1920s


Ed Ames (1927–) American singer and actor[466]
Beatrice Arthur (1925-) American actress[467]
Ed Asner (1929–) American actor[468]
Lauren Bacall (1924–) Golden Globe and Tony Award winning, as well as Academy Award-nominated, American film and stage actress[469]
Julian Beck (1925–1985) American actor, director, poet, and painter[19]
Shelley Berman (1926–) American comedian, writer, teacher, and actor[470]
Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986) American film, Broadway and television actor[20]
Theodore Bikel (1924–) character actor, folk singer and musician[471]
Larry Blyden (1925–1975) American actor[472]
Tom Bosley (1927–) American film/television actor (Happy Days)[473]
Mel Brooks (1926–) Academy Award-winning American actor, writer, director and producer[474]
Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) American actor, stand-up comedian, writer, social critic and satirist[475]
Susan Cabot (1927–1986) American actress[476]
Sid Caesar (1922–) American comic actor and writer[477]
Robert Clary (1926–) French-born American actor, published author, and lecturer[478]
Tony Curtis (1925–) American film star[479]
Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004) American comedian and actor[480]
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) [ Converted to Judaism ] American entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"[481][482]
Peter Falk (1927–) American actor[483]
Fyvush Finkel (1923–) American actor[484]
Eddie Fisher (1928-) American singer and father of Carrie Fisher
Lee Grant (1927–) Academy Award-winning American theater, film and television actress, and film director[16]
Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) American comedian and actor[485]
Monty Hall (1921–) Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)[486]
Laurence Harvey (1928–1973) Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films
Steven Hill (1922–) American film and television actor[487]
Judy Holliday (1921–1965) Academy Award-winning American actress, singer[488][489]
Werner Klemperer (1920–2000) Emmy Award-winning comedic actor[490]
Jack Klugman (1922-) American actor
Harvey Korman (1927–) American actor[491]
Al Lewis (1920-2006) American actor best known as Grandpa Munster
Jerry Lewis (1926–) American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons[492]
Bill Macy (1922–) American actor[493]
Ross Martin (1920-1981) [Jewish family] Polish-born American TV and film actor (Wild Wild West)
Walter Matthau (1920–2000) Academy Award-winning American actor[494]
Anne Meara (1929–) American comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller[495]
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) ( Converted to Judaism) American actress, singer and model[496]
Vic Morrow (1929–1982) American actor[497][498]
Paul Newman (1925–) [ Jewish father ] Academy Award-winning American actor and film director, founder of Newman's Own[16][499][500]
Charlotte Rae (1926-) American actress from The Facts of Life
Tony Randall (1920–2004) American comic actor[501]
Carl Reiner (1922–) American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian[502]
Regina Resnik (1922–) American opera singer and actress[503]
Don Rickles (1926–) American comedian, film actor, and voice actor[504]
Doris Roberts (1929–) Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for her performance on Everybody Loves Raymond[505]*Fred Sadoff (1926-1994) Actor in South Pacific [506]
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)[507]
Simone Signoret (1921–1985) Academy Award-winning French actress[16]
Jerry Stiller (1927–) American comedian and actor[508]
Mel Tormé (1925– 1999) American actor and singer, known as one of the great male jazz singers[509][510]
Abe Vigoda (1921–) American film/television actor (The Godfather)[511]
Jack Warden (1920–2006) Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated American actor[512][513]
Shelley Winters (1920–2006) two-time Academy Award-winning American actress[514][515]