Mount Hebron Flushing, NY
by Sylviastel | created - 27 Sep 2012 | updated - 01 Jul 2014 | PublicThe men and women interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens County, New York.
1. Jack Gilford
Actor | Cocoon
Jack Gilford was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Yankel Gellman. He began his career in the Amateur Nights of the 1930s moving on to nightclubs as an innovative comedian doing satire and pantomime. He was a regular at the Greenwich Village nightspot, Cafe Society and hosted shows featuring Zero ...
2. Mina Bern
Actress | It Could Happen to You
Mina Bern was born on May 5, 1911 in Bielsk Podlaski, Podlaskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for It Could Happen to You (1994), Celebrity (1998) and Flawless (1999). She was married to Ben Bonus. She died on January 10, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
3. Ben Bernie
Soundtrack | Money Monster
A composer ("Sweet Georgia Brown"), author, violinist and conductor, he was educated at the NY College of Music, City College of New York, and the Columbia School of Mines. Beginning his vaudeville act while selling violins in a New York department store, he organized his own orchestra in 1922, ...
4. Max Bozyk
Actor | Der Dibuk
Max Bozyk was born in Lodz (pronounced Wooj - but often Anglicized to sound like Ludz), Poland, in 1888, where he first performed in Yiddish theater and films. It was also there that he met his wife Reizl Bozyk, who accompanied him on stage as the second half of a comedy team. Touring in 1939 in ...
Plot: Yiddish Theatrical Alliance Section/Block 67, ref. 1, section A-D, line 19, grave 21.
5. Louis Lepke
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter--the nickname Lepke means "Little Louis" in Yiddish)--was one of the top Jewish-American gangsters of the Depression Era and the only major mob boss to ever have been executed by authorities for his crimes. He was born February 6, 1897, on Manhattan's Lower East Side. His ...
6. Joseph Buloff
Actor | Silk Stockings
Joseph Buloff was born on January 20, 1899 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was an actor, known for Silk Stockings (1957), Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and The Loves of Carmen (1948). He was married to Luba Kadison. He died on February 27, 1985 in New York City, New York, ...
Plot: Block 67, Line 1/2, Grave 17, Yiddish Theatrical Alliance
7. Lillian Lux
Actress | The Body
Lillian Lux was born on June 20, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Body (2001), Law & Order (1990) and De Mike Burstyn show (1978). She was married to Pesach Burstein. She died on June 11, 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.
8. Pesach Burstein
Actor | Havu Banot L'Eilat
Pesach Burstein was born on April 15, 1896 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Girls' Paradise Eilat (1964) and De Mike Burstyn show (1978). He was married to Lillian Lux. He died on April 6, 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
Plot: Block 67, Section A-D, Line 17,
9. Sergei Dovlatov
Writer | Konets prekrasnoy epokhi
Sergei Dovlatov was born on September 3, 1941 in Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia]. He was a writer, known for The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015), Po pryamoy (1992) and Napisano Sergeyem Dovlatovym (2012). He died on August 24, 1990 in New York City, New York, ...
Plot: Block: 9, Reference: 20, Section: H, Line: 14, Grave: 4
10. Shep Fields
Soundtrack | Bringing Up Father
Shep Fields was born on September 12, 1910 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Bringing Up Father (1946), Citizens Band (1977) and The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). He was married to Zook Kline and Evelyn Feinstein. He died on February 23, 1981 in Los Angeles, ...
11. Celia Adler
Actress | Broadway Television Theatre
Celia Adler was born on December 6, 1889 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Television Theatre (1952), Where Is My Child? (1937) and Naked City (1958). She was married to Nathan Forman, Jack Cone and Lazar Freed. She died on January 31, 1979 in Bronx, New York, ...
Plot: Yiddish Theatre Section
12. Madeline Lee
Actress | Cocoon: The Return
Madeline Lee was born on May 30, 1923 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Cocoon: The Return (1988), The Savages (2007) and Big City Blues (1997). She was married to Jack Gilford. She died on April 14, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
13. Harold Huber
Actor | The Thin Man
Harold Huber was born on December 5, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Thin Man (1934), Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) and The Lady and the Mob (1939). He was married to Ethel Silverberg. He died on September 29, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
Plot: Block 76C Lot 48C Grave 4
14. Bertha Kalich
Actress | Ambition
Bertha Kalich was born on May 17, 1874 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Ambition (1916), Marta of the Lowlands (1914) and Love and Hate (1916). She was married to Leopold Spachner. She died on April 18, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
15. Ida Kaminska
Actress | Obchod na korze
Ida Kaminska was born on September 4, 1899 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Tkies khaf (1924) and On a heym (1939). She was married to Marian Melman and Zygmunt Turkow. She died on May 21, 1980 in New York ...
16. Alan King
Actor | Casino
Alan King was born on December 26, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Casino (1995), Cat's Eye (1985) and Rush Hour 2 (2001). He was married to Jeanette Sprung. He died on May 9, 2004 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Plot: Block 104, Path 5, Lot 3215, grave 6
17. Abraham Landau
Abraham Landau was born on December 25, 1895. He died on October 24, 1935 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Plot: Block 28, Reference 1, Section A-E, Line PP6, Grave 9. John A. Kennedy Lodge.
18. Fred Lebow
Self | Dette er ditt løp
Fred Lebow was born Fischel Lebowitz on June 3, 1932 in Arad, Romania. After surviving the Nazi occupation of Europe during World War II (Lebow and his family were Orthodox Jews), Lebow made his way through Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, and Ireland prior to immigrating to America. Fred attended ...
19. Shifra Lerer
Actress | Deconstructing Harry
Shifra Lerer was born on August 30, 1915 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), A Stranger Among Us (1992) and God, Man and Devil (1950). She was married to Michael Michalovic and Ben-Zion Witler. She died on March 12, 2011 in New York, New York, USA.
20. Molly Picon
Actress | Fiddler on the Roof
Barely 5' tall, the little "yente" with the big, expressive talent and mischievous twinkle in her eye, Yiddish icon Molly Picon, entertained theater, radio, TV and film audiences for over seven decades. Born Malka Opiekun to Polish-Jewish parents in New York on February 28, 1898, she would ...
21. Michael Rabin
Music_department | Rhapsody
Michael Rabin was born on May 2, 1936 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Rhapsody (1954), Music for You (1951) and The Bell Telephone Hour (1959). He died on January 19, 1972 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
22. James H. Scheuer
James H. Scheuer was born on February 6, 1920 in Manhattan, New York, USA. James H. was married to Emily Malino. James H. died on August 30, 2005 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
23. Julius Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz is a pioneer in both the science fiction and comic book fields. He is credited with publishing the very first SF fanzine, "The Time Machine", in 1930. In 1934, he started the Solar Sales Service, a literary agency that represented such classic SF writers as 'Alfred Bester', Ray Bradbury...
24. Maurice Schwartz
Actor | Tevya
Schwartz moved to the U.S. in 1902 and in 1926 founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. Also in 1926, Schwartz starred in and directed his first film, Broken Hearts (1926). His best known Hollywood film role was that of Ezra in the 1953 production of Salome (1953). In 1959, Schwartz traveled to ...
25. Menasha Skulnik
Actor | The United States Steel Hour
Menasha Skulnik was born on May 15, 1890 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), Monticello, Here We Come (1950) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He was married to Sarah Kutner and Anna Roman (actress). He died on...
26. Barbra Streisand
Actress | Yentl
Barbra Streisand is an American singer, actress, director and producer and one of the most successful personalities in show business. She is the only person ever to receive all of the following: Oscar, Tony, Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, Cable Ace, National Endowment for the Arts, and Peabody awards,...
Future Burial Site: Plot: Section 104, near the road
27. Boris Thomashefsky
Actor | Bar-Mitzvah
Boris Thomashefsky was born on May 12, 1868 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Bar-Mitzvah (1935), Hear Ye, Israel (1915) and The Jewish Crown (1915). He was married to Bessie Baumfeld-Kaufman (actress). He died on July 9, 1939 in New York City, New York, ...
Plot: Yiddish Theatrical Association, Section 67
28. Mendy Weiss
Mendy Weiss was born on May 11, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on March 4, 1944 in Sing Sing Prison, New York, USA.
Plot: Block 115, Lot 8, Ref.1, Grave 10
29. Julius Rudel
Soundtrack | Batman Begins
Julius Rudel was born on March 6, 1921 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Batman Begins (2005), Alien: Resurrection (1997) and Foul Play (1978). He was married to Rita Gillis. He died on June 26, 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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