List of Jewish American entertainers


List of Jewish American entertainers


This is a list of notable Jewish American entertainers. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.

Actors (film and TV) & artists

Organized by birth decade

2000s

  • Odessa Adlon (born 2000), actress
  • Asher Angel (born 2002), actor and singer
  • Julia Lester (born 2000), actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
  • David Mazouz (born 2001), actor
  • Joshua Rush (born 2001), actor (Andi Mack)
  • Eitan Bernath (born 2002), television personality (The Drew Barrymore Show)
  • Noah Schnapp (born 2004), actor (Stranger Things)
  • Emma Berman (born 2008), actress
  • Aidan Gallagher (born 2003), actor (The Umbrella Academy)

1990s

  • Mac Miller (1992–2018), American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
  • Madison Beer (born 1999), singer
  • Doja Cat (1995), American rapper, singer-songwriter
  • Sofia Black-D'Elia (born 1991), actress
  • Ben Levi Ross (born 1998), actor
  • Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura)
  • Ben Platt (born 1993), Broadway star, actor, singer and songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician)
  • Dawn M. Bennett (born 1992), Filipino-American voice actress
  • Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), actor (Jessie)
  • Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor
  • Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor
  • Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor
  • Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season)
  • Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor
  • Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress
  • Ansel Elgort (born 1994), actor (Jewish father)
  • Beanie Feldstein (born 1993), actress (Lady Bird, Booksmart)
  • Julia Garner (born 1994), actress
  • Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
  • Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo)
  • Teo Halm (born 1999), actor
  • Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor
  • Hunter King (born 1993), actress, (The Young and the Restless)
  • Kira Kosarin (born 1997), actress (The Thundermans)
  • Lauv (born 1994), singer-songwriter, record producer
  • Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief)
  • Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike)
  • James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer
  • Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
  • Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor
  • Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor
  • Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress
  • Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor
  • Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer-songwriter
  • Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie)
  • Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams)
  • Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/93), actor
  • Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American
  • Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween)
  • Halston Sage (born 1993), actress
  • Larry Saperstein (born 1998), actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
  • Eden Sher (born 1991), actress, The Middle TV series
  • Troye Sivan (born 1995), singer, actor
  • Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer)
  • Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996), actor (True Grit, Ender's Game, Pitch Perfect 2); singer of "Love Myself" (Jewish father)
  • Zoe Weizenbaum (born 1991), film actress (Memoirs of a Geisha)
  • Nat Wolff (born 1994), actor/musician (Jewish father)

1980s

  • Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
  • Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)
  • Jack Antonoff (born 1984), Singer/songwriter/record producer (Member of the bands FUN, Bleachers & Steel Train)
  • Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
  • Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood)
  • David "Lil Dicky" Andrew Burd (born 1988), rapper and comedian
  • Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
  • Alison Brie (born 1982), actress (Community, The LEGO Movie and GLOW)
  • Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)
  • Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)
  • Greg Cipes (born 1980), actor, entertainer, singer-songwriter, and professional surfer
  • Chanel West Coast (born 1988), TV personality, rapper, singer
  • Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural)
  • Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor
  • Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress
  • John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)
  • Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress
  • Daveed Diggs (born 1982), actor, rapper
  • Drake (musician) (born 1986), rapper/musician
  • Lena Dunham (born 1986), actress/writer/director (Girls)
  • Zac Efron (born 1987), film/TV actor (Efron's paternal grandfather was Jewish, and Efron has referred to himself as Jewish)
  • Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor
  • Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale)
  • Ben Foster (born 1980), actor
  • Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)
  • Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress
  • Dave Franco (born 1985), actor
  • Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor
  • Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor
  • Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor
  • Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor
  • Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor
  • Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain)
  • Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish")
  • Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress
  • Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
  • Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor
  • Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother)
  • Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director
  • Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother)
  • Lucian Kahn (born 1982), musician (Schmekel)
  • Avriel Kaplan (born 1989), musician/songwriter (vocal bassist of a cappella group Pentatonix, founder of musical group Avriel & the Sequoias)
  • Jonathan Keltz (born 1988), Canadian and American actor
  • Ethan Klein (born 1985), internet personality
  • Zoe Kravitz (born 1988), actress, model and singer
  • Mila Kunis (born 1983), TV actress (That '70s Show, Family Guy)
  • Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire)
  • Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
  • Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers)
  • Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor
  • Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
  • Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)
  • Lauren London (born 1984), actress (ATL)
  • Jessica Manley (born 1985), actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
  • Eli Marienthal (born 1986), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)
  • Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)
  • Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)
  • Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh)
  • Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress
  • Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress
  • Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer
  • Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta)
  • Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show)
  • Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)
  • Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer-songwriter
  • Daniela Ruah (born 1983), Portuguese-American actress
  • Ben Schwartz (born 1981), actor, writer, comedian
  • Jason Schwartzman (born 1980), actor and member of the band Phantom Planet
  • Jason Segel (born 1980), film/TV actor
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), film/TV actress and singer (The Sopranos)
  • Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian
  • Jussie Smollett (born 1982), actor (Empire)
  • Jurnee Smollett-Bell (born 1986), actress (True Blood)
  • Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day)
  • Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress
  • Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down)
  • Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes)
  • Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical)
  • Michelle Trachtenberg (born 1985), film/TV actress
  • Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)
  • Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)
  • Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)
  • Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda)
  • James Wolk (born 1985), actor
  • Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)
  • Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor
  • Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)

1970s

  • Dave Annable (born 1979), actor
  • Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell)
  • David Arquette (born 1971), film actor
  • Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor
  • Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible)
  • Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure, The Hangover)
  • Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress
  • Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor
  • Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom)
  • Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971), actor, comedian and comedy writer
  • Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)
  • Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian
  • Caprice Bourret (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name
  • Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)
  • Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress
  • Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.)
  • Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist)
  • Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress
  • Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model
  • Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan
  • Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor
  • Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress
  • Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film and TV actress (Requiem for a Dream)
  • Eric Dane (born 1972), actor
  • Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973), actress
  • Brad Delson (born 1977), guitarist for the band Linkin Park
  • Dustin Diamond (1977–2021), actor (Saved by the Bell)
  • Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)
  • Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol
  • James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man)
  • Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster)
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, filmmaker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Goapele (born 1977), singer-songwriter
  • Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer
  • Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love)
  • Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer
  • Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress
  • Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor
  • Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian
  • Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)
  • Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress
  • Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973), actress and TV presenter
  • Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor
  • Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
  • Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
  • Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor
  • Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)
  • Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)
  • Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother)
  • Nick Kroll (born 1978), Comedian/Actor
  • Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress
  • Boris Kodjoe - actor
  • Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)
  • David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS)
  • Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5)
  • Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress
  • Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star
  • Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place)
  • Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979), film/TV actress (American Pie)
  • Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor
  • Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
  • Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer and songwriter
  • Marisol Nichols (born 1973), actress (Jewish biological father)
  • Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer
  • Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent)
  • Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress
  • Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974), film actor (Walk the Line)
  • Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1973), actress/musician
  • River Phoenix (born River Bottom, 1970–1993), film actor
  • Summer Phoenix (born 1978), actress and model
  • Pink (born Alecia Moore, 1979), singer and actress
  • Dave Portnoy (born 1977), founder of (Barstool Sports)
  • Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)
  • Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens)
  • Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model
  • Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallville)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross
  • Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer
  • Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
  • Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971), film actress
  • Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model
  • Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress
  • 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)
  • Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day)
  • Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
  • David Moscow (born 1974), actor (Jewish from his father side)
  • Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)
  • Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971), English-born actress
  • Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977), actress
  • Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash)
  • Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
  • Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys)
  • Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor
  • Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park
  • Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor
  • Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)
  • Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979), actress
  • Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor
  • Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)
  • Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)
  • Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor
  • Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971), model and actress
  • Jason Zimbler (born 1977), actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
  • Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor
  • Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974), soap opera actress

1960s

  • Tony Goldwyn (born 1960), actor (paternal grandfather was Jewish)
  • Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer
  • Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), singer-songwriter
  • Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
  • Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
  • Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist
  • David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor
  • Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?)
  • Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)
  • Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress
  • Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man)
  • Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician
  • Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show)
  • Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
  • Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
  • Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
  • Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor
  • Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)
  • David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian
  • Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter
  • Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)
  • Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man)
  • David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files)
  • Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House)
  • Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director
  • Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter
  • Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  • Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960), actor and comedian
  • Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress
  • Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress
  • Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild
  • Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress
  • Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor
  • Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing)
  • Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor
  • Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes)
  • Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie
  • Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress
  • Beth Hirsch (born 1967), singer-songwriter
  • Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
  • Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress
  • Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966), soap opera actor (General Hospital)
  • 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
  • Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor
  • Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)
  • Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
  • John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Lee Morrow, 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld)
  • Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor
  • Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice)
  • Cindy Margolis (born 1965), actress/model; in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as the "most downloaded" person in 1999
  • Julianna Margulies (born 1966), film/TV actress (ER)
  • 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)
  • Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace)
  • Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films)
  • Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie)
  • Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)
  • Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress
  • Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk)
  • Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage)
  • Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor
  • Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
  • Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
  • Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter
  • Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician
  • Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
  • Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress
  • Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor
  • Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
  • David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)
  • Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director
  • Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress
  • Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)
  • Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor
  • Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl)
  • Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress
  • Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
  • Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director
  • Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish-born Metallica drummer
  • Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law)
  • Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings)
  • Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five)
  • Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)

1950s

  • Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer
  • Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959), actor, comedian, writer, director
  • Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor
  • Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer
  • Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress
  • Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian, writer and television producer
  • Robin Beck (born 1954), singer-songwriter, record producer
  • Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956), actor, former teen idol
  • Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor
  • Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children
  • Fran Drescher (born 1957), actor, producer, writer, comedian
  • Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composer
  • Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich)
  • Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright
  • Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer
  • Deb Filler (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer
  • Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)
  • Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator
  • Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor
  • Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor
  • Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight)
  • Amy Irving (born 1953), actress
  • Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director
  • Carol Kane (born 1952), actress
  • Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)
  • Richard Kind (born 1956), actor
  • John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer
  • Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress
  • Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950), broadcaster (Good Morning America)
  • Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething)
  • Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor
  • Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days)
  • Judd Nelson (born 1959), actor and screenwriter (The Breakfast Club, Billionaire Boys Club)
  • Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), theater, TV, and film actress
  • Laraine Newman (born 1952), comedian and actress
  • Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer
  • Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs
  • Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress
  • Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls)
  • David Paymer (born 1954), character actor
  • Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy)
  • Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian
  • Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)
  • Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–2023), aka Peewee Herman
  • Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild
  • David Lee Roth (born 1954), singer/musician
  • Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)
  • Bob Saget (1956–2022), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host
  • Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing)
  • Steven Seagal (born 1952), actor, screenwriter, producer, martial artist, and musician
  • Jerry Seinfeld (born 1954), comedian, actor, and writer
  • Jane Seymour (born Joyce Frankenberg, 1951), English-born film/TV actress
  • Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress
  • Paul Stanley (born 1952), guitarist for KISS
  • Howard Stern (born 1954), radio/TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author
  • Stephen Tobolowsky (born 1951), actor
  • Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953), actor (Hercules, Xena)
  • Debra Winger (born 1955), actress
  • Leslie Hoffman (born 1955), actress-stuntwoman
  • Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress

1940s

  • Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director
  • Richard Belzer (1944–2023), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor
  • Daniel Benzali (born 1946), actor, singer
  • Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
  • Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor
  • James Caan (1940–2022), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather)
  • Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress
  • Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author
  • Gene Simmons (born 1949), guitarist for KISS
  • Larry David (born 1947), Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld, and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl)
  • Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films
  • Bob Einstein (1942–2019), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
  • Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actor
  • Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely Dan
  • Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor
  • Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress
  • Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer and songwriter
  • Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch)
  • Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor
  • Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member
  • Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer
  • Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor
  • Sandy Helberg (born 1949), actor
  • Barbara Hershey (born Barbara Lynn Herzstein, 1948), actress
  • Ricky Jay (born Richard Jay Potash, 1946–2018), professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
  • Billy Joel (born 1949), singer-songwriter, and musician
  • Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, TV, and theater
  • Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player
  • Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents
  • Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress
  • Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940), actress and singer
  • Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor
  • Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor
  • Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director
  • Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress
  • Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director
  • Richard Lewis (born 1947), comedian and actor
  • Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
  • Peggy Lipton (1947-2019), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)
  • Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor
  • Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
  • Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian
  • David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos)
  • Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)
  • 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
  • Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor
  • Jill St. John (born 1940), actress
  • Garry Shandling (1949–2016), comedian and actor
  • Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer
  • Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host
  • Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter
  • Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), maternally Jewish
  • Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer and actress
  • Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)
  • Jessica Walter (1941–2021), film/TV actress (Arrested Development)
  • Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress
  • Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress
  • Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949), actor (Happy Days)
  • Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)

1930s

  • Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
  • Alan Arkin (1934-2023), film actor, director
  • Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books
  • Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor and film director
  • Dyan Cannon (born Samille Diane Friesen, 1937), film/TV actress, editor, producer, and director
  • Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
  • Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–2021), TV actress (The Young and the Restless)
  • Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938), film/TV actor
  • Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
  • Charles Grodin (1935–2021), actor and cable talk show host
  • Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
  • Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor
  • Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor
  • Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
  • Larry King (1933-2021), television host
  • Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek)
  • Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien)
  • Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director
  • Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
  • Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–), actress
  • Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film, and TV actress
  • 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
  • Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931), actor and TV director (Barney Miller)
  • Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress
  • Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1928–2021), stand-up comedian/actor
  • Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), film director and actor
  • Shelley Morrison (1936-2019) American actress to Jewish-Sephardic parents.
  • Barry Newman (1938-2023), actor
  • Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek
  • Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress (The Bob Newhart Show)
  • Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
  • Joan Rivers (born Joan Alexandra Molinsky Sanger Rosenberg, 1933–2014), comedian, actress, talk show host
  • George Segal (1934–2021), film and stage actor
  • Susan Strasberg (1938–1999), actress (In Praise of Older Women)
  • Dame Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011), Oscar-winning English/American film actress and sex symbol
  • Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian

1920s

  • Marty Allen (1922–2018), stand-up comedian and actor
  • Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927-2023), singer and actor
  • Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), actress
  • Ed Asner (1929–2021), actor
  • Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress
  • Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter
  • Harry Belafonte (1927-2023), singer, actor, and activist
  • Shelley Berman (1926–2017), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
  • Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor
  • Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), character actor, folk singer, and musician
  • Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor
  • Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days)
  • Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian
  • Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist
  • Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress
  • Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer
  • Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–2022), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer
  • Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor
  • Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor
  • Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"
  • Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor
  • Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor
  • Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), singer; father of Carrie Fisher
  • Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
  • Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker, 1924–2003), stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer
  • Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–2017), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)
  • Estelle Harris (born Estelle Nussbaum, 1928–2022), actress (Seinfeld)
  • Laurence Harvey (born Zvi Mosheh Skikne, 1928–1973), Lithuanian-born actor; British and American films
  • Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky, 1922–2016), film/TV actor
  • Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer
  • Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor
  • Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
  • Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor
  • Martin Landau (1928–2017), film/TV actor
  • Al Lewis (born Albert Meister, 1920–2006), actor (Grandpa Munster)
  • Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch, 1926–2017), comedian, actor, and charity fund-raising telethons
  • Bill Macy (1922–2019), actor
  • Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981), Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
  • Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
  • Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller
  • Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model, converted to Judaism.
  • Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor
  • Jerry Paris (1925–1986), actor and Emmy-winning director (The Dick Van Dyke Show)
  • Charlotte Rae (1926–2018), actress (The Facts of Life)
  • Tony Randall (born Arthur Leonard Rosenberg, 1920–2004), comic actor
  • Carl Reiner (1922–2020), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian
  • Regina Resnik (1922-2013), opera singer and actress
  • Don Rickles (1926–2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
  • Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific
  • Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian and actor
  • Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)
  • Simone Signoret (1921–1985), Academy Award-winning French actress
  • Jerry Stiller (1927–2020), comedian and actor
  • Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, known as "The Velvet Fog", jazz singer and songwriter
  • Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017), opera singer
  • Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), film/TV actor (The Godfather)
  • Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift, 1920–2006), two-time Academy Award-winning actress

1910s

  • Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor
  • Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
  • John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes)
  • Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor
  • Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel, 1918-1961), film actor, singer and song writer ––
  • Lee J. Cobb (born Leo Jacob, 1911–1976), Academy Award-nominated film actor
  • Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, 1916–2020), actor (Spartacus)
  • Elissa Minet Fuchs (born Elise Minette Levy; 1919–2023), ballerina
  • John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor
  • Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1990), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress
  • Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
  • Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1911–1987), film actor, singer and comedian
  • 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
  • Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor
  • Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor
  • Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress
  • Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway
  • Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress
  • Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress
  • Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor
  • Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor
  • Arnold Stang (1918–2009) American comic actor typically cast as a bespectacled but arrogant and loud-mouthed con artist
  • Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s
  • Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor
  • Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director
  • Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor

1900s

  • Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher
  • Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
  • Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor
  • Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
  • Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)
  • 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
  • Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein, 1901–1975), Canadian American actor and comedian
  • Howard Da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, 1909–1986), film actor
  • 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)
  • Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
  • Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film actor and director
  • 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
  • Sam Levene (1905–1980), Russian/American stage and film actor
  • Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)
  • Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress
  • Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer
  • George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor
  • Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter
  • Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type
  • Anthony Frome, (born Abraham Feinberg, 1899–1986), singer, the "Poet Prince of the Air Waves".
  • Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress
  • Moe Howard (born Moses Horwitz, 1897–1975), "leader" of the Three Stooges
  • Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz, 1895–1955), member of the Three Stooges
  • Sam Jaffe (born Shalom Jaffe, 1891–1984), Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor
  • Irving Kaufman (born Isidore Kaufman, 1890–1976), singer, recording artist, and vaudeville performer
  • Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actor
  • Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor
  • Paul Lukas (1895–1971), Hungarian American film actor
  • Groucho Marx (born Julius Marx, 1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own
  • Gummo Marx (born Milton Marx, 1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 1895–1967), Austrian-born American Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor
  • Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress
  • Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV
  • Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor
  • Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol

1880s

  • Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre
  • Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"
  • 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
  • Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Harpo Marx (born Adolph Marx, 1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers
  • Sophie Tucker (born Sonya Kalish, 1884–1966), actress, singer, and comedian
  • Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor
  • 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

Pre–1880s

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

Film/television directors and producers

Models

  • Bar Refaeli, model

TV and radio presenters

  • Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger), network TV host of Sabado Gigante, filmed in Miami
  • Monty Hall (1924-2017), network TV host of Let's Make a Deal game show
  • Mary Hart (born 1950), see "Actors" above
  • Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today
  • Larry King (1993–2021), network TV interviewer
  • Matt Lauer, co-host on The Today Show
  • Bernard Meltzer, network radio psychologist advising call-in listeners on variety of problems
  • Al Michaels (born 1944)
  • Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces
  • Maury Povich (born 1939), network TV host analyzing relationship problems
  • Sally Jessie Raphael (born 1935), network radio psychologist
  • Joan Rivers (1933–2014), talk show host, stage actress/writer, comedian, and celebrity
  • Daniel Schorr (1916–2010), journalist who covered the world for more than 60 years, last as a senior news analyst for National Public Radio
  • Jerry Springer (1944-2023), host of The Jerry Springer Show
  • Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondent
  • Barbara Walters (1929–2022), 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
  • Dr. Ruth Westheimer (born 1928), better known as Dr. Ruth, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.
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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

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