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- Writer
Williband Hentschel was born on 7 November 1858 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer. He was married to Hellen Zimmermann. He died on 2 February 1947 in Leoni am Starnberger See, Bavaria, Germany.- Wenzel Goldbaum was born on 19 September 1881 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Hochverrat (1929). He died on 15 May 1960 in Lima, Peru.
- Alfred Savoir was born on 23 January 1883 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938), Here Is My Heart (1934) and Dressed to Thrill (1935). He was married to Michalina Hertz and Suzanne Vilboeuf. He died on 26 June 1934 in Paris, France.
- Maks Brin was born on 16 July 1884 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Yidl mitn fidl (1936), Mamele (1938) and The Jester (1937). He was married to Roza Shkliarzh. He died in 1942 in Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Józef Maszycki was born on 3 March 1885 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Józef was a director and writer, known for Dzwony wieczorne. Róze i kolce zakazanej milosci (1927). Józef died on 25 June 1954 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Artur Rubinstein was born on 28 January 1887 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for The Truman Show (1998), Night Song (1947) and Carnegie Hall (1947). He was married to Aniela Mlynarska. He died on 20 December 1982 in Geneva, Switzerland.- Jan Nepomucen Miller was born on 16 May 1890 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Jan Nepomucen died on 29 September 1977 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic.
- Symche Natan was born on 15 August 1892 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Yidl mitn fidl (1936) and Jolly Paupers (1937). He died on 1 November 1946 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Józef Pilarski was born on 28 February 1893 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Jasne Lany (1947), Trzy opowiesci (1953) and Skarb kapitana Martensa (1957). He died on 9 July 1972 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Janina Janecka was born on 20 October 1893 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Girls of Nowolipki (1937), Jadzia (1936) and Wrzos (1938). She died on 21 February 1938 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Julian Tuwim was born on 13 September 1894 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Schindler's List (1993), Zolnierz królowej Madagaskaru (1940) and Zolnierz królowej Madagaskaru (1958). He was married to Stefania Marchew. He died on 27 December 1953 in Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland.- Roman Wronski was born on 23 October 1894 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He died on 2 November 1992 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Boleslaw Bolkowski was born on 16 November 1894 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949), Trudna milosc (1954) and Nikodem Dyzma (1956). He died on 16 February 1978 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Andrzej Wlast was born on 17 March 1895 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is known for The Resistance Fighter (2019), The Coldest Game (2019) and Television Theater (1953). He died in 1941 in Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Erich Wagowski was born on 16 March 1896 in Lodz, Poland. Erich was a producer, known for Helen of Troy (1924) and Nathan der Weise (1922). Erich died on 24 May 1927 in Munich, Germany.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Alexander Tansman was born on 12 June 1897 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for Paris Underground (1945), Flesh and Fantasy (1943) and Sister Kenny (1946). He was married to Colette Cras and Anna Eleonora Brociner. He died on 15 November 1986 in Paris, France.- Franciszek Dominiak was born on 28 August 1897 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Love or a Kingdom (1936), Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931) and Grzeszna milosc (1929). He died on 23 October 1984 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Lena Amsel was born on 27 July 1898 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire. She was an actress, known for The Tragedy of Love (1923), Der allmächtige Dollar (1923) and The Countess of Paris (1923). She died on 2 November 1929 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Writer
Lawrence Lipton was born on 10 October 1898 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Alimony (1949), The Hypnotic Eye (1960) and The Red Rowe Show (1959). He was married to Nettie Esther Brooks, Craig Rice, Elizabeth (Betty) Weinberg and Dora (Dorothy) Omansky. He died on 9 July 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Aleksander Marten was born on 13 November 1898 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a director and actor, known for On a heym (1939), O czym marza kobiety (1937) and Al khet (1936). He died in 1942 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Violinist and actress, starred in two films: "9.25 The Adventure of One Night" 1929 and "Carousel of Life" 1930, according to the novel by Irena Zarzycka "The Niceest Adventure of Jacek Trent". She was born in a family of Lódz factory owners and philanthropists. She studied in Berlin at the music conservatory, together with her sister Paulina. After graduation, she returned to Poland. In 1939, she and her son emigrated to Iraq, where her sister lived and married to Pasha Max Makowski. Later she lived in Cairo and Alexandria. She was born on April 8, 1899 in Lódz. Her first husband was Henryk Kronman, director of the "Glos Poranny" publishing house, who died suddenly of a heart attack on October 27, 1937 in Paris. The couple had a son Andrzej Michal Kronman (born on February 15, 1932 in Lódz, died on August 13, 2005 in Petersfield, Hampshire). After the war, Norska married Ronald Arnold for the second time and her son changed his name to Arnold from his first marriage. As Andrew Michael Arnold published a book about his experiences (and his mother's) in 2004 entitled "A Game with Dice". Norska died at the age of 85 in Great Britain.
- Stanislaw Sielanski was born on 8 August 1899 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Pani minister tanczy (1937), Bedzie lepiej (1936) and Zapomniana melodia (1938). He died on 28 April 1955 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Boleslaw Kaminski was born on 20 February 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Male dramaty (1959), Hydrozagadka (1971) and Pierscien ksieznej Anny (1971). He died on 15 February 1992 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Music Department
Paul Kletzki was born on 21 March 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He is known for Arthur Rubinstein: The Love of Life (1969), Personnalités suisses (1958) and Three Seasons (1958). He died on 5 March 1973 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Jewish actor Joseph Green came from Poland in 1924 to New York, and went in 1927 to Hollywood. He popularized the Yiddish movie, showing the life at the Jewisch shtetl in Eastern Europe, in Poland and the USA before WWII. He retired from business after WW II. He died after long illnes on June 20, 1996.- 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 Buenos Aires, Argentina, he and his wife elected not to return to Poland after Hitler's invasion of their home country. Instead, they with their only daughter (their only son had remained in Poland and subsequently died in the holocaust) emigrated to the U.S. in 1941 and quickly established themselves as regulars in Yiddish productions on stage, as well as in Yiddish films. He was often likened to the French comedian [link-nm0272794] for his ability to evoke laughter and tears, almost simultaneously, and for the way in which he moved with subtle, abject gestures of the shoulders and head to enhance the comedic effect. His involvement with the Yiddish theater extended to a stint as president of the now-defunct Hebrew Actors Union, an organization for which he also served many years on the executive board. He was also a member of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance and the Yiddish Artists & Friends. A performer to the last, he collapsed in his wife's arms after completing a monologue from the writings of Sholom Aleichem. Unable to revive him, he was pronounced dead at New York's Roosevelt Hospital.
- The multi-faceted Polish-born performer Lili Valenty appeared in a dozen or so Broadway plays in the 30s, 40s and 50s, then went on to enliven a number of routine on-camera projects in her twilight years. Born at the turn of the century, she received her start on the German stage where she became a star. In the early 1930s she emigrated to America and tried to parlay her European success into stardom here. Although she fell quite short, she did launch a moderately successful career on both radio and the Broadway stage. Some of her NY theater productions included "Bitter Stream" (her debut) 1936, "Cue for Passion" (1940), "The Land Is Bright" (1941), "Sky Drift" (1945), and "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" (1950). In 1955 she was a replacement in the role of Baroness Livenbaum in the successful Broadway production of "Anastasia" starring Viveca Lindfors and Eugenie Leontovich, which later went on tour. Lili later transitioned into the film and TV mediums, predominantly in decorative fluff unworthy of her talents. Although she made her film debut in support of Anna Magnani in the melodrama Wild Is the Wind (1957), she continued rather inauspiciously from there with a minor dowager role in Can-Can (1960), and typical ethnic parts in The Story of Ruth (1960), the Troy Donahue / Suzanne Pleshette romantic excursion Rome Adventure (1962), one of Elvis Presley's weaker vehicles Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), and the Jayne Mansfield "comedy" It Happened in Athens (1962). Sometimes billed as "Lili Valenti", she appeared sparingly after this as various mamas, madames, gypsies, nuns, ballet teachers, and the like on episodic TV. She died in Los Angeles in 1987 at age 86 and left no survivors.
- Producer
- Casting Director
- Writer
William Perlberg was born on 22 October 1900 in Lodz, Poland. He was a producer and casting director, known for Miracle on 34th Street (1947), The Country Girl (1954) and The Devil Is Driving (1937). He was married to Bobbe Brox. He died on 31 October 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Leokadia Pilarska was born on 11 November 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Jovita (1967) and A Terribly Strange Bed (1968). She died on 13 January 1972 in Gniezno, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
- Osip Abdulov was born on 16 November 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Treasure Island (1938), Ivashko and Baba-Yaga (1938) and Serebristaya pyl (1953). He died on 14 June 1953 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Barbara Koscieszanka was born on 23 December 1900 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Spotkanie w 'Bajce' (1962). She died on 23 February 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Roman Cycowski was born on 25 January 1901 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (1932), Three from the Filling Station (1930) and Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931). He was married to Maria/Mary Panzram. He died on 9 November 1998 in Palm Springs, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Kazimierz Krukowski was born on 2 February 1901 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ada, Don't Do That! (1936), Co mój maz robi w nocy (1934) and ABC milosci (1935). He was married to Wladyslawa Krukowska. He died on 24 December 1984 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Stanislaw Rembek was born on 6 July 1901 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Szwadron (1992) and Wyrok na Franciszka Klosa (2000). He died on 21 March 1985 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Feliks Kalinowski was born on 6 August 1901 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949) and Dzwony wieczorne. Róze i kolce zakazanej milosci (1927). He died on 7 January 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Theater director, actress. In the 1920s she performed in "Reduta", in the 1930s she was associated with theaters managed by Leon Schiller. In 1934 she gave up acting and devoted herself to recitation and teaching, incl. in the years 1935-39 she taught poetry at the Acting Department of PIST in Warsaw. During the war, she was associated with the secret PIST. After the war, she was associated with the PWST in Warsaw, incl. in the years 1956-61 she was the dean of the Acting Department. She directed radio plays and theater performances, incl. at the Polish Theater in Warsaw (1952-63).
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Willy Zielke was born on 18 September 1902 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for The Steel Animal (1935), Schöpfung ohne Ende (1956) and Arbeitslos. Ein Schicksal von Millionen (1933). He died on 16 September 1989 in Bad Pyrmont, Germany.- Jerzy Zawieyski was born on 2 October 1902 in Radogoszcz, Baluty, Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Odwiedziny prezydenta (1961), Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny (1957) and Mindannyiótok lelkiismerete megnyugodhat (1970). He died on 18 June 1969 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
A minor prototype of the "Runyon-esque" character for more than three decades, Polish-born actor George E. Stone (né Gerschon Lichtenstein, on May 18, 1903) was, in actuality, a close friend of writer Damon Runyan and would play scores of colorful "dees, dem and dos" cronies throughout the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. With great names such as Johnnie the Shiek, Boots Burnett, Ice Box Hamilton, Wires Kagel, Ropes McGonigle, Society Max, and Toothpick Charlie, Stone delighted audiences in scores of crimers for decades.
A vaudeville and Broadway hoofer in the interim, the runt-sized Stone (5'3") finally scored in his first "grownup" part as the Sewer Rat in the silent drama 7th Heaven (1927) starring the once-popular romantic pair Charles Farrell and (Academy Award winner) Janet Gaynor. As "Georgie" sounded too child-like, he began billing himself as "George E. Stone." From there he was featured in a number of "tough guy" potboilers, particularly for Warner Bros. So typed was he as a henchman or thug, that he found few films outside the genre. His gunsels often possessed a yellow streak and could be both broadly comic or threatening in nature, with more than a few of them ending up on a morgue slab before film's end, including his Earl Williams on The Front Page (1931) and Otero in the classic gangster flick Little Caesar (1931).
Included in George's many films were a number of Oscar-quality pictures , including The Racket (1928), Cimarron (1931), Five Star Final (1931), 42nd Street (1933), Viva Villa! (1934), Anthony Adverse (1936), North West Mounted Police (1940), Pickup on South Street (1953), The Robe (1953), Broken Lance (1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Guys and Dolls (1955), Some Came Running (1958), Some Like It Hot (1959), Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Arguably, Stone's most popular, if not prolific, role was when he replaced Charles Wagenheim as The Runt in the second of the "Boston Blackie" film series, Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941) that starred Chester Morris as the title detective. The series lasted eight years.
Suffering from failing eyesight in later years, George was virtually blind by the late 1950s but, thanks to friends, managed to secure sporadic film and TV work. From 1958 on, Stone could be glimpsed in a recurring role on the popular courtroom series Perry Mason (1957) as a court clerk. Married to second wife Marjorie Ramey in 1946, 64-year-old George died following a stroke on May 26, 1967 in Woodland Hills, California, and was survived by two sisters.- Marian Nowak was born on 20 August 1903 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Zimowy zmierzch (1957), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) and How Far, How Near (1972). He died on 12 January 1972 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Kazimierz Korcelli was born on 2 September 1903 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Television Theater (1953) and Awantura o Basie (1959). He died on 31 July 1987 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Casimir Oberfeld was born on 16 November 1903 in Lodz, Poland. He was a composer, known for Street of Shadows (1937), Rigolboche (1936) and Monsieur Hector (1940). He died on 24 January 1945 in Prelouc, Czech Republic.- Truzzi was born on 4 December 1903 in Lódz, Poland. He was an actor, known for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), The Ken Murray Show (1950) and The Magic Carpet (1946). He died in 1974.
- Jacob Reinglass was born on 14 March 1904 in Lódz, Poland. He is known for The Wednesday Play (1964), The Jester (1937) and A Dangerous Age (1957).
- Writer
- Producer
Alfredda Brilliant was born on 7 April 1904 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Alfredda was a writer and producer, known for Tinker (1949) and The Tunnel (1940). Alfredda was married to Herbert Marshall. Alfredda died on 25 May 1999 in Carbondale, Illinois, USA.- Eugeniusz Rawski was born on 14 September 1904 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Jasne Lany (1947), Mój drugi ozenek (1964) and Palec bozy (1973). He died on 26 August 1975 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Edmund Szafranski was born on 26 October 1904 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Young Chopin (1952) and Podhale w ogniu (1956). He died on 2 June 1969 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Wladyslaw Hancza was born on 18 May 1905 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Chlopi (1972), Chlopi (1973) and 5 i 1/2 Bladego Józka (1970). He was married to Barbara Ludwizanka. He died on 19 November 1977 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Leonia Jablonkówna was born on 4 September 1905 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. Leonia was a director, known for Television Theater (1953). Leonia died on 8 February 1987 in Warsaw, Warszawskie, Polish People's Republic [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland].
- Nadia Kareni was born on 28 October 1905 in Lódz, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for It Will Never Happen Again (1951). He was married to Joseph Kamien. He died on 10 January 1961 in Israel.