Joseph Green (actor)

Joseph Green (actor)

Joseph Green (April 23, 1900 – June 20, 1996), born Yoysef Grinberg, a.k.a. Josef Grünberg, Joseph Greenberg and Joseph Greene, a Polish-born Jew who emigrated to the United States in 1924, was an actor in Yiddish theater and one of the few directors of Yiddish language films; he made four films including "A brivele der mamen" ("A Letter to Mother") and "Yidl Mitn Fidl" ("Yiddle and his Fiddle") both of which he also wrote. All four of his films were made between 1936 and 1939.

Born in Łódź, Poland, he died of emphysema at the age of 96 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, United States.

Green also had a walk-on part in "The Jazz Singer" and a few other minor film roles.

External links

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References

* [http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/vol09/vol09068.txt Mendele: Yiddish literature and language, Vol. 09.068] , March 3, 2000

See also

* Abe Ellstein
* Molly Picon


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