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Adler, Jacob P. b. February 12, 1855 d. March 31, 1926
Actor. He was a major figure in early 20th Century Yiddish theatre.
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Jay b. September 26, 1896 d. September 23, 1978
Actor. He appeared in 21 television series/shows and 45 motion pictures, including "Scandal Sheet," "The Bad and The Beautiful," "Love Me or Leave Me," "The Brothers Karamazov," "The Story on Page One," and "The Family Jewels". He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section F
Adler, Luther b. May 4, 1903 d. December 8, 1984
Actor. He appeared in 28 television series/shows and 33 motion pictures, including "The Loves of Carmen," "D.O.A.," "The Last Angry Man," "Cast a Giant Shadow," "Voyage of the Damned" and "Absence of Malice", He was the son of actor Jacob Adler and actress Sarah Adler, and the brother of actor [Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Section F
Adler, Sarah b. 1858 d. April 28, 1953
Actress. She is best remembered for her numerous acting roles on the stage before the advent of movies and television. She was also the mother of a dynasty of actors and actresses, her seven children with Jacob Adler all entered the theater and became noted in their own right. She was noted as the first actress to act naturally on the Yiddish stage. She would make the audience forget that they were watching an actress...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Stella b. February 10, 1901 d. December 21, 1992
Actress. She appeared in the motion pictures "My Girl Tisa" (1948), "Shadow of The Thin Man" (1941), and "Love On Toast" (1938), and appeared in the television series "Suspense" (1949 to 1954). She was a well-known acting teacher who used the Stanislavsky 'Method' of acting and a member of the famed Adler Yiddish theatre family (her parents were actor Jacob Adler and actress [Read More] (Bio by: K)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Aleichem, Sholem b. March 5, 1859 d. May 13, 1916
Author. Born Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich in Voronko, Russia, he became to be considered one of the great Yiddish writers, being best known for his humorous tales of life among the poverty-ridden and oppressed Russian Jews of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works include five novels, many plays, and some 300 short stories. In the last years of his life he lived in the United States; he died in New York City, New York where he helped to found the Yiddish Art Theater. Many of his works...[Read More] (Bio by: Eamonn)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Barondess, Joseph b. July 3, 1863 d. June 19, 1928
Social Reformer, Labor Leader. This native of Kamenetz Podolsk Russia moved to New York in 1885 to pursue an acting career. Unable to find a job in the theater he went to work in the garment industry. In 1888 he helped establish the Cloakmaker's Union. He was a dynamic speaker with a magnetic personality and he used those characteristics to become a major player in the New York labor movement becoming known as the "King of the Cloakmakers." In 1900 he presided over the conference that led to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Belack, Doris b. February 26, 1926 d. October 4, 2011
Actress. She is best known for her roles as 'Anna Wolek' on the television soap opera "One Life to Live" and Judge Margaret Barry on television crime and court drama "Law and Order". She also appeared in the 1982 motion picture comedy "Tootsie" and a number of television situational comedies, such as "Barney Miller" and "The Golden Girls". (Bio by: Cam)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Cahan, Abraham b. July 7, 1860 d. August 31, 1951
Journalist, Author. He published and edited newspapers and periodicals, mainly in Yiddish, and was a major force in American socialism in the early 20th century.
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Carmel, Roger C. b. September 27, 1932 d. November 11, 1986
Actor. He had a long television acting career that spanned from 1958 until his death in 1986, with his most remembered role being that of 'Harry Mudd' (described as a "hapless interstellar criminal") in the iconic 1960s television science fiction series "Star Trek." Appearing the episodes of "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd", his character was the only non-regular to appear in more then one episode of the series.
Cause of death: Drug overdose
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Congregation Beth Emeth of Flatbush section.
Clurman, Harold b. September 18, 1901 d. September 9, 1980
Theatrical Director. A founding member of the Group Theatre in 1931, he was an influential figure of the American stage for many years. He was married to famed acting teacher Stella Adler from 1943 to 1960.
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Frank, Leo b. April 17, 1884 d. August 17, 1915
Businessman, Murder Victim. In 1913, he was accused of raping and murdering a 12 year-old girl, Mary Phagan, who was employed by the pencil factory he supervised (Jim Conley, a sweeper at the factory was another suspect in the murder). He was convicted and his death sentence was upheld through three appeals to the Georgia Supreme Court and two appeals to the United States Supreme Court. However, his execution sentence was commuted by Governor John M. Slaton on June 21, 1915. Although Governor...[Read More]
Cause of death: Lynched
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Leivick, H. b. December, 1888 d. December 23, 1962
Writer. Born Leivick Halpern, he came to the United States in 1913 after escaping from exile in Siberia, Russia. Working for most of his life as a wallpaper hanger, he wrote poetry and drama in Yiddish and adopted his pseudonym to avoid confusion with the the poet Moyshe Leyb-Halpern. He is probably best known for his verse play "The Golem", published in 1921, a tale of a Jewish avenger based upon Yiddish legends of the supernatural. (Bio by: ronzoni)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Leonard, Benny b. April 7, 1896 d. April 18, 1947
Professional Boxer. He was the Lightweight Boxing Champion of the World from 1917 to 1925. Considered one of the greatest lightweight boxers in the history of the sport, he was feted as possessing superb boxing skills as well as potent punching power. He fought over two hundred times and suffered only four knockouts; three early in his career and the fourth in his final fight. Born on the East Side of New York City, New York, Leonard learned to fight in neighborhood battles and turned pro in...[Read More] (Bio by: Soorus)
Cause of death: Heart attack
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
London, Meyer b. December 9, 1871 d. June 6, 1926
US Congressman, Socialist Leader. Born in Kalvaria, Russia, he attended schools in Russia and also received private instruction in languages, becoming proficient in Russian, Yiddish, English, German, French and Italian. In 1891 he immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City, New York. He studied law, became a United States citizen in 1896, and was admitted to the New York State Bar in the same year. Meyer practiced law and became active in the Socialist and labor movements...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Lumet, Sidney b. June 25, 1924 d. April 9, 2011
Motion Picture Director. The son of Polish-born stage actor Baruch Lumet, he began his career as a performer on radio at the age of four and made his stage debut at the Yiddish Art Theatre one year later. Lumet initiated his association with Broadway in the play "Dead End" (1935 to 1937) and appeared in several other productions before attending Columbia University. He served with the US Army during World War II; Lumet was stationed in Burma and India where he was a radar repairman. Upon...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Rose, Philip b. July 4, 1921 d. May 31, 2011
Broadway Producer, Director. He was best known for his staging of stories which sensitively portrayed African-Americans. Born Philip Rosenberg, he was raised in Washington when his father founded a men's clothing store. After briefly attending Brooklyn College, he joined his family's business while pursuing a singing career and continued in the entertainment industry as a record executive, eventually finding his own label. Rose's first encounter with the stage was his bringing to fruition...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Singer, Israel Joshua b. November 30, 1893 d. February 10, 1944
Author. Born Yisroel Yehoshua Zinger (or Zynger), he was the brother of writer Isaac Bashevis Singer. Writing in Yiddish, he worked as a journalist in Europe and published his first novel, "Steel and Iron", in 1927. His long novel "The Brothers Ashkenazy" (1936) is considered his masterpiece. Singer emigrated to the United States in 1934 and helped his brother do the same the following year. (Bio by: ronzoni)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Tobias, George b. July 14, 1901 d. February 27, 1980
Actor. Born in New York City, New York, he began a long acting career at age 15, appearing off, and on, Broadway in such hits as "The Hairy Ape," "You Can't Take It With You," and "Silk Stockings." In Hollywood he played a wide variety of roles from villain to loveable dim-wit, and appeared in such films as Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mission to Moscow , and My Sister Eileen (which also featured Dick York). He is best remembered as the flute-playing, begrudgingly tolerant of his wife's comments and...[Read More] (Bio by: Fernando)
Cause of death: Cancer
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: Sec. B R-21
Weinberg, George b. 1901 d. January 29, 1939
Organized Crime Figure. An associate of mobster Dutch Schultz and the brother of Schultz's right-hand man Abe Weinberg, he handled the money end of Schultz's operation. After the murder of Schultz in 1935 and the disappearance and murder of his brother Abe that same year, George Weinberg decided to turn informant and testify against his former associates. On January 29,1939, Weinberg committed suicide while he was hidden away in a safe house in White Plains, New York and under police protection...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Heneage)
New Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA

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