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  • '''Samuel Gabriel Costa''' (17 June 1910 &ndash; 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the [[B ...jlp>[https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/sam-costa "Sam Costa", ''Jewish Lives Project'']. Retrieved 16 March 2021</ref>
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  • ...://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/issy-bonn "Issy Bonn 1893-1977", ''Jewish Lives Project'']. Retrieved 1 December 2020</ref> ...06 Biography, ''Allmusic.com'']. Retrieved 1 December 2020</ref><ref name=jewish/>
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  • ...lip Trust Fund, the Nightingale House home for elderly Jews and the Ealing Jewish Youth Club.<ref name=rats/> [[Category:English male film actors]]
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  • {{Use British English|date=November 2016}} ...&d=bmd_1649064119|title = FreeBMD Entry Info}}</ref> – 4 May 1991), was an English comedian, actor, musician & TV presenter, and the comic foil of the double
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  • [[Category:English male stage actors]] [[Category:English male film actors]]
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  • ...dward Touchinsky in [[Holborn|Holborn]], London, to [[Polish Jewish|Polish Jewish]] parents.<ref name=times>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obit [[Category:Male actors from London]]
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  • ...yearofbirth_offset=0|last=Find my past|title=Arthur Howard}}</ref>) was an English stage, [[film actor|film and television actor]].<ref name=mcfarlane/><ref>{ .../page/2/|title=Overseas by Cemetery - Final Resting Places - Classic Movie Actors and Actresses(p 2) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH)|website=Classic Movie Hub - CM
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  • {{short description|English actor, composer, singer and writer}} ...oody''' (born '''Ronald Moodnick'''; 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, composer, singer and writer. He was best known for his portrayal of
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  • ...ndependent]] |language= |date=13 June 1993}}</ref> was an [[English people|English]] actor. He is best known as a member of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry ...ils |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=2016-12-03}}</ref> Even though all the actors playing the aliens were over six feet tall, Bresslaw towered over them. Son
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  • | resting_place = Waltham Abbey Jewish Cemetery, Waltham Abbey, Epping Forest District, Essex, England '''David Stephen Rappaport''' (23 November 1951 – 2 May 1990) was an English actor with [[w:achondroplasia|achondroplasia]]. He appeared in the films ''
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  • ...nald Hugh Wyndham Frankau''' (22 February 1894 – 11 September 1951) was an English comedian who started in cabaret and made his way to radio and films.<ref na ....<ref>Aryeh Newman, "From Exile to Exit: the Frankau Jewish Connection", ''Jewish Quarterly'' Vol. 34 no. 4 (128) 1987</ref> His mother's siblings included
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  • ...ass">{{cite news|title=Alfie Bass Obituary|date=1987-07-24|publisher=[[The Jewish Chronicle]]|pages=14}}<!--|access-date=2006-12-13--></ref> He appeared in a ...d]]. He was the youngest of ten children of Jacob Basalinsky, who had fled Jewish persecution in Russia, and his wife, Ada Miller. After leaving school, he w
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  • Lee was born on 11 August 1916 to a [[Jewish]] family in [[The Gorbals]], [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]].<ref name=theo>{{Cit ...ky]]" said, "Poor recording balance, bad song submerges the work of a fine English singer named Benny Lee."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Record Reviews |magazin
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  • '''Clive Walter Swift''' (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included ...s family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew |title=Art Thou Contented, J
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  • ...l Biography |date=September 2004 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref> who was a Jewish immigrant from [[w:Kyiv|Kyiv]], [[w:Ukraine|Ukraine]]. He recalled his chil ...s.org/marty-feldman-versus-the-suits/ "Marty Feldman versus the Suits"], ''Jewish Currents,'' 29 June 2016</ref>
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  • '''Sydney Tafler''' (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for Tafler was born into a [[w:Jewish|Jewish]] family, the son of Eva (née Kosky) and Mark Tafler, an antique dealer.<r
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  • {{Short description|English comedian and actor}} ...d Gilbert Emery''' (19 February 1915{{spaced ndash}}2 January 1983) was an English [[comedian]] and actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9
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  • ...lomon Joel Cohen on 8 May 1913, to [[w:History of the Jews in South Africa|Jewish]] parents in [[w:Union of South Africa|South Africa]], then a [[w:British E ...ompany [[w:Associated Rediffusion|Associated Rediffusion]]. Set within the Jewish community of London's East End, the series of six episodes was transmitted
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  • ...ish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years"| pages=28–29| newspaper =[[The Jewish Chronicle]]| date =15 December 2006 }}</ref> (originally surnamed "Misell"< ...se, ''[[Underground (1958 TV play)|Underground]]'' (1958), one of the lead actors died during the live performance.<ref>Sweet, Matthew. [https://www.independ
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  • Lom was noted for his precise, elegant enunciation of English.<ref name=DTObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituari ...to Karl Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru and Olga Gottlieb. His mother was of Jewish ancestry.<ref name=OddFellow>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk
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