 Photo of Yiddish actor-comedian Leo Fuchs. Image by Back says Max Harper, Brooklyn-possibly his agent. Photo is stamped at lower right front with photographer-Schoenberg, New York., via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Leo FuchsLeo Fuchs Leo Fuchs American actor Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 – December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born American actor.[1] According to YIVO, he was born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw;[2] according to Joel Schechter, he was born in Lwów, Galicia, then Poland, now called Lviv, Ukraine.[3] Quick facts Born, Died ... Leo Fuchs Fuchs preparing for a role in 1949 Born (1911-05-15)May 15, 1911 Died December 31, 1994(1994-12-31) (aged 83) Occupation actor Close Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely. Early life Fuchs was born into a Yiddish theatrical family: his… (Source: Wikipedia)
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