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Abzug, Bella Savitzky b. July 24, 1920 d. March 31, 1998
US Congresswoman. She was elected as a Democrat to represent two different New York Congressional Districts in the United States House of Representatives, first representing the 19th District from 1971 to 1973, then the 20th District from 1973 to 1977. She unsuccessfully ran for United States Senator in 1976, and for New York City Mayor in 1977. She was the first Jewish woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Adler, Jacob b. February 12, 1855 d. April 1, 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
Berger, Philip b. April 1, 1942 d. March 3, 2001
Author, Journalist. He was a sports writer, screenwriter and author who specialized in boxing. He wrote more than a dozen books on sports and entertainment, including collaborations with Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes on their autobiographies. His other books include "Forever Showtime - The Checkered Life of Pistol Pete Maravich" and "Miracle on 33rd Street," the New York Knicks' championship season of 1969-70. He was the boxing writer for the New York Times from 1985 to 1992, and he also wrote...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
Cause of death: Cancer
Knollwood Park 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.
Celler, Emanuel b. May 6, 1888 d. January 15, 1981
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 10th, 11th and 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1973. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in 1936 and 1944. (Bio by: K)
Mount Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
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
Cohen, William Wolfe b. 1874 d. 1940
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 17th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1927 to 1929. (Bio by: K)
Mount Neboh Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Comden, Betty b. May 3, 1917 d. November 23, 2006
Lyricist, Screenwriter. Born Elizabeth Cohen in Brooklyn. Along with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green, she wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and screen. During a professional partnership that lasted for more than 60 years, and which finally ended with Adolph Green's death in 2002, they created the stage shows "On the Town," "Wonderful Town," "Peter Pan" and "Bells Are Ringing." Their Hollywood credits included the screenplays for...[Read More] (Bio by: Jos� L Bernab� Tronchoni)
Old Mount Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Fox (Leiffer), Sidney b. December 10, 1907 d. November 14, 1942
Actress. She was in several movies with Humphrey Bogart in the early 1930s, including The Bad Sister. She was in Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi. Married to Charles Beahan. Died as a result of overdose of sleeping pills at age 32. (Bio by: nevermore)
Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Plot: circle section 7
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
Halpern, Seymour b. November 19, 1913 d. January 10, 1997
US Congressman. Elected to represent New York's 4th and 6th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1959 to 1973. He also served as a Candidate for the New York State Assembly in 1937, and Member of the New York State Senate from 1941 to 1954, representing the 2nd and 4th Districts. (Bio by: K)
Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA
Hanff, Helene b. April 15, 1916 d. April 9, 1997
Author/Playwright. Helene Hanff grew up with a passion for writing and reading. This passion led her to New York City to pursue her dream of breaking into theatre as a playwright. She worked for New York's Theatre Guild as a publicist and assistant. The Guild produced mostly flops, but did score a big hit with the play, "Oklahoma!" Hanff was credited as an assistant in that production. Her early experiences in New York led to her first book, a biography, "Underfoot in Show Business," a humorous...[Read More] (Bio by: Susan Richardson Hiley)
Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glendale, Queens County, New York, USA

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