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person_profile-Maurice Schwartz

Maurice Schwartz Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 18, 1889

Country of birth:

Ukraine

Died:

May 10, 1960

Biography of

Maurice Schwartz

    Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. With his successes as an actor, Schwartz was also drawn to Hollywood, appearing in his first silent film in 1910. He appeared in more than twenty films between 1910 and 1953; the majority were silents. He also wrote, produced, or directed several films.

    Among his major roles in motion pictures were in Broken Hearts (1926), Uncle Moses (1932), Tevya (1939), Mission to Moscow (1943), and as Ezra in the Biblical drama Salome (1953).

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Maurice Schwartz

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Filmography of

Maurice Schwartz

Found 9 Movies in total

All in Good Fun

Archive Footage ( Actor )

... 1955

Slaves of Babylon

The Prophet Daniel ( Actor )

... 1953

Salome

Ezra the King's Advisor ( Actor )

... 1953

Bird of Paradise

The Kahuna ( Actor )

... 1951

Mission to Moscow

Dr. Botkin ( Actor )

... 1943

Tevye

Tevya 'Tevye' ( Actor )

Writer

... 1939

The Man Behind the Mask

The Master ( Actor )

... 1936

Uncle Moses

Uncle Moses ( Actor )

Writer

... 1932

Broken Hearts

Benjamin Rezanov ( Actor )

Director

... 1926