List of Jewish American entertainers

Actors (film and TV)

organized by birth decade

1990s–2000s

• Sofia Black D'Elia (born 1991), actress^[1]
• Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)^[2]
• Cameron Boyce (born 1999), actor^[3]
• Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor^[4]
• Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor^[5]
• Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor^[6]
• Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)^[7]
• Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor^[8]
• Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress^[9]
• Ansel Elgort (born 1994), actor (Jewish father)^[10]
• Julia Garner (born 1994), actress^[11]
• Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)^[12]
• Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)^[13]
• Teo Halm (born 1999), actor^[14]
• Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor^[15][16]
• Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)^[17][18]
• Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)^[19]
• James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer^[20]
• David Mazouz (born 2001), actor^[21]
• Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
• Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor^[22]
• Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor^[23]
• Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress^[24]
• Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor^[25]
• Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer and songwriter
• Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)^[26]
• Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)^[27]
• Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/1993), actor^[28]
• Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American^[29]
• Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)^[30][31]
• Halston Sage (born 1993), actress^[32]
• Max Schneider (born 1992), actor and musician^[33]
• Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)^[34]
• Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996), actor (True Grits, Ender's Game, Pitch Perfect 2); singer of "Love Myself"
• Matt Weinberg (born 1990), film/TV actor (Haunted Lighthouse)^[35]
• Zoe Weizenbaum (born 1991), film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)^[36]
• Nat Wolff (born 1994), actor/musician (Jewish father)^[37]

1980s

• Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
• Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)^[38]
• Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
• Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)^[39]
• Alison Brie (born 1982), actress^[40]
• Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)^[41]
• Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)^[42]
• Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)^[43]
• Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural)^[44]
• Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor^[45]
• Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress^[46]
• John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)^[47]
• Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress^[48][49]
• Zac Efron (born 1987), film/TV actor (Efron's paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Efron has referred to himself as Jewish)^[50]
• Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor^[51]
• Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)^[52]
• Sean Flynn-Amir (born 1989), TV actor (Zoey 101)^[53]
• Ben Foster (born 1980), actor^[54]
• Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)^[54]
• Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress^[55]
• Dave Franco (born 1985), actor^[56]
• Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor^[57]
• Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor^[58]
• Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor^[59]
• Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor^[60]
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor^[61][62]
• Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor^[63]
• Zena Grey (born 1988), film actress (Max Keeble's Big Move)^[64]
• Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)^[65]
• Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish")^[66]
• Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress^[67]
• Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian - (The Big Bang Theory)
• Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor^[68]
• Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress^[69][70]
• Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother)^[71]
• Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director
• Jonathan Keltz (born 1988), Canadian and American actor^[72]
• Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show, Family Guy)^[73]
• Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)^[74]
• Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
• Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)^[75][76]
• Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor^[77]
• Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
• Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)^[78][79]
• Jessica Manley, actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
• Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)^[80]
• Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)^[81]
• Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)^[82][83][84]
• Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)^[85]
• Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress^[86]
• Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress^[87]
• Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer^[88]
• Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)^[89]
• Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show)^[90][91]
• Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)^[92][93]
• Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer, and songwriter
• Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), actor and member of the band Phantom Planet
• Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor^[94]
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), TV actress (The Sopranos)^[95]
• Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian^[96]
• Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)^[97]
• Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress^[98][99]
• Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)^[100][101]
• Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)^[102]
• Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)^[103]
• Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), film/TV actress^[104]
• Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)^{Joe Trohman}
• Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)^[105]
• Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)^[106]
• Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)^[107]
• James Wolk (born 1985), actor^[108]
• Aubrey "Drake" Graham (born 1986), actor, singer, and rapper (Jewish mother)^[109]
• Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)^{[92][93][110]}
• Mario Yedidia (born 1984), former child actor (Warriors of Virtue)^[111]
• Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor^[112][113]
• Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)^[114]
• Avriel Kaplan (born 1989), musician/songwriter (vocal bassist of a capella group Pentatonix, founder of musical group Avriel & the Sequoias)

1970s

• Dave Annable (born 1979), actor^[115][116]
• Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)^[117]
• David Arquette (born 1971), film actor^[118][119]
• Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor^[120]
• Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)^[121][122]
• Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure,The Hangover)^[123]
• Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)^[124]
• Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress^[125]
• Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor^[126]
• Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)^[127]
• Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971–), actor, comedian and comedy writer^[128]
• Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972–), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)^[129]
• Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian^[130]
• Caprice BourretAmerican (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name^[131]
• Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)^[132]
• Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress^[133]
• Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)^[134]
• Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)^[135][136]
• Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress^[137]
• Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model^[138][139]
• Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan^[140]
• Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor^[141]
• Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress^[142]
• Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film actress^[143]
• Eric Dane (born 1972), actor^[144]
• Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973–), actress^[145][146]
• Dustin Diamond (born 1977), actor (Saved by the Bell)^[147]
• Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)^[148]
• Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol^[149]
• James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)^[150][151]
• Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)^[152]
• Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, film maker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)^[153]
• Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer^[154]
• Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)^[155]
• Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer^[156][157]
• Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)^[158]
• Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress^[146][159]
• Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor^[160]
• Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian^[161]
• Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)^[162]
• Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress^[163]
• Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973–), actress and TV presenter^[164]
• Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor^[165][166]
• Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
• Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)^[167]
• Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor^[54]
• Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)^[168]
• Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)^[65]
• Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother)^[169]
• Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress^[170]
• Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)^[171]
• David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)^[172]
• Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)^[173]
• Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress^[174]
• Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star^[175]
• Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)^[176]
• Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979–), film/TV actress (American Pie)^[177]
• Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor^[178]
• Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
• Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer and songwriter^[179]
• Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer^{[180][181][182]}
• Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)^[183]
• Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress^[184][185]
• Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974–), film actor (Walk the Line)^{[186][187][188][189]}
• Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1973–), actress/musician^[186][187]
• River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–1993), film actor^[186][187]
• Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model^[186][187]
• Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979–), singer and actress^[190]
• Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)^[117]
• Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)^[191]
• Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model^[192]
• Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallvile)^[193]
• Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972–), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross^[194]
• Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer^[195]
• Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)^[122]
• Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971–), film actress^[196][197]
• Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model.
• Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress^[198]
• Andy Samberg (born David Andrew Samberg, 1978–), comedian; part of group The Lonely Island; Saturday Night Live
• Fred Savage (born 1976), actor and TV director (Wonder Years)^[199][200]
• Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)^[201]
• Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer^[202]
• Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)^[203][204]
• Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971–), English-born actress^[205]
• Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977–), actress^[206][207]
• Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)^[208][209]
• Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)^[210][211]
• Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)^[212]
• Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor^[213]
• Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park^[214]
• Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor^[215]
• Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)^[216]
• Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979–), actress^[217]
• Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor^[218]
• Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)^[219]
• Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)^[220]
• Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor^[221]
• Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971–), model and actress^[222]
• Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor^[223]
• Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974–), soap opera actress^[224]

1960s

• Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer^[225]
• Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
• Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress^[226][227]
• Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist^[228]
• David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor^[229]
• Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)^[230]
• Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)^[231]
• Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress^[143]
• Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)^[232]
• Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician^[233][234]
• Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)^[235]
• Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)^[236]
• Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)^[237]
• Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
• Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor^[238]
• Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)^[207]
• David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian^[239]
• Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter^[240]
• Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961–), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)^[241]
• Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)^[242][243]
• David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)^[244][245]
• Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)^[246]
• Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director^[247][248]
• Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter^[249]
• Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)^[250]
• Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960–), actor and comedian^[251]
• Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress^[252]
• Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress^[253]
• Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild^[254]
• Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress^[255]
• Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor^[256]
• Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)^[257]
• Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor^[258]
• Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)^[259]
• Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie^[260]
• Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress^[261]
• Cantor Steven Hevenstone (born 1962), cantor, composer, arranger, and conductor; organizer of popular Southeast Jewish rock bands the Moody Jews (Atlanta, Georgia) and Rhythm 'n' Jews (South Florida)
• Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)^[262]
• Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966–), soap opera actor (General Hospital)^[263]
• Lesli Kay (born Lesli Pushkin, 1965–), actress (As the World Turns); had first individual girl's bat mitzvah in West Virginia
• Heather Paige Kent (born 1969), TV actress^[264]
• Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor^[265]
• Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)^[266]
• Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain^[267]
• John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)^[212][268]
• Jennifer Jason Leigh (born 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)^[19]
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)^[269]
• Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor^[270]
• Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)^[271]
• Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999^[229]
• Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)^[272]
• Marc Maron (born 1963), comedian, film/TV actor
• Brett Marx (born 1964), actor (The Bad News Bears); great nephew of the Marx Brothers
• Marlee Matlin (born 1965), actress (Children of a Lesser God)^[273]
• Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)^[274]
• Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)^[275]
• Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)^[276]
• Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)^[277]
• Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress^[278][279]
• Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)^[280]
• Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)^[281]
• Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor^[282]
• Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi^[121]
• Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
• Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter^[283][284]
• Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician^[285][286]
• Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter^[287]
• Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress^[288]
• Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor^[289]
• Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
• David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)^[290]
• Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director^[291]
• Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress^[292]
• Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)^[293]
• Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor^[294]
• Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl)^[295]
• Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress^[296]
• Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962–), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show^[297]
• Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director^[286][298]
• Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)^[299]
• Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)^[300]
• Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)^[301]
• Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)^[164][302]
• Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress

1950s

• Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer^[303]
• Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959–), actor, comedian, writer, director^[304]
• Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor^[305]
• Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer^[306]
• Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress^[63]
• Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956–), actor, former teen idol^[307]
• Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor^[308]
• Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)^[309]
• Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children^[310]
• Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composer^[311]
• Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)^[312]
• Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright^[313]
• Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer^[314]
• Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)^[315]
• Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator^[316]
• Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor^[317]
• Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor^[318]
• Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)^[319]
• Amy Irving (born 1953), actress^[320]
• Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director^[321]
• Carol Kane (born 1952), actress^[322]
• Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)^[323]
• Richard Kind (born 1956), actor^[324]
• John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer^[325]
• Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress^[326]
• Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950–), broadcaster (Good Morning America)^[327]
• Bill Maher (born 1956)
• Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)^[328]
• Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor^[329]
• Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)^[330]
• Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress^[179]
• Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedian and actress^[331]
• Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer^[332]
• Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs^[333]
• Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress^[334]
• Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)^[335]
• David Paymer (born 1954), character actor^[336]
• Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)^[337]
• Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian^[338]
• Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)^[339]
• Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–), aka Peewee Herman
• Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild^[340]
• Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)^[341]
• Bob Saget (born 1956), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host^[342]
• Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)^[343]
• Deb Filler^[344] (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer, born in New Zealand
• Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer^[290]
• Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951–), English-born film/TV actress^[345]
• Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress^[346]
• Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author^[65]
• Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor^[347]
• Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953–), actor (Hercules, Xena)^[348]
• Debra Winger (born 1955), actress^[349]
• Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress^[350]

1940s

• Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director^[351]
• Richard Belzer (born 1944), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor^[290]
• Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
• Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor^[352]
• James Caan (born 1940), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)^[353]
• Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress^[354]
• Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author^[355]
• Billy Crystal (born 1948), actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director (When Harry Met Sally...)^[356][357]
• Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm^[358]
• Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)^[359]
• Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941–), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films^[360]
• Bob Einstein (born 1942), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
• Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor^[361]
• Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely Dan^[362]
• Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor^[176][188]
• Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress^[363]
• Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer and songwriter
• Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)^[364]
• Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor^[365]
• Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member^[366][367]
• Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer^[368]
• Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor^[369]
• Sandy Helberg (born 1949), actor
• Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948–), actress^[54]
• Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1948–), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
• Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, TV, and theater^[370]
• Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player^[371]
• Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents^[372]
• Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress^[373]
• Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940–), actress and singer^[374]
• Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor^[375]
• Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor^[52]
• Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director^[376]
• Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress^[377]
• Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director^[334]
• Richard Lewis (born 1947), comedian and actor^[378]
• Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
• Peggy Lipton (born 1947), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)^[379]
• Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor^[380]
• Richard Masur (born 1948), actor^[363]
• Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian^[381][382]
• David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)^[383]
• Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)^[384]
• Harold Ramis (1944–2014), director, actor, writer, and producer
• Lou Reed (1942-2013), musician, singer, and songwriter
• Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer^[385]
• Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor^[386]
• Jill St. John (born 1940), actress^[387]
• Garry Shandling (born 1949), comedian and actor^[388]
• Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer^[389]
• Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host^[390][391]
• Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter
• Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)^[392]
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer and actress^[357][393]
• Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)^[394]
• Jessica Walter (born 1941), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)^[395]
• Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress^[396][397]
• Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress^[398]
• Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949–), actor (Happy Days)^[330]
• Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)^[330]

1930s

• Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935–), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian^[399]
• Alan Arkin (born 1934), film actor, director^[400]
• Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books^[323]
• Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director^[357]
• Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937–), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director^[401]
• Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"^[402]
• Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)^[403]
• Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938–), film/TV actor^[404]
• Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
• Charles Grodin (born 1935), actor and former cable talk show host^[405]
• Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928–), actress (Seinfeld)^[290]
• Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)^[327]
• Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor^[406]
• Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor^[407]
• Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor^[408]
• Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)^[409]
• Yaphet Kotto (born 1937), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien)^[410]
• Martin Landau (born 1931), film/TV actor
• Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director^[411]
• Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)^[412][413]
• Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–), actress^[414]
• Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film, and TV actress^[415]
• Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
• Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host^[416]
• Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931–), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)^[417]
• Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress^[418]
• Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1931–), stand-up comedian/actor^[419][420]
• Paul Mazursky (born 1930), film director and actor^[421]
• Barry Newman (born 1931), actor^[422]
• Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek^[423]
• Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
• Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director^[332]
• Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–2014), comedian, actress, talk show host^[424][425]
• George Segal (born 1934), film and stage actor^[357]
• William Shatner (born 1931), actor and writer, portrayed James T. Kirk on Star Trek
• Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
• Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932—2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol^{[426][427][428]}
• Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian^[429]

1920s

• Marty Allen (born 1922), stand-up comedian and actor
• Marilyn Tyler (born 1926), opera singer
• Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927–), singer and actor^[430]
• Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1925–2009), actress^[431]
• Ed Asner (born 1929), actor^[432]
• Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress^[433]
• Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter^[434]
• Shelley Berman (born 1926), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor^[435]
• Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor^[436]
• Theodore Bikel (born 1924), character actor, folk singer, and musician^[437]
• Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor^[438]
• Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)^[439]
• Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926–), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian^[440]
• Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist^[441]
• Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress^[442]
• Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer^[443]
• Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer^[444]
• Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor^[445]
• Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor^[446]
• Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"^[427][447]
• Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor^[448]
• Fyvush Finkel (born 1922), actor^[449]
• Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer; father of Carrie Fisher
• Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927–), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director^[357]
• Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer^[450]
• Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)^[451]
• Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
• Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–), film/TV actor^[452]
• Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer^[453][454]
• Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor^[455]
• Jack Klugman (1922-2012), actor
• Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor^[456]
• Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
• Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–), comedian, actor, and charity fund-raising telethons^[447]
• Bill Macy (born 1922), actor^[457]
• Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981) Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
• Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor^[458]
• Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller^[459][460]
• Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model^[427]
• Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor^[461][462]
• Charlotte Rae (born 1926), actress from The Facts of Life
• Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor^[463]
• Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian^[464]
• Regina Resnik (born 1922), opera singer and actress^[465]
• Don Rickles (1926-2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy^[466]
• Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific^[467]
• Mort Sahl (born 1927), stand-up comedian and actor
• Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)^[468]
• Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Academy Award-winning French actress^[357]
• Jerry Stiller (born 1927), comedian and actor^[459][460]
• Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer and songwriter^[469][470]
• Abe Vigoda (1921-2016), film/TV actor (The Godfather)^Vigoda
• Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress^[471][472]

1910s

• Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor^[473]
• Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
• John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)^[474]
• Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor^{[286][357][475]}
• Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–1976), Academy Award-nominated film actor^[357]
• Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916), actor (Spartacus)^[476]
• John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor^[477]
• Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1999), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress^[478]
• Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts^[479]
• Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1913–1987), film actor, singer and comedian^[480]
• Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Kiesler, 1914–2000), actress, invented early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication
• Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith, 1910–2005), character actor^[481]
• Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor^[482]
• Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor^[286][483]
• Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress^[484][485]
• Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway^[486]
• Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress^[487][488]
• Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress^[489][490]
• Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor^[491]
• Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor^[492]
• Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s^[493]
• Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor^[494]
• Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director^[495]
• Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor^[357]

1900s

• Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher^[496]
• Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
• Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor^[497]
• Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms^[498][499]
• Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)^[500]
• Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor and comedian, "The Man of a Thousand Voices", created voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble^[501]
• Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–1975), Canadian American actor and comedian^[357]
• Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–1986), film actor^[357]
• Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Hesselberg, 1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industry's highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony, and an Emmy)^[502][503]
• Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)^[500]
• Joseph Green (1900-1996), Polish-American film actor and director^[504]
• John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann, 1902–1988), actor; won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
• Curly Howard (born Jerome Horwitz, 1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges^[500]
• Sam Levene (1905–1980), Russian/American stage and film actor^[505]
• Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)^[506]
• Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers^[507]
• Sandy Meisner (1905–1997), actor and acting coach; developed acting methodology known as the "Meisner Technique"
• Ritz Brothers (Al, Jimmy, and Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986 respectively), Jewish comedy team^[357]
• Natalie Schafer (1900–1991), actress (Gilligan's Island)
• Lee Strasberg (born Israel Strassberg, 1901–1982), actor, director, and acting teacher in theater and film, who according to author Mel Gussow "revolutionized the art of acting"

1890s

• Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, 1894–1974), comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, TV, and film actor^[508]
• Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress^[509]
• Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer^[510]
• George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor^[511]
• Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter^[512]
• Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type^[513]
• Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress^[514]
• Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges^[500]
• Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges^[500]
• Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor^[357]
• Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer^[515]
• Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor^[516]
• Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor^[517]
• Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor^[357]
• Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own^[507]
• Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers^[507]
• Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor^[518]
• Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress^[519]
• Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV^[520]
• Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor^[521]
• Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol^[522]

1880s

• Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre^[523]
• Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"^[524]
• Douglas Fairbanks (born Douglas Ullman, 1883–1939), actor, screenwriter, director, and producer known for his silent films
• Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor^[525]
• Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers^[507]
• Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers^[507]
• Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedian^[526]
• Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor^[527]
• Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), character actor in silent films during the 1920s; also appeared on stage and in early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front)
• Ed Wynn (born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, 1886–1966), comedian and actor^[357]

Pre–1880s

• Alla Nazimova (born Miriam Leventon, 1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer^[528]
• Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon^[529]
• Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater^[530]
• Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands^[531]

Actors (theater)

Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.

Comedians

• Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962–), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show.

Dance

Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.

Film/television directors

Models

TV and radio presenters

• Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above^[637]
• Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today^[638]
• Al Michaels^[639]
• Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces^[640]
• Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity^[425]
• Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio^[641]
• Jerry Springer (born 1944), host of The Jerry Springer Show^[642]
• Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent^[643]
• Barbara Walters (born 1929), media personality, regular fixture on morning TV shows (Today and The View), evening news magazines (20/20), and on The ABC Evening News, as the first female evening news anchor^[644]

Producers and directors (theater)

Persons listed with a double asterisk (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asterisk (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asterisk (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.

Circus

• Paul Binder, co-founder, ringmaster and artistic director of the Big Apple Circus
• Abe Goldstein, regarded as "the Greatest Irish Cop Clown" in the business and worked for Ringling Bros. and other circuses

References

External links

• Jews in the American Media
• Jewish Celebrities