Bernard Sauer

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Bernard Sauer (1924-February 13, 1991) was an American stage actor, most prominately starring in Yiddish theater during the 1960s whose credits included the Broadway shows "Let's Sing Yiddish", "Light, Lively and Yiddish" and "Sing Israel Sing".

Born in to a family of six in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sauer studied acting there before making his theatrical debut in the 1945 play in "Yoshke, the Musician" directed by Joseph Buloff. By the mid-1960s, Sauer had begun appearing in Broadway where he co-starred with Ben Bonus in the 1966 play "Let's Sing Yiddish" and went on to appear in "Light, Lively and Yiddish" and "Sing Israel Sing".

In 1971, he toured with a Yiddish repertory company performing at the Manhattan's Anderson Theater. Going into semi-retirement during the 1980s (in which he worked behind the scenes on the 1985 musical "A Match Made in Heaven" [1]), Sauer served as a board member of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance as well as the president of the Hebrew Actors Union from 1986 until his death from a heart attack on February 13, 1991.