The Electric Prunes, experimental predominantly Jewish "psychedelic rock pioneering band", who laid the groundwork for psychedelic and experimental rock music, which earned them their status as an innovative cult band.
- The 13th Floor Elevators, predominantly Jewish "psychedelic rock pioneering band".
- Danny Elfman, lead singer and chief songwriter of the new-wave band Oingo Boingo, and later a much praised film/TV composer; his scores include The Simpsons Theme, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, and the scores to other Tim Burton films
- Cass Elliot, Mama Cass from The Mamas & the Papas
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott, country musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist
- Roky Erickson, singer, songwriter, harmonica player, guitarist and founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators who was a "pioneer of the psychedelic rock genre", as well as a solo artist.
- Tamas Erdelyi, aka Tommy Ramone, songwriter, lead guitarist, producer, co-founder, and original drummer for Punk rock pioneers The Ramones, who wrote their songs I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend and Blitzkrieg Bop among others, and played lead guitar on all the albums he produced for them
- Donald Fagen, lead singer and principal songwriter of Steely Dan whose songs include Do it Again and Peg, among many others
- Eddie Fisher, singer, entertainer and father of Carrie Fisher
- Bela Fleck, banjo virtuoso and composer of his Grammy-winning group Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
- Charles Fox, legendary and prolific Hall Of Fame composer/songwriter who wrote the song "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and the dramatic theme music of Wide World of Sports among many others.
- Ace Frehley, lead guitarist best known as an original member and lead guitarist for the rock band Kiss, who has inspired numerous up-and-coming rockers to pick up the guitar in the 1970s, and come the '90s, was listed by just about every contemporary rock guitarist (Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Pantera's Dimebag Darrell, etc.) as an important influence
- David Freiberg, lead vocalist, songwriter, and bass guitar player with Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship
- Kinky Friedman, singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for the Texas Monthly. He once lead a band called the Texas Jewboys
- The Fugs, The first underground/indie band in music history, has a predominantly Jewish membership which includes main members Tuli Kupferberg, Ed Sanders, Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber They invented the notion of the now infamous DIY (Do it yourself) underground sensibility in rock, that directly or indirectly influenced every punk, indie or art-rock band that came after them
- Art Garfunkel, part of the biggest selling music duo in history with Jewish friend Paul Simon
- George Gershwin, quintessential 20th century classical composer who created an influential style of Klezmer (Jewish art music) influenced classical music through such works as Rhapsody in Blue. As well as a composer of popular songs (with his brother Ira Gershwin) such as "Summertime" and "Someone to Watch Over Me", among many others.
- Michael Gira, lead singer, principal songwriter of the authentic, enigmatic, and influential goth rock band Swans
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, predominantly Jewish membership including Efrim Menuck (also of the band A Silver Mt Zion), Thierry Amar (who also participates with Black Ox Orkestar, a Yiddish folk band), Aidan Girt, and Thea Pratt
- Benny Goodman, jazz and Klezmer musician, composer, clarinetist and bandleader, known as "King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman"
- Steve Goodman, singer/songwriter, lyricist, and innovative guitarist, who, despite suffering from Leukemia his entire career and his early death, became one of the most influential artists of his generation, whose songs have been covered by many artists
- Eydie Gormé, singer and performer with Jewish husband Steve Lawrence
- Jarrod Gorbel Lead singer of The Honorary Title
- Lesley Gore, (real name Lesley Sue Goldstein), singer-songwriter of the "girl group era". who had her first hit with It's My Party, at age 16 and became one of the most recognized teen pop singers and sex symbols of the 1960s, and was influential on riot-grrrl bands including fellow Jewish singer-songwriter Kathleen Hanna, among many others
- Adam Goren lead singer, songwriter, musician best known as the sole member of the synth punk band Atom and His Package
- Norman Greenbaum, wrote and sang Spirit in the Sky
- Howard Greenfield, Grammy Award-winning Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame singer, songwriter, and lyricist, who wrote many pop standards.
- David Grisman, bluegrass/newgrass mandolin virtuoso and composer of acoustic music.
- Josh Groban, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter
- Guns N' Roses, Jewish members include Slash (lead guitarist, songwriter, real name Saul Hudson), Ron Thal aka "Bumblefoot" (lead guitarist, songwriter, producer), and Steven Adler (songwriter, drummer).
- Arlo Guthrie, singer-songwriter who often sings songs of protest against social injustice.
- Marvin Hamlisch, prolific and influential songwriter, who was a child prodigy, and is together with fellow Jewish composer Richard Rodgers "the only individual to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize". His songs include Nobody Does it Better and The Way We Were, among many others
- Oscar Hammerstein, songwriter, with Jewish friend Richard Rodgers. The two are best known for their compositions from Oklahoma and The Sound of Music
- Kathleen Hanna, lead singer/songwriter of the punk band Bikini Kill, founder of the infamous Riot grrrl movement, and leader of the dance-punk band Le Tigre. Hanna also released a solo album under the name Julie Ruin.
- Joe Harnell, innovative composer and arranger, whose father played in a Klezmer band, and who composed the score for The Incredible Hulk including the poignantly well-crafted and infamous depressing ballad "The Lonely Man", and who also composed scores for The Bionic Woman, Alien Nation, and V, for which he was awarded an Emmy in 1986
- Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead
- Richard Hell, (real name Richard Meyers), songwriter, lead singer, bass-player and Punk rock pioneer, who through his band Richard Hell and the Voidoids defined the Punk sound, attitude, as well as its image of torn clothes and safety pins among other things, which Malcolm Mclaren used for the Sex Pistols
- Jerry Herman, Songwriters Hall of Fame composer, songwriter, lyricist, and singer, known for his pioneering work in Broadway musical theater, and for composing many pop standards including Hello, Dolly!", which is one of the most popular tunes ever to have originated in a Broadway musical, and was a #1 hit in the United States for Louis Armstrong, knocking The Beatles from #1. His famous scores include all the songs to the hit Broadway musicals Milk and Honey, Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles, among many others
- Kristin Hersh, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Throwing Muses, and also a solo artist.
- Al Hoffman, songwriter, musician and member of the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame who was a hit songwriter active in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, responsible for many number one hits through each decade, many of which are still sung and recorded today. His songs include all the songs from Disney's Cinderella including the anthemic A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, (written with fellow acclaimed Jewish songwriters Mack David and Jerry Livingston), and Mairzy Doats and were recorded by almost every star of that era including Frank Sinatra ("Close To You", "I'm Gonna Live Until I Die"), Billy Eckstine ("I Apologize") Perry Como ("Papa Loves Mambo", "Hot Diggity"), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong ("Who Walks In When I Walk Out")
- Susanna Hoffs, lead singer/songwriter for The Bangles, and songwriter of their hit Eternal Flame
- James Horner, composer and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and has won two Academy Awards for his score and song compositions for the film Titanic in 1997, which includes his already classic survival anthem My Heart Will Go On. His other scores include An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Casper (1995). Aliens (1986, earning his first Academy Award nomination), A Beautiful Mind, among many others
- Lux Interior (real name Erick Lee Purkhiser), acclaimed lead singer, songwriter and founding member of the legendary garage punk band The Cramps, (from 1976 until his death in February 2009), who are widely recognized as innovators of the "psychobilly/gothabilly" genre, as well as "garage punk" and "horror punk".
- Jane's Addiction, Alternative rock band with strong Jewish membership that includes Perry Farrell (lead singer/songwriter), Eric Avery (bass), and Stephen Perkins (drums).
- Janis Ian, female singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and science fiction author who had a successful career throughout the 1960s and 1970s as a singer and songwriter, and who in 1975 won a Grammy Award for her song At Seventeen
- Scott Ian, founding member, guitarist, singer and songwriter for the seminal thrash metal band Anthrax
- Jay and the Americans, all-Jewish pop/rock band from the 1960s
- Jefferson Airplane, psychedelic folk rock band, has a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Marty Balin (lead singer), Jorma Kaukonen (lead guitarist), Paul Kantner (bass player), Jack Casady (guitarist, bass player), Spencer Dryden (drummer), David Freiberg (vocalist bass player)
- The Jesus Lizard, predominantly Jewish alternative indie rock band, whose Jewish members include David Yow (lead singer, also a founding member of influential noise rock band Scratch Acid), Duane Denison (lead guitarist), David Wm. Sims (bass guitar player, also a founding member of influential noise rock band Scratch Acid), and Mac McNeilly (drummer).
- The J. Geils Band, Jewish rock band whose Jewish members include Peter Wolf, Stephen Bladd, Magic Dick, J. Geils, Seth Justman, and Danny Klein. Sometimes called "The Jewish Rolling Stones".
- Billy Joel, singer, songwriter known for his many #1 hits (aka The Piano Man)
- Eric Johnson, guitarist, singer and songwriter and pianist, who regularly incorporates jazz, fusion, New Age, and country and western elements into his recordings.
- Kitty Kallen, big band singer of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s
- John Kander, composer, singer, and songwriter who together with Jewish lyricist Fred Ebb wrote all the songs to the classic and frequently revived musicals Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year, Kiss of the Spider Woman, among many other famous scores, and songs.
- Bronisław Kaper, influential composer who scored films and musical theater such as the MGM film musical Lili (1953) which included the classic anthem Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo and the TV series The F.B.I. (1965–1974), and who wrote jazz standards such as "Invitation" and "Green Dolphin Street" among others
- Jerome Kern, composer/songwriter, and one of the "main pioneers of the modern musical theatre art form", whose songs include such classics as Ol' Man River, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, A Fine Romance, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, All the Things You Are, The Way You Look Tonight, and Who? a 6-week number 1 hit for George Olsen & his Orchestra in 1925
- Carole King (real name Carole Klein), one of the most influential and successful female singer-songwriters of all time, who wrote the most #1 hits of all the writers from the Brill Building and who is revered for her chart topping solo album Tapestry, and for her songs ranging from classic standards such as You've Got a Friend, to early 60's dance songs such as the Loco-Motion, among many others
- Gershon Kingsley (real name Götz Gustav Ksinski), eclectic, and influential avant-Garde and pop composer and musician who is a " major pioneer of electronic music", and who composed the "first ever electronic pop instrumental song"; Popcorn
- Kiss, rock band with Jewish main members that include Paul Stanley (lead vocals, guitarist), Gene Simmons (lead vocals, bassist), Ace Frehley (lead guitarist), Bruce Kulick (lead guitarist), and Eric Singer (drummer)
- Kittie, metal band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Morgan Lander (lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, founding member), Mercedes Lander (drummer, vocalist, founding member), Talena Atfield, and Lisa Marx
- The Klezmatics, all-Jewish Grammy Award winning neo-klezmer music group, who have achieved fame singing in several languages, most notably mixing older Yiddish tunes with other types of more contemporary music, whose Jewish members include composers Matt Darriau, wind instruments, and Frank London, on trumpet, Paul Morrissett playing bass and tsimbl cimbalom, vocalist Lorin Sklamberg on accordion, and Lisa Gutkin on violin, David Licht on drums, Alicia Svigals on violin, David Krakauer, Margot Leverett, and Kurt Bjorling on the clarinet, and who have also infamously collaborated with renown Israeli violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman
- The Knack, all-Jewish quirky yet sophisticated New-Wave band, who were years ahead of their time
- Al Kooper, songwriter, lead singer, lead guitarist, producer
- Joey Kramer, drummer, back-up singer for Aerosmith
- Robby Krieger, Lead guitarist, and songwriter of The Doors who wrote some their songs including the hits such as Light My Fire" and Wishful Sinful", among other Doors songs
- Adam Lambert, singer, songwriter and actor
- Anton Lavey, founder and High Priest of the Church of Satan, author of The Satanic Bible, occultist, musician, composer, organ virtuoso, lead vocalist who recorded several acclaimed, dark and innovative albums
- Blackie Lawless, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of the band W.A.S.P., who has become notorious for his live performances, controversial album covers and lyrics.
- Steve Lawrence, singer who performs with his Jewish wife Eydie Gorme. Appeared often on the Carol Burnett Show
- Geddy Lee, Canadian lead singer, bassist, keyboardist, and chief songwriter for the progressive rock band Rush. He was born Gary Lee Weinrib and is the son of Jewish Holocaust survivors. His stage name, Geddy, was inspired by his mother's heavily-accented Yiddish pronunciation of his given first name, Gary.
- Jerry Leiber, Hall of fame songwriter from the Brill Building who, together with Jewish friend Mike Stoller became one the most influential American songwriters and music producers in post-World War II popular music, and who wrote defining songs for Elvis and others, including Stand By Me, Hound Dog, Loving You,Don't, Young Blood, Jailhouse Rock, Searchin, Yakety Yak. Their music had a tremendous influence on both John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's songwriting, among many others.
- Letters to Cleo, indie rock/pop band that has a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Michael Eisenstein (lead guitarist, songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist), Kay Hanley (lead singer, guitarist, and wife of Michael Eisenstein) and Scott Riebling (bassist, songwriter, vocalist), who eloquently captured the 90’s alternative rock sound
- Tony Levin, one of the most innovative, influential and sought-after bass guitar and Chapman Stick virtuosos in rock, as well as a singer, and one the main songwriters/composers of the progressive rock band King Crimson
- Adam Levine, lead singer and songwriter of Maroon 5
- Shuki Levy, singer, songwriter, composer, television writer, director, and executive producer.
- Rodney Linderman, lead singer and main songwriter of the satirical punk band The Dead Milkmen
- Jenn Lindsay, anti-folk singer/songwriter based in New York City.
- Lisa Loeb, singer, songwriter of Stay (I Missed You)
- Courtney Love, singer and songwriter [517]
- James Lowe, lead singer, songwriter, and autoharp player for the psychedelic rock pioneers The Electric Prunes
- Gary Lucas, Grammy-nominated guitar player, lead singer, and songwriter; described as "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" and "the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today."
- Lydia Lunch, (real name Lydia Koch), singer, songwriter, poet, writer, actress, who in 1976 formed the influential predominantly Jewish No Wave band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks with punk-funk-jazz musician James Chance (real name James Siegfried)
- Harvey Mandel, lead guitarist and songwriter who is acclaimed for his innovative and pioneering approach to electric guitar playing, and for being one of the first rock guitarists to use two-handed fretboard tapping, as well as for his solo career and for his playing with Charlie Musselwhite, Canned Heat, The Rolling Stones, and John Mayall.
- Barry Mann (real name Barry Imberman), prolific singer-songwriter who played an important role in the history of rock ’n’ roll, by leading a double career as both a successful singer and as a songwriter/composer who wrote many well-crafted era defining songs, and who has received 56 pop, country, and R&B awards from BMI and 46 Millionaire Awards for radio performances numbering over 1 million plays. Among many other songs, he wrote "You've Lost That Loving Feeling", together with fellow Jewish songwriters Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector, which was the most played song of the 20th century with more than 14 million plays.
- Herbie Mann (real name "Herbert Jay Soloman"), famed jazz/funk flautist who recorded during 1950s–1990s. Played with artists such as Ron Carter, Cissy Houston, Duane Allman and Roy Ayers.
- J Mascis, lead singer, lead guitarist and songwriter for the indie rock band Dinosaur Jr., who is widely revered for his passionate vocal delivery and innovative lead guitar playing, He is also a founding member of and drummer for the band Witch, and has produced records and composed film scores as well
- Stephin Merritt, principal singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the indie pop band The Magnetic Fields
- Linda McCartney, married Paul McCartney and was a keyboard player and vocalist for his band Wings
- The Mamas & the Papas, vocal group of the 1960s, with a predominatly Jewish membership including John Phillips, Michelle Phillips, and Cass Elliot, who have had many hit singles including California Dreamin' They have sold nearly 40 million records worldwide.
- Melissa Manchester, singer/songwriter
- Jeff Mangum, lead singer and main songwriter of the indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel
- Barry Manilow, singer/songwriter/pianist who writes well-crafted pop songs, that include Mandy and I Write the Songs, "Copacabana" among many others
- Handsome Dick Manitoba (real name Richard Blum), punk rock pioneer, best known for being the frontman for NYC punk originators, The Dictators
- David Marks, one of the original Beach Boys
- Johnny Marks, composer and lyricist of Christmas songs like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree and A Holly Jolly Christmas among many others
- Richard Marx, pop/rock singer, songwriter, and record producer, who placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the US charts, and whose hit songs include "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard", among many others
- Mars, predominantly Jewish Avant-garde rock band that pioneered the No Wave genre, and who were a big influence on the art and noise revolution in rock that inspired bands like Sonic Youth, Big Black and Helmet
- Abel Meeropol composer/songwriter and lyricist who wrote the music and lyrics to the quintessential anti-racism song Strange Fruit
- Megadeth seminal Thrash metal band with important Jewish members Dave Mustaine (lead singer/guitarist/songwriter), and Marty Friedman (lead guitarist)
- Randy Meisner, bass guitar player, lead singer and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock group Eagles.
- Alan Menken, musical theatre, film composer and pianist, who has won eight Academy Awards as well as ten additional nominations. His compositions include Little Shop of Horrors (Oscar Nominee), The Little Mermaid (Oscar Winner), Beauty and the Beast (Oscar Winner), Newsies, Aladdin (Oscar Winner) (1992), A Christmas Carol (1994 Broadway musical and 2004 TV movie), Pocahontas (Oscar Winner) (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 and 1999 German musical), Hercules (Oscar Nominee) (1997), King David (1997), among many others
- Idina Menzel, Tony Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, who is widely known for originating the roles of Maureen in Rent and Elphaba in Wicked, and for her classically Jewish good looks.
- James Mercer, lead singer and chief songwriter of the indie pop band The Shins
- Bette Midler, singer of The Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings
- The Dead Milkmen, predominantly Jewish satirical punk band whose Jewish members include Joe Genaro ("Joe Jack Talcum"; guitar, vocals), Rodney Linderman ("Rodney Anonymous"; vocals, synth), Dave Schulthise ("ave Blood"; bass), Dean Sabatino ("Dean Clean"; drums), and who are known from such songs as their indie Punk anthem Punk Rock Girl, and If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire, among many others
- Ron Miller, songwriter responsible for several of Stevie Wonder's Top Ten hits in the late 1960s, including A Place in the Sun; For Once in My Life; Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday; and Heaven Help Us All.
- Meredith Monk, composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer, who since the 1960s has created multi-disciplinary works which dwell in the spaces between music, theatre, and dance
- Keith Morris, punk rock singer and songwriter best known for being the frontman of Black Flag, The Circle Jerks, and Midget Handjob
- Randy Newman, prolific singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his innovative, mordant, satirical, and often melodically sophisticated pop songs, as well for his many film scores (such as the Toy Story soundtrack). His classc songs include Short People, I Love L.A., Rednecks, God’s Song, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear, You've Got a Friend in Me, In Germany Before the War, among many others.
- Juice Newton (real name Judith Kay Cohen], pop and country music singer, songwriter and guitarist, who has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories (winning once in 1983), as well as a CMA Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards (won consecutively), and who has several Gold and Platinum records to her credit
- New York Dolls, pioneering Protopunk band that has a predominantly Jewish membership including David Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, Arthur Kane, Jerry Nolan, Blackie Lawless, whose style helped lay the groundwork for the Punk sound as well as its image
- NOFX, punk rock band whose Jewish main members include Fat Mike (lead singer, bassist, songwriter), and Eric Melvin (guitarist/songwriter/lead singer).
- Noodles (real name Kevin Wasserman) lead guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist for Punk band The Offspring
- Laura Nyro, singer-songwriter of the 60s and 70s.
- Ric Ocasek, singer and rhythm guitarist of innovative and influential New Wave rock band The Cars
- Buzz Osborne lead singer/guitarist/songwriter of grunge and sludge rock pioneers The Melvins, who were a strong influence on Nirvana, among others.
- Phil Ochs, singer-songwriter, who pioneered the concept of the (later much imitated) indisputable rock 'n' roll suicide, by hanging himself.
- Patti Smith Group punk band whose Jewish members include Lenny Kaye (lead guitarist and chief songwriter), Richard Sohl (pianist and songwriter)
- Phish, jam band that has a strong Jewish membership, and embraces its roots by playing "Yerushalayim Shel Zhahav" by legendary Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer also known as "The First Lady of Israeli song", and "Avenu Malkenu" (another Hebrew song) in concert.
- Pink, singer and songwriter
- Robert Pollard, lead singer and prolific main songwriter of the indie rock band Guided by Voices that helped pioneer the lo-fi music genre.
- Elvis Presley's great-great-grandmother was Jewish. Elvis personally had a Star of David carved into his mother's grave. He also learned the Hebrew alphabet, donated to Jewish charities, had a Rabbi as his spiritual teacher, and he routinely wore a Chai necklace (meaning “Life/Living” in Hebrew) in order to celebrate his Jewish heritage.
- Buck Ram, songwriter and popular music producer, arranger, saxophone player, and pianist. It has been written that the history of rock and roll could not be written without Buck Ram's contributions (which include the defining hits he wrote for The Platters). He was one of BMI's top five songwriters/air play in its first 50 years. He was also one of the many Jewish songwriters that contributed to the Christmas song cataogue by writing the song "I'll Be Home for Christmas" with fellow Jewish songwriters Walter Kent, and Kim Gannon
- Joey Ramone, lead singer and songwriter of punk rock pioneers the Ramones, whose classic songs include I Wanna Be Sedated and Rock 'n' roll High School, among many others.
- Reagan Youth, predominantly Jewish progressive peace punk band, who pioneered the concept of artsy and intricate guitar work within a punk context, and who often utilized Ku Klux Klan and Nazi Party imagery for satirical effect, despite the irony of both of lead singer/chief songwriter Dave Rubinstein’s parents being Jewish Holocaust survivors.
- Lou Reed, lead singer, composer, lyricist, often imitated avant-garde guitarist who with his band The Velvet Underground broke down many taboo barriers of what was possible or acceptable in rock music, both musically and lyrically, and thereby laid down the groundwork of all modern indie or DIY (Do it yourself) music. His songs include the anthemic "Perfect Day", "Venus in Furs", "Pale Blue Eyes", "Candy Says", "Femme Fatale", "Stephanie Says", "Sister Ray", and "Walk on the Wild Side", among many others
- REO Speedwagon, predominantly Jewish melodic rock band from the 1970s and 1980s
- David Roback, lead guitarist and main songwriter of the psychedelic folk band Mazzy Star.
- Robbie Robertson (real name Jaime Robert Klegerman), acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, lead guitar player, and pianist of The Band
- Richard Rodgers, composer and songwriter of musical theatre and popular music; with complex and often anthemic songwriting. He wrote more than 1500 songs, 40 musicals, and various TV and film music, including all the songs for The Sound of Music, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and Oklahoma!, which yielded some of the most warm, well-crafted, beloved, and covered songs of all time, including "My Favorite Things", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "My Funny Valentine", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "Blue Moon", "People Will Say We're in Love", "If I Loved You", "It Might as Well Be Spring", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Getting to Know You", "The Sound Of Music, "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", and "Edelweiss".
- Buddy Rich, jazz drummer and bandleader, who was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his technique, power, groove, and speed.
- Natalia Paruz, aka the 'Saw Lady', who's career spans from Carnegie Hall to the NYC subway (where she could be heard playing Israeli songs on the musical saw since the mid 1990's to the present). Founder/director of the annual NYC Musical Saw Festival.
- Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Protopunk band, that was involved in early aspects of Punk, New Wave and Indie rock music, led by Jewish members Jonathan Richman (authentic lead singer, principal songwriter, and guitarist) and Ernie Brooks (bassist)
- David Lee Roth, lead singer and principal songwriter of both the music and lyrics of Van Halen, as well as a successful and acclaimed solo artist
- Melanie Safka (real name Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk), usually known professionally as Melanie, is a singer-songwriter who performed at Woodstock and whose songs include the hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", "What Have They Done to My Song, Ma", and "Beautiful People", among many others. She has sold more than 25 million records over the course of her career.
- Greg Sage, principal songwriter, idiosyncratic lead guitarist, and lead vocalist for the Portland, Oregon-based punk rock band Wipers, who were an influence on the grunge movement and on bands such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth.
- Rachel Sage, singer and songwriter, lead singer, pianist, guitarist, whose style is described as beautifully theatrical.
- Mark Sandman, multi-instrumentalist, lead singer, songwriter, of the alternative rock band Morphine. In addition he was also a musical instrument inventor.
- Walter Scharf, songwriter, composer, singer and orchestrator.
- Robert Schneider lead singer, guitarist and keyboardist and songwriter of the indie rock band Apples in Stereo
- Chuck Schuldiner, lead singer, lead guitarist, principal songwriter of the death metal band Death. Widely regarded as "The Father of Death Metal".
- Genya Ravan, (real name Genyusha Zelkowitz) early female punk pioneer, lead singer, songwriter, of innovative and influential idiosyncratic punk bands The Escorts, Goldie & the Gingerbreads, and Ten Wheel Drive
- Troy Sanders (born 1973), singer/bassist for heavy metal band Mastodon
- Raymond Scott, idiosyncratic Avant-garde composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor, who also was a major pioneer of electronic music. His influential music was used in many of the Warner Bros. cartoons like Looney Tunes, and Merrie Melodies and also in Ren & Stimpy and The Simpsons.
- Sebadoh, predominantly Jewish indie rock band that helped pioneer the lo-fi music genre, and whose Jewish members include Lou Barlow, Jason Loewenstein, and Eric Gaffney.
- Sholom Secunda, Yiddish theatre, Yiddish folk, and opera composer.
- Neil Sedaka, singer, songwriter, and pianist from the Brill Building who wrote over 1000 songs, for himself as well as for others, and who also sings in Hebrew, and recorded an album of Yiddish songs to express his passion for his Jewish heritage.
- Sha Na Na, predominantly Jewish rock and roll revival act
- The Shangri-las, all-Jewish pop girl group of the 1960s whose Jewish members are Mary Weiss, Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss, Marguerite "Marge" Ganser, Mary Ann Ganser, and who charted with often heartbreaking teen melodramas, and are known for "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)," among others
- Artie Shaw, (real name Arthur Jacob Arshawsky), jazz and Klezmer clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of all time. He is also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings.
- The Sherman Brothers, singers, songwriters, composers, screenwriters, producers, who wrote the music and lyrics to Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, [[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]], and It's a Small World (After All).
- Dinah Shore, singer, actress, and television personality and one of the most popular entertainers during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s, where she enjoyed a long string of over 80 charted popular hits.
- Mort Shuman, singer, pianist and songwriter, who led a double career, first as a prolific songwriter, by writing many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas”, and second as a acclaimed singer-songwriter who wrote and sang many songs in French, such as Le Lac Majeur, Allo Papa Tango Charlie, Sha Mi Sha, Un Eté de Porcelaine, Brooklyn by the Sea, which became great hits.
- Josh Silver, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer for acclaimed heavy metal band Type O Negative who wrote all the songs on their most praised album; Bloody Kisses, among many others.
- Gene Simmons, bass player, main songwriter and singer for Kiss, who penned their song "Love it Loud" among many others.
- Carly Simon, singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist
- Paul Simon, singer, songwriter from the biggest selling duo in music history Simon and Garfunkel, and a solo artist
- Simon & Garfunkel, Jewish singer-songwriter duo consisting of Jewish members Paul Simon (principal songwriter, lead guitarist and lead singer, arranger) and Art Garfunkel (vocalist, arranger) who were the best selling duo in history
- Alex Skolnick, jazz and metal lead guitarist, songwriter, who has been a member, lead guitarist, and songwriter of the seminal thrash metal band Testament from its formation in San Francisco in 1983 until his departure in 1992.
- Sleater-Kinney, predominantly Jewish "riot-grrrl" band, that is one of the most critically acclaimed all-girl rock bands in history
- Phoebe Snow, singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for her 1975 hit "Poetry Man."
- Social Distortion, predominantly Jewish rock band who were one of the leading bands of the 1980s hardcore punk explosion
- Sparks, elctro-pop/rock pioneering band that released at least 22 albums, whose main members, Ron Mael (principal songwriter/keyboardist/founding member), Russell Mael (lead singer/songwriter/founding member), Harley Feinstein, and John Mendelssohn are all Jewish.
- Stephen Sondheim, composer, songwriter, and lyricist of many acclaimed scores and songs including Sweeney Todd, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins.
- Phil Spector, songwriter, singer, and music producer, who influenced everyone from The Beatles and the Beach Boys to Bruce Springsteen. Best known for his knack for writing and producing defining pop songs and for his innovative production and songwriting on songs such as "Be My Baby", and his subsequent creation of the often imitated "Wall Of Sound" production technique.
- Regina Spektor, a Russian-born Jewish-American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her music is associated with the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village.
- Paul Stanley, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Kiss
- Peter Steele (real name Petrus T. Ratajczyk), lead singer, and bassist for the Goth metal band Type O Negative
- Steely Dan, both main members, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, are Jewish. Acclaimed for their high musicianship and songwriting.
- Chris Stein, co-founder, lead guitarist and chief songwriter for punk/new-wave band Blondie, who wrote most of their big hits including "Sunday Girl", "Heart of Glass", "Picture This", "Dreaming", "Island of Lost Souls", "Rapture", "Rip Her to Shreds" among others. He also ran the Animal Records label.
- Rachel Stevens – member of S Club 7
- Steve Stevens (real name Steve Schneider), lead guitarist and songwriter who won a Grammy in 1987 for his performance on the Top Gun soundtrack, and who is also known for his solo efforts ("Atomic Playboys" and "Flamenco A Go-Go") and for his work with other artists
- Mike Stoller, legendary Hall of fame songwriter from the Brill Building who, with Jewish friend Jerry Leiber, wrote defining songs for Elvis and others, including "Stand By Me", "Hound Dog", "Loving You," "Don't", "Young Blood", "Jailhouse Rock", "Searchin", "Yakety Yak". Their music had an influence on both John Lennon's and Paul McCartney's songwriting, among many others.
- Barbra Streisand, multiple record breaking singer, songwriter, actress, and film director, who In 1976 became the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Original Song when she composed Evergreen for A Star Is Born
- Charles Strouse, Broadway composer–songwriter, and singer who wrote all the songs to the musicals Annie, and Bye Bye Birdie.
- Jules Styne (real name Julius Kerwin Stein), Songwriters Hall of Fame and Theatre Hall of Fame composer, singer, and songwriter, especially famous for his many Broadway musicals, which included several well known and frequently revived shows. His songs include "Don't Rain on My Parade" "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York", "I Still Get Jealous", "Just In Time", Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!, “People”, Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week), among many others.
- Suicide, all-Jewish synth-punk band that played a role in punk, synthpop, techno, industrial dance, and Goth music, consisting of Jewish members Alan Vega (lead vocals), and Martin Rev (synthesizers and drum machines.), also known as "The Godfathers of Punk"
- Ari Teitel, guitarist/mandolinist/percussionist/vocalist and co-founder of The Jam Society; he is often seen with jambands in the Detroit area. He also had feature articles in the Oakland Press and Detroit Jewish News.
- Television, Protopunk band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Tom Verlaine (lead singer/guitarist/songwriter), Richard Hell (bassist/vocalist/songwriter), Richard Lloyd (guitarist, singer and songwriter), who are influences on punk rock, as well as pioneering an intricate and artsy guitar approach to the genre.
- Joe Trohman, Guitarist for Fall Out Boy and The Damned Things
- Albert Von Tilzer (real name Albert Gumm), early American songwriter, and composer, who was the younger brother of fellow Jewish songwriter Harry Von Tilzer, and who composed many hit songs, including the unofficial anthem of baseball; Take Me Out To The Ball Game, among many others.
- Harry Von Tilzer (real name Harry Gumm), early American songwriter, and composer whose songs include “Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage, "Cubanola Glide", "Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie", "Old King Tut", "All Alone", "Mariutch", "I Love My Wife, But Oh You Kid!", "They Always Pick On Me", "I Want A Girl Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad", And The Green Grass Grew All Around and many others.
- The Tokens, all-Jewish quintessential doo-wop vocal band; known from their songs "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", "Portrait of My Love", "Tonight I fell in Love", among others
- Ron Thal, AKA "Bumblefoot", shred guitarist, songwriter and producer.
- Mel Torme, musician, known as The Velvet Fog, who wrote over 400 songs including the song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).
- The Manhattan Transfer, all-Jewish vocal group whose Jewish members include Tim Hauser, Alan Paul, Janis Siegel
- The Turtles seminal 60's pop rock band with main Jewish founding members Howard Kaylan (lead singer/songwriter, real name Howard Kaplan) and Mark Volman (guitarist,saxophonist,vocalist) who had hits with such songs as the Flower power anthem "Happy Together", and "Elenore", among others. They later transformed themselves into the popular band Flo and Eddie
- Twisted Sister, heavy metal band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Dee Snider (lead singer, songwriter), Jay Jay French (lead guitarist, songwriter, real name John Segall), Mark Mendoza (bassist, songwriter, real name Mark Glickman)
- The United States of America, experimental rock and psychedelic band with a predominantly Jewish membership whose works are an example of early electronic music in rock and roll.
- Tom Verlaine (real name Thomas Miller), singer, songwriter and guitarist, best-known as the frontman for the New York rock band Television.
- Veruca Salt, 1990s alternative rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Nina Gordon (guitarist vocalist, songwriter) Louise Post (guitarist, vocalist, songwriter) and James Shapiro.
- Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel), lead singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist of The Walker Brothers, and a solo artist. Walker has been a continuing influence on other artists, and was also among the first to adopt the electric bass guitar, mastering it to a proficiency
- The Walker Brothers, all-Jewish art rock/pop group consisting of Jewish members Scott Walker (real name Scott Engel, lead vocalist, chief songwriter, multi-instrumentalist), John Walker (real name John Maus, guitarist, vocalist), Gary Walker (drummer).
- Diane Warren, acclaimed country and pop music singer-songwriter, whose songs as of 2006 have received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001, and her success in the US has been paralleled in the UK, where she has been rated one of the most successful songwriters in singles chart history as well as the third most successful female.
- The Weavers, pioneering predominantly Jewish folk music quartet who sold millions of records at the height of their popularity, and who inspired the commercial "folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s
- Ween, acclaimed eccentric alternative rock band whose Jewish members include Gene Ween (lead singer, main songwriter), and Dave Dreiwitz (bassist, songwriter)
- Cynthia Weil, Tin Pan Alley and Songwriters Hall of Fame singer and songwriter, who writes and sings with her Jewish husband Barry Mann, and with fellow Jewish songwriter Jeff Barry. She became one of the most important writers during the emergence of rock and roll, and continues to write songs for numerous contemporary artists, winning many awards including a number of Grammy Awards.
- Kurt Weill, composer, songwriter and son of two Orthodox Jewish parents (his father was a Cantor at the synagogue), who is considered to be one of the leading composers for the stage as well as the concert hall, and who wrote acclaimed operettas and songs including The Threepenny Opera, Alabama Song, Mack the Knife, September Song. His unique and theatrical Jewish cabaret inspired composing style influenced generations of High Art and Low Art songwriters and performers, and many of his compositions have explicit Jewish themes to them in their style, titles, and musical structure, as he remained a devout Orthodox Jew throughout his life.
- Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson, singer, songwriter daughters of Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson. They formed the group Wilson Phillips with Chynna Phillips.
- George David Weiss, composer and songwriter and President of the Songwriters Guild of America, whose songs include "What a Wonderful World" (famously covered by Louis Armstrong), Can't Help Falling in Love with You (famously covered by Elvis Presley), "Let's Put It All Together", "That Sunday, That Summer", Mr. Wonderful", "Lullaby of Birdland", "Stay with Me". His songs have been recorded by many singers including Tom Jones, Mel Tormé, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, The Stylistics, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Max Weinberg, drummer of the E Street Band, and as the leader of The Max Weinberg 7, the house band for Late Night with Conan O'Brien as well as the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, where the band will become Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band.
- Ben Weinman, principal songwriter and lead guitarist for the band The Dillinger Escape Plan, who is the founder and only original member remaining in the band.
- Leslie West (real name Leslie Weinstein), lead guitarist, lead singer, and songwriter of the band Mountain
- Peter Wolf, (real name Peter W. Blankfield), lead singer and songwriter for The J. Geils Band, and a solo artist.
- Steve Wynn, lead singer and main songwriter for alternative band Dream Syndicate.
- X (American band), predominantly Jewish first wave punk band whose Jewish members include Exene Cervenka (lead vocals), John Doe (real name John Duchac, bass and vocals), Billy Zoom (real name Tyson Kindell, guitar) and DJ Bonebrake (drums).
- Peter Yarrow, chief singer and songwriter from the band Peter, Paul and Mary who co-wrote the folk anthem "Puff the Magic Dragon," among many others.
- Yo La Tengo, indie rock band with a predominantly Jewish membership that includes Ira Kaplan (aka the Jewish Hendrix), Georgia Hubley, Dave Schramm, Stephan Wichnewski, Mike Lewis, who pioneered the modern indie rock genre
- Youth Brigade all-Jewish punk band consisting of Jewish members Adam Stern, Mark Stern, Shawn Stern
- Robin Zander, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the power pop band Cheap Trick
- John Zorn, prolific avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, who is strongly influenced by his Jewish roots and Klezmer music, to which his Klezmer quartet Masada is a testimony
Music businessmen
- Lou Adler, record producer, manager, and director who helped organize the Monterey Pop Festival
- Moses Asch, founder of Folkways Records
- Leonard Chess, co-founder of Chess Records, inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
- Phil Chess, co-founder of Chess Records
- Michael Cohl, Canadian rock'n'roll promoter
- Bob Ezrin, Canadian music producer who worked on Pink Floyd's The Wall
- Milt Gabler, a record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording industry of the 20th century, inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
- David Geffen (born 1943), record executive, film producer, theatrical producer, and philanthropist
- Bill Graham, an American rock concert promoter inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
- Albert Grossman, an entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene. He was most famous as the manager of Bob Dylan between 1962 and 1970
- Jimmy Iovine Chairman of Interscope/Geffen/A&M
- Don Kirshner, record producer, and music coordinator for The Monkees
- Artie Kornfeld, musician, record producer and music executive, known world wide as “The Father of Woodstock”, the name given to him by the Woodstock Preservation Alliance.
- Allen Klein, managed The Rolling Stones and The Beatles for a time.
- Steven Miller, music producer and executive best known for his association with Windham Hill Records
- Bob Rafelson, legendary producer of The Monkees
- Paul A. Rothchild, legendary record producer and arranger who helped to create the influential The Doors sound, by producing and arranging most of their albums, and who also produced The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Janis Joplin, among many others
- Phil Spector, songwriter, music producer, and singer inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
- Seymour Stein, co-founder of Sire Records with acts like Talking Heads and The Ramones, inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
- Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, produced rock concerts and later founded Miramax
- Jerry Wexler, a music journalist turned music producer, and is regarded as one of the major record industry players behind 1960s soul music after he coined the term Rhythm and Blues, inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame
Dance
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
- Paula Abdul, singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and prominent choreographer, who was the main choreographer of the Jacksons, Janet Jackson, and of many high profile films such as Coming to America, Action Jackson, Jerry Maguire, The Running Man, American Beauty (1999 film), Oliver Stone's, The Doors, and the giant keyboard scene involving Tom Hanks’s character in Big.[518]
- Michael Bennett, director, producer, dancer, choreographer **
- Stanley Donen, legendary film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as "the King of the Hollywood musicals", and whose films include Singin' in the Rain.
- Josephine Earp, wife of Wyatt Earp
- Eliot Feld, dancer and choreographer
- Ron Field, choreographer **
- Michael Kidd, choreographer **
- Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
- Bella Lewitzky, dancer, choreograher, & teacher
- Arthur Murray, dance instructor
- Jerome Robbins , Oscar-winning director, and one of the most innovative and influential choreographers and filmmakers in history **
- Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer
Film directors
- Jim Abrahams, parody director
- J.J. Abrams, writer and director
- Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian and musician[321]
- Judd Apatow (born 1968) screenwriter, television/film producer[519]
- Alan Arkin (born 1934) Academy Award-nominated film actor, director[321][503]
- Jack Arnold, director
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) film director, screenwriter and producer[508]
- George Axelrod, director, producer and screenwriter
- Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-born animation film director, screenwriter, and animator.
- Bob Balaban, director and producer
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938) actor/film director[321]
- Andrew Bergman, director
- Edward Bernds, director of Three Stooges and Blondie films
- Curtis Bernhardt, German-born director and producer
- Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish mother)
- Zach Braff (born 1975) television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer[520][521]
- Kevin Bright, director, screenwriter, and executive producer
- James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning director, writer, producer
- Mel Brooks, director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian
- Richard Brooks, director
- Edward Cahn, director of Our Gang from 1939–1943
- William Castle, director
- Larry Clark, independent film director, writer, producer, and photographer.
- Ethan & Joel Coen (AKA the Coen brothers) directors, screenwriters & producers
- Rob Cohen, director, producer
- Ricardo Cortez, director and actor; brother of Stanley Cortez
- David Cronenberg, film maker, director, screenwriter, and actor.
- George Cukor, Oscar-winning director.
- Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director.
- Paul Czinner, Hungarian-born director.
- Jules Dassin, director
- Larry David, Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Andrew Davis, director
- Cecil B. DeMille, Academy Award-winning film director and producer[522]
- Maya Deren, director
- Henri Diamant-Berger, French-born director, producer and screenwriter
- Stanley Donen, legendary film director and choreographer
- Richard Elfman, director
- Nora Ephron, acclaimed film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, author
- Douglas Fairbanks (real name Douglas Ullman), film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
- Max Fleischer, animator, director, producer, inventor, and a major pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon who served as the head of Fleischer Studios
- Richard Fleischer, director; son of animator Max Fleischer
- Victor Fleming, legendary Oscar-winning film director, cinematographer, and producer
- Isaac Florentine, director
- Miloš Forman film director, screenwriter, actor and professor
- Carl Foreman, director, producer and screenwriter
- William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, producer
- Samuel Fuller, director
- Lee Grant (born 1927) Academy Award-winning theater, film and television actress, and film director[321]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948) Lord Haden-Guest, actor, writer, director, composer, musician, and founding Spinal Tap member[523][524]
- Charles Guggenheim, Oscar-winning documentary director
- Todd Haynes, director
- Amy Heckerling, director and screenwriter
- Peter Hyams, director
- Spike Jonze, (real name Adam Spiegel), director and producer of film, television, and music videos
- Garson Kanin, director, screenwriter and playwright
- Lawrence Kasdan, director
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG[525]
- Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter
- Tony Kaye, director of films, music videos and documentaries, who directed the much praised film American History X
- Irvin Kershner, film director
- Zalman King, director
- Harmony Korine, independent film director, screenwriter, producer
- Henry Koster, director
- Stanley Kramer, director[526]
- Stanley Kubrick, legendary film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer of films
- John Landis (born 1950) movie actor, director, writer, and producer[527]
- Fritz Lang, film director, screenwriter, and producer
- Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter and producer
- Mimi Leder, director
- Mervyn LeRoy, legendary Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, and producer
- Richard Lester, director
- Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director
- Shuki Levy, singer-songwriter, composer, television writer, director, and executive producer
- Jerry Lewis (born 1926) comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian[321]
- Anatole Litvak, Russian-born director
- Siegmund Lubin, director
- Ernst Lubitsch, director
- Sidney Lumet, director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning director
- Tom Mankiewicz, director and screenwriter; son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Daniel Mann, director
- Michael Mann, legendary film director, screenwriter, producer[528]
- Stuart Margolin, director and actor
- Elaine May, director, actress and screenwriter
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930) director, producer and actor[529]
- Albert and David Maysles, documentary filmmakers
- Sam Mendes, filmmaker, director, producer
- Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter
- Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning director
- Bennett Miller, Oscar-nominated director ("Capote")
- Sam Newfield, TV & film director
- Mike Nichols (born 1931) Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director[321]
- Leonard Nimoy, film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer
- Ken Olin (born 1954) actor, director and producer[530]
- Marcel Ophüls, director; son of director Max Ophüls
- Richard Oswald, German-born director and producer
- Alan J. Pakula, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Arthur Penn, director
- Leo Penn, director
- Abraham Polonsky, director
- Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director, actor, producer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Sam Raimi, director
- Harold Ramis, director, writer, producer, actor
- Irving Rapper (1898–1999) British-born film director[531]
- Brett Ratner, director
- Carl Reiner, director and actor; father of Rob Reiner
- Rob Reiner (born 1947) actor, director, producer, writer, political and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner
- Ron Rifkin (born 1939) actor, director[530]
- Martin Ritt, director
- Jay Roach, director
- Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning director, and one of the most innovative and influential choreographers and filmmakers in history
- Herbert Ross, director
- Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter
- Eli Roth (born 1972) film actor, director, producer and writer[532]
- Joe Roth, director, producer and executive
- Joel Schumacher, director (Jewish mother)
- Sam Seder (born 1966) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[516]
- Susan Seidelman, director
- Adam Shankman, director, choreographer
- George Sidney (1916–2002) American film director, known for MGM films[321]
- Don Siegel, director
- Bryan Singer, director and producer
- Robert Siodmak, German-born director
- Todd Solondz, director
- Barry Sonnenfeld, director[533]
- Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, producer
- Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born director (The Blue Angel)
- Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter
- Paul Strand, documentary director
- Erich von Stroheim, film director, pro-auteur, and actor of the silent age as well as the later eras.
- James Toback, director, screenwriter and producer
- Edgar G. Ulmer, director
- Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, director brothers best known for American Pie
- Billy Wilder, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films
- Irwin Winkler, director
- Robert Wise, film director, producer, sound effects editor, film editor. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.
- Frederick Wiseman, documentary director
- William Wyler, Oscar-winning director
- Boaz Yakin, director
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born Oscar-winning director
- David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (1950–) parody directors, producers[534]
- Edward Zwick, director, producer
- Terry Zwigoff, director
Magicians
- David Blaine, stunt performer, illusionist
- David Copperfield, world renown Israeli/American illusionist
- Uri Geller, psychic magician
- Harry Houdini (real name Ehrich Weiss), the first ever illusionist/magician/escape artist in history. Widely known as The Father of Magic/Illusion. He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents, and his father was a rabbi
- Max Maven, mentalist
- Ricky Jay, card tricks
- Shari Lewis, ventriloquist
- Jacob Philadelphia
- Howie Schwarzman (born 1927), magician
- Teller, silent magician from the duo Penn & Teller
Models
- Barbi Benton, American model, actress
- Jeremy Bloom, model, Olympic skier
- Caprice Bourret, American model
- Brooke Burke, American television personality and model[535]
- Sharon Genish, Israeli model born in America
- Cindy Margolis, American model
- Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945
- Bar Refaeli, Israeli Model
- Simon Rex, American model, actor, MTV VJ
- Lindsey Vuolo, model/Playboy Playmate [536]
- Nikki Schieler Ziering, American model and actress
Producers, screenwriters and creators (film and television)
- Jeremy Tchaban, television & film producer
- Irwin Allen, producer & director
- Judd Apatow (born 1968) screenwriter, television/film producer[519]
- Samuel Z. Arkoff, film producer of B-films like Squirm and The Amityville Horror
- George Axelrod, screenwriter
- David Benioff, screenwriter
- Steven Bochco, creator of LA Law, Murder One
- Zach Braff (born 1975) television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)[537]
- James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning director, writer, producer, who is "one of the original creators, developers, and head writers of" The Simpsons, Taxi, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, as well as being the director and writer of many acclaimed films
- Jerry Bruckheimer, producer
- James Burrows, director of the sitcoms Friends, Will and Grace, Laverne & Shirley, who also created Cheers
- Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter
- Bruce Cohen, Oscar-winning producer
- Norman Corwin, radio writer, producer
- David Cronenberg, filmmaker, director, screenwriter, and actor, who is one of the "principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre"
- Larry David, Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Dean Devlin (born 1962) producer and screenwriter[538]
- Robert Evans, producer, studio executive, produced The Godfather
- Max Fleischer, animator, director, producer, inventor, and a "major pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon" who served as the head of Fleischer Studios
- Victor Fleming Oscar-winning film director, cinematographer, and producer known for co-directing films The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Gone with the Wind (1939), among many others
- Lowell Ganz, writer, producer on The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, screenwriter for Parenthood, City Slickers, A League of Their Own
- Larry Gelbart, writer
- Barry Gifford, acclaimed author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness
- William Goetz, producer
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Akiva Goldsman, Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer
- Carl Gottlieb, screenwriter
- Christopher Guest (born 1948) Lord Haden-Guest, actor, writer, director, composer, musician, and Spinal Tap member[523][539]
- Seth Green, actor, writer, producer, who is the "creator, head writer, and producer of the acclaimed stop motion animated television series" Robot Chicken, together with fellow Jewish co-Head Writers Douglas Goldstein, Matthew Senreich, and Tom Root, and who writes and provides voices on Family Guy
- Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood", who received screen credits, for the stories or screenplays of some 70 films and as a prolific storyteller, authored 35 books
- Allan Heinberg — writer and producer on Party of Five, Sex and the City, The O.C.[540]
- Jerry Heller, Mangager of West Coast rap groups N.W.A. and Eazy E. He is co-founder and CEO of Ruthless Records
- Don Hewitt, executive producer of 60 minutes
- Kenny Hotz, writer, director, actor, comedian, producer, photographer, who is the creator and co-star of the television show Kenny vs. Spenny (along with fellow Jewish comedian Spencer Rice), and creator and co-writer of the Showcase/FX series Testees.
- Mitchell Hurwitz, executive producer and creator of Arrested Development
- Dave Jeser, executive producer and co-creator of Drawn Together
- Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter and director
- Jonathan Katz, stand-up comedian, actor, voice-actor who is best known for creating, writing, and starring in the acclaimed animated sitcom Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950–) film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG[541]
- Sam Katzman, producer of East Side Kids, which later became the Bowery Boys
- Marta Kauffman, producer, screenwriter, co-creator of one of the most critically acclaimed, as well as consistently popular sitcoms in history; Friends, with fellow Jewish screenwriter and producer David Crane
- Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter
- Don Kirshner, musical coordinator of The Monkees
- David Kohan, executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami, Twins, Four Kings, screenwriter of The Wonder Years
- Paul Kohner (1902–1988), film producer and manager
- Zvi Kolitz co-producer of Israel's first film (1955's Hill 24 Doesn't Answer).
- Stanley Kubrick, film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer of films
- John Landis (born 1950) movie actor, director, writer, and producer[527]
- Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter and producer of the taboo-breaking sitcom All in the Family
- Ron Leavitt, producer and writer of Married With Children
- Ernest Lehman, screenwriter
- Shuki Levy, singer and songwriter, composer, television writer, director, and executive producer
- Bill Maher, creator and host of "Real Time"
- Herman J. Mankiewicz, screenwriter who wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane for which he won the films' only Academy Award, and who pioneered the style known as “Mankiewicz humor”, that consisted of a slick, satirical, and witty humor, which depended largely on dialogue to carry the film, as seen in his films
- Sam Mendes, filmmaker, director, producer, who directed the acclaimed film American Beauty, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director
- Bob Mosher, creator of Leave it to Beaver
- Max Mutchnick, executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami, Twins, Four Kings, screenwriter of The Wonder Years
- Sam Nazarian (born 1976) SBE Entertainment Group, film producer and financier[542]
- Sam Newfield, producer of westerns like Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
- Ken Olin (born 1954) actor, director and producer[530]
- Marc E. Platt, producer
- Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director
- Bob Rafelson, producer of The Monkees
- Nikki Reed (born 1988) screenwriter & actress (Thirteen)[63][543]
- Carl Reiner, comedian, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Eli Roth (born 1972) film actor, director, producer and writer[532]
- Eric Roth (born 1943) Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Munich, Forrest Gump)[544]
- Joe Roth, film producer, director
- Adam Sandler (born 1966) actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician[503]
- Leon Schlesinger, producer
- Josh Schwartz, screenwriter, creator of The OC
- Sherwood Schwartz (born 1916) creator of Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch[545]
- Sam Seder (born 1966) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director[516]
- David Selznick, producer
- Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone
- Amy Sherman-Palladino, director, writer, producer
- Bert Schneider, producer of The Monkees
- Joel Silver, producer and co-inventor of Ultimate
- Matt Silverstein, executive producer and co-creator of Drawn Together
- Sam Simon, acclaimed television producer and writer, most notable as "one of the original creators, developers and head writers of" The Simpsons, who created many of the Simpsons characters, and who is also a writer for The George Carlin Show, Taxi, Cheers, The Tracey Ullman Show, and The Drew Carey Show
- Aaron Sorkin (born 1961) screenwriter, producer and playwright, creator of The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip[546]
- Spencer Rice (aka Spenny), writer, director, producer, and comedian, who is the co-star of Kenny vs. Spenny along with fellow Jewish comedian Kenny Hotz.
- Sam Spiegel film producer
- Aaron Spelling, producer, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Beverly Hills, 90210, Dynasty, Charmed
- Darren Star, creator of Beverly Hills 90210, Sex and the City
- Matt Stone, animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and creator of South Park
- Genndy Tartakovsky, acclaimed animator, director, writer and producer, who created Dexter's Laboratory, 2 Stupid Dogs, The Powerpuff Girls, among many other things.
- Irving Thalberg, Oscar-winning producer
- Eliot Wald, screenwriter for "See No Evil, Hear No Evil," "Camp Nowhere," and "Down Periscope."
- Marc Weiner (born 1952) producer, comedian, puppeteer best known for his TV show Weinerville and his act Rockin Rocko and Tony on the Bizarre Show
- Josh Weinstein, writer for TV show The Simpsons
- Tom Werner (born 1950) television producer and businessman[547]
- Robert Wise, legendary film director, producer, sound effects editor, film editor. Among his films are Citizen Kane (as an editor); The Sand Pebbles; The Sound of Music; West Side Story; The Hindenburg; Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Andromeda Strain; The Set-Up; The Haunting; and The Body Snatcher. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.
- Woodstock, all four organizers of the music festival were of Jewish descent as was Max Yasgur who owned the farm
- Bob Yari (born 1962) film producer, director[548]
- Laura Ziskin (born 1950) film producer (Spider-Man)[549]
- David Zuckerman, "one of the original creators, developers, and head writers of the acclaimed Fox animated series" Family Guy, who also wrote and produced on King of the Hill, and American Dad
Motion picture and television executives
- Barney Balaban, former president of Paramount Pictures
- Harry Cohn, founder of Columbia Pictures
- Barry Diller, president of Fox Tv
- William Fox, founder of Fox
- Leonard Goldenson, president of ABC
- Samuel Goldwyn, founder of MGM with Canadian Louis B. Mayer (also of Jewish descent)
- Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal
- Marcus Loew, founder of Loews Theatres
- David Sarnoff, acclaimed and imaginative inventor, and major pioneer of radio and television, who was the founder of NBC, and leader of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and who is widely known as The General.
- Jules Stein, founder of MCA
- Laurence Tisch, president of CBS
- Warner Brothers, Canadian founders of Warner Brothers
- Lew Wasserman, former president of Universal Pictures, who is credited with first creating and then taking apart the studio system in a career spanning more than six decades
- Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein, founders of Miramax
- Jeff Zucker, president of NBC
- Adolph Zukor, film mogul and founder of Famous Players and later Paramount Pictures
TV and radio presenters
- Special K. [{Kiss FM}] DJ
- Dan Abrams, MSNBC anchor
- Marv Albert, sportscaster
- Mel Allen, radio sportscaster
- Chuck Barris, presenter of Dating Game, Gong Show
- Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell the Truth, arts advocate
- Connie Chung, news anchor (converted)
- Liz Claman, host of CNBC Morning Call, who is the daughter of two devout Jewish parents, and who is also a member of the Jewish charitable organization Hadassah and has been featured in an article in that organization's magazine, as well as being a Big Sister in the Big Brother/Big Sister program at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services of Manhattan.
- Myron Cope, sportscaster
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Katie Couric, presenter of The Today Show'
- Jim Cramer, TV reporter
- Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado Gigante
- Joe Frank, radio personality
- Al Franken (1951–) comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator and radio host[504]
- Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera
- Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life
- Marty Glickman, sports announcer
- Terry Gross, host of NPR Fresh Air
- Mary Hart (1950–) television personality, long-time host of the entertainment program Entertainment Tonight[550]
- Daryn Kagan (1963–) host of CNN Live Today[551]
- Murray Kaufman, known as "Murray the K", legendary New York disc jockey who helped promote the Beatles; called "The Fifth Beatle" by George Harrison
- Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline
- Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki
- Matt Lauer, host of The Today Show
- Dave Lieberman, presenter of Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
- Bill Maher, ex-presenter of Politically Incorrect
- Howie Mandel, host of Deal or no Deal
- Dave Marash, Al Jazeera English anchor
- Al Michaels [552]
- Bill Nye, comedian, television host, science educator and mechanical engineer, popularly known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy", who is best known as the host of the children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy, and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
- Suze Orman, financial advisor, author, motivational speaker, and television host of The Suze Orman Show on CNBC, who has written six consecutive New York Times Best Sellers; and has written, co-produced, and hosted six PBS specials based on her books; and is the most successful fundraiser in the history of public television
- Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976) carpenter on Trading Spaces[553]
- Ron Popeil, inventor and marketing personality, widely known as “the Salesman Inventor of the Century”, and “the Father of the Infomercial”, who sold his own inventions on a television concept (the infomercial) that he pioneered, and who is also related to Jewish singer/actress Ashley Tisdale
- Maury Povich, talk-show host
- Geraldo Rivera, news reporter (Jewish mother)
- Joan Rivers (1933–) talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedienne, and celebrity[514]
- Peter Sagal host of "Wait, Wait..don't Tell Me" on NPR
- Michael Savage, KNEW radio host
- Morley Safer, journalist for 60 Minutes born in Canada but lives in New York
- Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrochemist, author, and popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences, who wrote and presented the most widely watched PBS program in history; Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was based on his own books, and who also pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), among other things.
- Judith Sheindlin, aka Judge Judy
- Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show host of Dr. Laura
- Daniel Schorr (1916–2010) journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio[554]
- Elliot Segal, host of radio show, Elliot in the Morning
- Dinah Shore, television host, singer
- Howie Schwab, sports trivia expert on ESPN
- Jerry Springer (born 1944) host of The Jerry Springer Show[555]
- Dave Spector, personality and commentator
- Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
- Bill Stern, radio sportscaster
- Howard Stern, radio shock jock, author, actor and producer
- Symphony Sid Torin, jazz disc jockey and personality
- Jon Stewart, stand-up comedian, actor, author, who is the host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
- Teresa Strasser, writer and TV personality known for hosting the home makeover show While You Were Out on TLC, and for being a co-host on The Adam Carolla Show
- Mike Wallace (born 1918) journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent[556]
- Barbara Walters (born 1929) media personality, a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor[557]
Theater
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler, actor
- Stella Adler, American actress
- Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, musician, and influential stand-up comedian who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family [321]
- Herb Alpert, producer, and acclaimed composer, songwriter, lead singer and horn player with Tijuana Brass.
- Morey Amsterdam, actor
- Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
- George Axelrod, producer & director
- Shoshana Bean, actress
- Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
- David Belasco, producer & director
- Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
- Jack Benny, (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, film actor, who pioneered the stand-up comedy art form, and who was an influence on situation comedy.
- Milton Berle, comedian and actor, who pioneered the vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
- Shelley Berman, actor
- Theodore Bikel, actor
- Rudolf Bing (1902–1997) opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972[558]
- Victor Borge, actor & writer
- Fanny Brice, actress
- Robert Brustein, producer, writer, director, critic, educator
- Mel Brooks, director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian, who pioneered the much imitated comedy style and genre of mixing comedy with real historic events**
- Abe Burrows, director ***
- Red Buttons (1919–2006) Academy Award-winning comedian and actor[321]
- George Burns, actor
- Sid Caesar, actor
- Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century[321]
- Kitty Carlisle, actress
- Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
- Paddy Chayefsky, director
- Heinrich Conried, theatre owner/operator & producer
- Norman Corwin, director
- Billy Crystal (born 1947) actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director[321]
- Rodney Dangerfield, actor
- Clive Davis, producer
- Sammy Davis, Jr., actor (convert)
- Robert Evans, actor
- Cy Feuer, producer, director & theatre owner/operator **
- Ron Field, director ***
- Larry Fine, actor
- David Geffen, producer **
- Judy Gold (born 1962) stand-up comedian and film/stage actress[506]
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Charles Grodin, producer, director & actor
- Buddy Hackett, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer, who used a lot of Jewish humor in his act.
- Arthur Hammerstein, producer & director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein I, producer & theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, producer & director
- Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist. Known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood".
- Anna Held, stage performer
- Dustin Hoffman (born 1937) two-time Oscar winning actor[321]
- Curly Howard, actor
- Moe Howard, actor
- Shemp Howard, actor
- Sidney Howard, producer & director
- George Jessel, producer and actor
- Al Jolson, performer & producer
- Robert Kalfin, producer, director, writer **
- Mickey Katz, actor & director
- Andy Kaufman, avant-garde comedian, who was the son of two devout Jewish parents.
- George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
- Danny Kaye (1913–1987) actor, singer and comedian[321]
- Larry Kert, actor and singer
- Michael Kidd, director and producer
- Alan King, actor and producer
- Robert Klein, actor
- Richard Kline, actor
- Lisa Kron, actress
- Judy Kuhn, actress and singer
- Bert Lahr, actor
- James Lapine, director & librettist
- Louise Lasser (born 1939) stage/film/television actress[559]
- Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter and producer of the taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family, which was a big influence on the show South Park among others, and who also created Maude and The Jeffersons
- Ernest Lehman, producer
- Sam Levene, director & actor
- Jerry Lewis (born 1926) comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own classic films such as The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964) and The Nutty Professor (1963), among many others[321]
- Judith Light, actress
- Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
- Craig Lucas, actor
- Joshua Malina, actor
- Ross Martin, actor
- The Marx Brothers, (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo), actors
- Jackie Mason (born 1931) stage actor, stand-up comedian[510]
- Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
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