List of Jewish American entertainers#Songwriters

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

Actors (film and TV) & artists

Organized by birth decade

=2000s=

Odessa Adlon (born 2000), actress
Asher Angel (born 2002), actor and singer{{cite web|url=http://azjewishlife.com/asher-angel-following-his-dream-from-desert-stages-to-disney/|title=Asher Angel: Following His Dream from Desert Stages to Disney|last=Blomquist|first=Mala|website=AZ Jewish Life|date=March 28, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}
Emma Berman (born 2008), actress
Eitan Bernath (born 2002), television personality (The Drew Barrymore Show){{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2020-12-09 |title=TikTok Star Eitan Bernath Joins 'Drew Barrymore Show' as Principal Culinary Contributor (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/tiktok-eitan-bernath-drew-barrymore-show-1234849416/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Bhad Bhabie (born 2003), rapper
Andrew Barth Feldman (born 2002), actor
Aidan Gallagher (born 2003), actor (The Umbrella Academy)
Ariana Greenblatt (born 2007), actress
Damian Hurley (born. 2002), actor
BLP Kosher (born Benjamin Landy Pavlon, 2000), rapper
Julia Lester (born 2000), actress (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series){{cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/325974/hsm-series-julia-lester-larry-saperstein-perform-classics-for-disney-holiday-special/ |title=HSM Series' Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein Perform Classics for Disney+ Holiday Special |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=2020-12-11 |access-date=2022-06-05}}
Jaren Lewison (born 2000), actor (Never Have I Ever)
Milo Manheim (born 2001), actor
David Mazouz (born 2001), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/gotham_star_talks_life_on_set_as_young_batman |title='Gotham' star talks life on set as young Batman | The Ticket |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=2014-10-07 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Joshua Rush (born 2001), actor (Andi Mack){{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/231931/jewish-actor-joshua-rush-plays-disney-channels-first-gay-jewish-teen|title=Jewish Actor Joshua Rush Plays Disney Channel's First Gay, Jewish Teen|first=Gerri|last=Miller|date=14 March 2018|website=Jewishjournal.com|access-date=8 August 2018}}
Noah Schnapp (born 2004), actor (Stranger Things){{cite tweet|number=930345267337093120|user=noah_schnapp|title=@setmyhearts @strangerstyle I’m Jewish so more like @AdamSandler and the Hannukah song! It’s usually #christmukah in my family |accessdate=2017-11-14|date=2017-11-14 }}

=1990s=

Mac Miller (1992–2018), American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
Gracie Abrams (born 1999), singer
Ariela Barer (born 1997), actress
Skyler Gisondo (born 1996), actor (Vacation, Santa Clarita Diet)
Madison Beer (born 1999), singer
Doja Cat (born 1995), American rapper, singer-songwriter
Sofia Black-D'Elia (born 1991), actress{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Jessica |url=http://www.whowhatwear.com/interview-sofia-black-delia-2015 |title=Girl on the Rise: Meet Sofia Black D'Elia |publisher=WhoWhatWear |date=2015-01-29 |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808100302/http://www.whowhatwear.com/interview-sofia-black-delia-2015 |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Ben Levi Ross (born 1998), actor
Jonah Bobo (born 1997), film actor (Around the Bend, Zathura){{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10976 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901123331/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10976 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title= Jonah Bobo |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Ben Platt (born 1993), Broadway star, actor, singer-songwriter (Dear Evan Hansen, The Politician)
Cameron Boyce (1999–2019), actor{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/includes/print/68996/article/celebrity-jews22/ |title=j. | Celebrity Jews |newspaper=J |publisher=Jweekly.com |date=2013-07-11 |access-date=2017-01-22}}{{cite web |title=Disney actor Cameron Boyce dies age 20 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-48900121 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 July 2019 |date=7 July 2019}} (Jessie)
Max Burkholder (born 1997), actor{{cite web |url=http://jewishworldreview.com/0613/jewz_newz060713.php3 |title=Jewz in the Newz: Jewish Tony Nominees/Tony Awards; Jewish Teen Actor In Sci-Fi Flick; Jewish singer in "Voice" finals |publisher=Jewishworldreview.com |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202011746/http://jewishworldreview.com/0613/jewz_newz060713.php3 |url-status=dead }}
Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996) film/TV actress, singer (Jewish father)
Timothée Chalamet (born 1995), actor{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73292/cele1128/ |title=celebrity jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |newspaper=J |publisher=Jweekly.com |date=2014-11-26 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Emory Cohen (born 1990), actor{{cite web |title=Stars of David Week of 4/19/2012 |url=http://jewishexponent.com/stars-david-week-4192012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124653/http://jewishexponent.com/stars-david-week-4192012 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Flora Cross (born 1993), film actress (Bee Season){{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title='Bee' girl carries film |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/bee-girl-carries-film |website=RogerEbert.com |access-date=April 14, 2020 |date=November 6, 2005}}
Spencer Daniels (born 1992), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=427935&source=module |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720130827/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=427935&source=module |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Spencer Daniels |publisher=JUF |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Zoey Deutch (born 1994), actress{{cite web|author=Emma Loggins |url=http://www.fanbolt.com/12505/thomas-mann-and-zoey-deutch-talk-southern-stereotypes-in-beautiful-creatures/ |title=Thomas Mann And Zoey Deutch Talk Southern Stereotypes In 'Beautiful Creatures' |publisher=FanBolt |date=2013-02-15 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Beanie Feldstein (born 1993), actress (Lady Bird, Booksmart){{Cite web|url=https://www.kveller.com/beanie-feldsteins-jewish-mom-is-all-of-us/|title=Beanie Feldstein's Proud Jewish Mom on the Oscars Red Carpet Is All of Us|date=2020-02-10|website=Kveller|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Julia Garner (born 1994), actress{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/movies/julia-garner-in-electrick-children.html | work=The New York Times | first=Kathryn | last=Shattuck | title=Julia Garner in 'Electrick Children' | date=March 1, 2013}}
Zachary Gordon (born 1998), film actor (Diary of a Wimpy Kid){{cite web |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/17783/top-20-under-40-los-angeles-zachary-gordon/?PageSpeed=noscript |title=Top 20 Under 40 Los Angeles- Zachary Gordon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223075151/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/17783/top-20-under-40-los-angeles-zachary-gordon/?PageSpeed=noscript |archive-date=December 23, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Alexander Gould (born 1994), film/TV actor (Finding Nemo){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/20955/celebrity-jews/#at |title=celebrity jews |newspaper=J |publisher=Jweekly|date=November 7, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Teo Halm (born 1999), actor{{cite web |url=http://www.filmysphere.com/teohalm |title=99doing Supports the Following Browsers |publisher=Filmysphere.com |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029142017/http://www.filmysphere.com/teohalm |archive-date=October 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Carter Jenkins (born 1991), film/TV actor{{cite web|quote=Mentioned he was Jewish at the premier of Keeping Up with the Steins in an interview on WireImage |date=May 8, 2006 |url=http://video.wireimage.com/mvMediaPlayer.asp?ItemI=8555865 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030185928/http://video.wireimage.com/mvMediaPlayer.asp?ItemI=8555865 |archive-date=October 30, 2007 |title=Keeping Up with the Steins |url-status=dead |access-date=January 24, 2017 }}Miller, Geri. [http://www.ajlmagazine.com/archivesblog/2007/09/fall-tv-preview-carter-jenkins.html "Fall TV Preview: Carter Jenkins"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929231817/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/archivesblog/2007/09/fall-tv-preview-carter-jenkins.html |date=September 29, 2011 }}, American Jewish Life Magazine, September 4, 2007. Accessed August 5, 2011. "Tampa, Florida native Jenkins is best known for the sci-fi series Surface and movie Keeping Up With the Steins, which came along at the time he was moving to L.A. and supposed to be studying for his bar mitzvah. 'So I consider the move my bar mitzvah. I got to work with some good actors, but no gifts.'"
David Corenswet (born 1993) film/TV actor (Jewish father)
Noah Kahan (born 1997), singer
Hunter King (born 1993), actress, (The Young and the Restless)
Kira Kosarin (born 1997), actress (The Thundermans)
Logan Lerman (born 1992), film/TV actor (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief){{Cite news|title=MTV Announces Movie Award Nominations|publisher=Shalom Life|date=May 13, 2010|url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/12574/mtv-announces-movie-award-nominations/|access-date=November 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405143006/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/12574/mtv-announces-movie-award-nominations/|archive-date=April 5, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite news|last=Ran|first=Tomer|title=We met with the cast of "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief" in London and we have one clear conclusion. Logan Lerman IN, OUT Daniel Radcliffe|publisher=Maariv|date=February 18, 2010|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/24/ART2/062/345.html|access-date=November 3, 2010|language=he}}
Jonathan Lipnicki (born 1990), film actor (Jerry Maguire, Like Mike){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23316/celebrity-jews/#at|title=Celebrity Jews August 2004|newspaper=J |date=October 17, 2003}}
James Maslow (born 1990), actor/singer{{cite web|last=Radloff |first=Jessica |url=http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/2014/04/james-maslow-interview-dancing |title=Does James Maslow Have a Girlfriend? The Dancing With the Stars Star Talks Dating With Us |date=April 7, 2014 |publisher=Glamour |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Blake Michael (born 1996), actor
Ezra Miller (born 1992), film actor{{Cite news|last=Lamble|first=David|title=Family estrangement|publisher=The Bay Area Reporter|date=2011-12-08|url=http://www.cpanel.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=film&article=946|access-date=2011-12-22}}
Ian Nelson (born 1995), actor{{cite tweet|number=584064758011142144|user=ianmnelson95|title=“@CaitlinRiverss: @ianmnelson95 wait, you're Jewish? How did I not know this” Yes. I am Jewish :) |accessdate=2017-01-22|date=2015-04-03 }}
Nicola Peltz (born 1994), actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=412947 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504173225/http://juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=412947 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2015 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Nicola Peltz |publisher=JUF |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Ryan Potter (born 1995), actor{{cite tweet|number=277565887509315584|user=RyankPotter|title=Happy Chanukah! First time celebrating! #imjewish |accessdate=January 24, 2017|date=December 8, 2012 }}
Charlie Puth (born 1991), singer-songwriter
Nathalia Ramos (born 1992), Spanish-born American actress (Bratz: The Movie){{cite web |title=Get Your Bratitude on with the girls from Bratz! |url=http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=1538 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083857/http://www.jewreview.net/article.php?id=1538 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Sarah Ramos (born 1991), TV actress (American Dreams){{cite web |url=http://www.sarah-ramos.com/articles.html |title=Home |publisher=Sarah-ramos.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525214050/http://www.sarah-ramos.com/articles.html |archive-date=May 25, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Ben Rosenfield (born c. 1992/93), actor{{cite web|author=Reva Goldberg |url=http://www.teenagefilm.com/archives/teenage-film/ben-rosenfield-as-tommie-scheel/ |title=Ben Rosenfield as Tommie Scheel - Teenage | Teenage - A film by Matt Wolf |publisher=Teenagefilm.com |date=September 6, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406102839/http://www.teenagefilm.com/archives/teenage-film/ben-rosenfield-as-tommie-scheel/ |archive-date=April 6, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Odeya Rush (born 1997), Israeli-born American{{cite web |author=Kyara Lomer-Camarena |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-20/features/sfe-sfp-odeya-rush_1_odeya-rush-cj-adams-film |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921140604/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-11-20/features/sfe-sfp-odeya-rush_1_odeya-rush-cj-adams-film |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |title='Odd Life of Timothy Green' star Odeya Rush talks about her character, Joni, and upcoming roles - tribunedigital-sunsentinel |publisher=Articles.sun-sentinel.com |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=January 22, 2017}}
Daryl Sabara (born 1992), actor (Spy Kids, Keeping Up with the Steins, Halloween){{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/49/12649.php |title=News |publisher=MovieWeb.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625182841/http://www.movieweb.com/news/49/12649.php |archive-date=June 25, 2008 }}{{cite web |title=Keeping Up With the Steins |url=http://www.babaganewz.com/index_main.cfm?cat=9&sub=darylSabara |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015132033/http://babaganewz.com/index_main.cfm?cat=9&sub=darylSabara |archive-date=October 15, 2007}}
Halston Sage (born 1993), actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=422886 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916103433/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=422886 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |title=Tweens : Celebrities : Halston Sage |publisher=JUF |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Larry Saperstein (born 1998), actor (High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
Eden Sher (born 1991), actress, The Middle TV series
Adiel Stein (born 1991), film actor (Stolen Summer){{cite web|last=Davis |first=Ivor |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=7929 |title=Lucky Break|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 3, 2002 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}

=1980s=

Dianna Agron (born 1986), actress and singer
Eddie Kaye Thomas (born Edward Kovelsky; 1980), actor (American Pie, Scorpion)
Jonathan Ahdout (born 1989), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24){{cite web|url=http://www.ijchronicle.com/articles/75/1/Jonathan-Ahdout:-Young-Iranian-Jewish-Film-&-Television-Actor |title=at |publisher=Ijchronicle.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312071355/http://www.ijchronicle.com/articles/75/1/Jonathan-Ahdout%3A-Young-Iranian-Jewish-Film-%26-Television-Actor |archive-date=March 12, 2007 }}
Jack Antonoff (born 1984), singer-songwriter, record producer (Member of the bands FUN, Bleachers & Steel Train){{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/omg/jewish-it-couple-lena-dunham-and-jack-antonoff-break-up-533323|title=Jewish it couple Lena Dunham and Jack Antonoff break up|website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com|date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=2020-04-13}}
Skylar Astin (born Skylar Astin Lipstein; 1987), actor and singer
Justin Baldoni (born 1984), actor (Everwood){{cite web|url=http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/features.asp?id=1412 |title=Fall TV |publisher=Northern Express |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061115150812/http://www.northernexpress.com/editorial/features.asp?id=1412 |archive-date=November 15, 2006 }}
David "Lil Dicky" Andrew Burd (born 1988), rapper and comedian{{cite web|last=Koren|first=Daniel|date=October 27, 2015|title=Lil Dicky: The Most Jewish Rapper in the Game|url=https://www.cjnews.com/culture/lil-dicky-the-most-jewish-rapper-in-the-game|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=CJN News|publisher=}}
Rachel Bloom (born 1987), actress, singer and comedy writer (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/culture/article/actress_rachel_blooms_ex_girlfriend_is_the_love_of_her_life|title=Actress Rachel Bloom's 'Ex-Girlfriend' is the love of her life

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Alison Brie (born 1982), actress (Community, The LEGO Movie and GLOW){{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/116229-alison-brie-and-donald-glover-of-community/ |title=20 Questions: Alison Brie and Donald Glover of 'Community' |publisher=Popmatters.com |access-date=November 28, 2010}}
Amanda Bynes (born 1986), film actress and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)Bynes mentioned that she is Jewish on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (March 7, 2006) and Rove Live (March 28, 2006)
Lizzy Caplan (born 1982), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield){{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/lizzy.html |title=Mean girl no more |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415050628/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/lizzy.html |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Chanel West Coast (born 1988), TV personality, rapper, singer
Lauren Cohan (born 1982), film/television actress (Supernatural){{cite web|url=http://www.ajlmagazine.com/archivesblog/2007/09/fall-tv-preview-lauren-cohan.html |title=Lauren Cohan |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |access-date=September 4, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115065752/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/archivesblog/2007/09/fall-tv-preview-lauren-cohan.html |archive-date=January 15, 2008 }}
Matt Cohen (born 1982), film/TV actor{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=15480 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901041521/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=15480 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title= Matt Cohen |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Alexa Davalos (born 1982), actress{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=https://18doors.org/interfaith_celebrities_oscar_time_2009/|title=Interfaith Celebrities: Oscar Time 2009 |publisher=InterfaithFamily |date=2009-02-17 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
John Francis Daley (born 1985), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks){{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10962 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831031137/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10962 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title=John Francis Daley |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Kat Dennings (born 1986), film/TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10796 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901123232/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10796 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title= Kat Dennings |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11382/ |title=Stars & Society |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=November 30, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=November 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123084724/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11382 |url-status=dead }}
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){{cite web|url=http://ca.eonline.com/news/532975/zac-efron-shows-his-beautiful-circumcised-penis-to-prove-he-s-jewish-watch-the-hilarious-clip |title=Zac Efron Shows His Beautiful Circumcised Penis to Prove He's Jewish: Watch the Hilarious Clip! | E! News Canada |publisher=Ca.eonline.com |date=2014-04-17 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Alden Ehrenreich (born 1989), actor{{cite web |title=Breakthrough Jew - Alden Ehrenreich |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/19322/breakthrough-jew-alden-ehrenreich/?PageSpeed=noscript |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916062353/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/19322/breakthrough-jew-alden-ehrenreich/?PageSpeed=noscript |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Jesse Eisenberg (born 1983), film actor (The Squid and the Whale){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27278/celebrity-jews/#at|title=Celebrity Jews-October 2005|newspaper=J |date=October 17, 2003}}
Ben Foster (born 1980), actor{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23843/celebrity-jews|title=Celebrity Jews|newspaper=J |date=October 17, 2003}}
Jon Foster (born 1984), film/TV actor (Stay Alive)
Shayna Fox (born 1984), voice actress{{cite web|last=Schatz |first=Sharon |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8696 |title=The Class of 2002 |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=June 6, 2002 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Dave Franco (born 1985), actor{{cite web |title=Dave Franco and Conan O'Brien Discuss Shalom Life's JILF List [Video] |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/23273/dave-franco-and-conan-obrien-discuss-shalom-lifes-jilf-list-video/?PageSpeed=noscript |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716082620/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/23273/dave-franco-and-conan-obrien-discuss-shalom-lifes-jilf-list-video/?PageSpeed=noscript |archive-date=July 16, 2015 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor{{cite web|url=http://digital.modernluxury.com/publication/?i=10052&p=80 |title=MIAM Jan-Feb 2008 78 |publisher=Digital.modernluxury.com |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Andrew Garfield (born 1983), British and American actor{{cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Film-Review/lions-for-lambs-andrew-garfield-interview |title=Lions For Lambs - Andrew Garfield interview - Your London Reviews |publisher=IndieLondon |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Rafi Gavron (born 1989), British and American actor{{cite web |title=Breaking into Hollywood |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/film/features/3968226.Breaking_into_Hollywood/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928233055/http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure/entertainment/film/features/3968226.Breaking_into_Hollywood/ |archive-date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Gideon Glick (born 1988), actor{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11720/ |title='Spring' Role |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=December 28, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222213/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11720/ |url-status=dead }}
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born 1981), film/TV actor{{cite news|author=Neva Chonin |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/25/PKG0FOOFVI1.DTL&type=movies |title=Look out: his star is rising |publisher=Sfgate.com |date=March 25, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}[http://www.usaweekend.com/99_issues/990404/990404news_views.html] {{dead link|date=January 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}
Max Greenfield (born 1980), film/TV actor{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28805/celebrity-jews/#at|title=Celebrity Jews March 2006|newspaper=J |date=October 17, 2003}}
Jake Gyllenhaal (born 1980), film actor (Brokeback Mountain){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/22929/celebrity-jews/#at|title=Celebrity Jews June 2004|newspaper=J |date=October 17, 2003}}
Armie Hammer (born 1986), actor (has identified himself as "half Jewish"){{cite web |title=Seriously Sexy |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2011/09/hollywood-leading-men-ss/photos/slide/1#slide=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916123437/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2011/09/hollywood-leading-men-ss/photos/slide/1 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Erin Heatherton (born 1989), model and actress{{cite news | url=http://splash.suntimes.com/2012/11/30/erin-heatherton-gives-us-the-inside-scoop-on-life-as-a-victorias-secret-angel/ | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=Erin Heatherton's inside scoop on life as a Victoria's Secret Angel | date=November 30, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203145839/http://splash.suntimes.com/2012/11/30/erin-heatherton-gives-us-the-inside-scoop-on-life-as-a-victorias-secret-angel/ | archive-date=February 3, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}
Simon Helberg (born 1980), TV actor and comedian (The Big Bang Theory)
Jonah Hill (born 1983), film actor{{cite web|last=Kadosh |first=Dikla |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/thecalendargirls/item/jonah_hill_is_superbad/ |title=Jonah Hill is 'Superbad' | The Calendar Girls |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=August 20, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Scarlett Johansson (born 1984), film actress (Jewish mother){{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3592217|title=Britney and Christina|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004853/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3592217|archive-date=September 27, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-08-21-scarlett-johansson-cover_N.htm|work=USA Today|title=Hollywood enters the era of Scarlett Johansson|first=Jeffrey|last=Stinson|date=August 22, 2007|access-date=May 8, 2010}}
Ariana Jollee (born 1982), pornographic actress and pornographic film director{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
Jeremy Jordan (born 1984), stage/musical film/television actor (Jewish mother){{cite tweet|number=305793310092558337|user=JeremyMJordan|title=@CaseyRose36 half actually. |accessdate=2017-01-22|date=2013-02-24 }}
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{{cite web |title=Jonathan Keltz and his Canadian Prom |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/15326/jonathan-keltz-and-his-canadian-prom/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426235701/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/15326/jonathan-keltz-and-his-canadian-prom/ |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
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){{cite web |title=Schmoozin' With Mila Kunis |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/mila_kunis.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060305032546/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/mila_kunis.shtml |archive-date=March 5, 2006}}
Adam Lamberg (born 1984), actor (Lizzie McGuire){{cite web |title=From Disney to Indie |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/from_disney_indie.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211440/http://jvibe.com/popculture/from_disney_indie.shtml |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}
Adam Lambert (born 1982), singer and runner-up on American Idol
Shia LaBeouf (born 1986), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes, Disturbia, Transformers){{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/newsletter101.htm |title=Academy Award Nominations 2004 |publisher=Hollywoodjesus.com |date=February 18, 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135826/http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/newsletter101.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=10 Things You Should Know About Shia Labeouf |url=http://www.giantmag.com/2007/04/movies/10-things-you-should-know-about-shia-labeouf/ |access-date=February 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016051338/http://www.giantmag.com/2007/04/movies/10-things-you-should-know-about-shia-labeouf/ |archive-date=October 16, 2007}}
Samm Levine (born 1982), film/TV actor{{cite web |title=Freaks and Geeks |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/freaksandgeeks.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131250/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/freaksandgeeks.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}
Margarita Levieva (born 1980), actress and professional gymnast
Alex D. Linz (born 1989), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move){{cite web|last=Lewin |first=Shoshana |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11391 |title=Chanukah Hoop Dreams |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=November 20, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11058 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831115341/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11058 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title=Alex D. Linz |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
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){{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10930 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901212100/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10930 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title=Eli Marienthal |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Scott Mechlowicz (born 1981), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek){{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/50/12850.php |title=News |publisher=MovieWeb.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429203535/http://www.movieweb.com/news/50/12850.php |archive-date=April 29, 2008 }}
Sara Paxton (born 1988), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine){{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Celebrity Jews |publisher=The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California |date=April 5, 2007|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/32109/celebrity-jews/#at |access-date=April 5, 2007}}{{cite journal |last=Jones |first=Jen |title=Sara Paxton |journal=JVibe |publisher=Jewish Family & Life |id=14-17 }}{{cite web| last =Paxton| first =Sara| title =Sara's Blog| publisher =Sara Paxton Official Website| date =November 25, 2005| url =http://blog.columbiarecords.com/sarapaxton/| access-date =January 12, 2007| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070504005359/http://blog.columbiarecords.com/sarapaxton/| archive-date =May 4, 2007| df =mdy-all}}
Josh Peck (born 1986), actor (Drake & Josh){{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11042 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901041623/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11042 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 1, 2007 |title=Josh Peck |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Ashley Peldon (born 1984), film/TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11048 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831031120/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11048 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title=Ashley Peldon |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Courtney Peldon (born 1981), film/TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11046 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831031215/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11046 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title= Courtney Peldon |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Alisan Porter (born 1981), film and stage actress and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/On+the+rise:+Alisan+Porter+born+to+play+Chorus+Line's+Bebe-a0152433195 |title=On the rise: Alisan Porter born to play Chorus Line's Bebe|publisher=Dance Magazine |date=October 1, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Natalie Portman (born 1981), Israeli-born film actor (V for Vendetta){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/25266/taking-a-break-from-hollywood/#at |title=Taking a break from Hollywood |newspaper=J |publisher=Jweekly.com |date=March 4, 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Laura Prepon (born 1980), film/TV actress (That '70s Show){{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903012743/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10998 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2007 |title= Laura Prepon |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23596/edition_id/468/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-09-16 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Nikki Reed (born 1988), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood both mentioned that they are Jewish on the Thirteen DVD commentary, between the 10:00 and 11:00 minute mark{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11582 |title=Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary ... |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=December 14, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Emmy Rossum (born 1986), actress, singer-songwriter
Daniela Ruah (born 1983), Portuguese-American actress
Ben Savage (born 1980), actor
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{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10974 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831115447/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=10974 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title= Jason Segel |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (born 1981), film/TV actress and singer (The Sopranos){{cite web|url=http://www.mytelevision.com/tv_stars/jamie_lynn_discala.html |title=Jamie Lynn Discala Actress The Sopranos |publisher=Mytelevision.com |date=May 15, 1981 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}"a self-proclaimed 'nice jewish girl'", The Girls of FHM 2004, page 074
Jenny Slate (born 1982), actress/comedian[http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/blog/2009/02/27/questions-for-jenny-slate/] {{dead link|date=January 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}
Jussie Smollett (born 1982), actor (Empire)
Jurnee Smollett-Bell (born 1986), actress (True Blood)
Marla Sokoloff (born 1980), film/TV actress (Big Day){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-11-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Shoshannah Stern (born 1980), TV actress{{cite web |title=Shoshannah Stern, Threat Matrix |url=http://www.deaftoday.com/news/archives/003046.html |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312032722/http://www.deaftoday.com/news/archives/003046.html |archive-date=March 12, 2007}}{{cite web |title=Signing Up for Hollywood |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/signing_up_hollywood.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928125532/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/signing_up_hollywood.shtml |archive-date=September 28, 2007}}
Lauren Storm (born 1987), TV actress (Flight 29 Down){{cite web |url=http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/mtm/starspotlight.asp?sf=storm |title=Star Spotlight |publisher=Teacher.scholastic.com |date=January 2, 1987 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328145631/http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/mtm/starspotlight.asp?sf=storm |archive-date=March 28, 2009 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/lauren_storm.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928131619/http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/lauren_storm.shtml|date=September 28, 2007}}
Khleo Thomas (born 1989), film actor (Holes){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10397 |title=Digging For Jews |publisher=Jewish Journal |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Ashley Tisdale (born 1985), actress and singer (High School Musical){{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3490137|title=Why Pink is a Mixed Bag|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124348/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3490137|archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
Michelle Trachtenberg (1985-2025), film/TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903101629/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11004 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 3, 2007 |title= Michelle Trachtenberg |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Joseph Trohman (born 1984), musician (Fall Out Boy)
Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future){{cite web|url=http://starrymag.com/content.asp?ID=392&CATEGORY=Interviews&PAGE=8 |title=Ricky Ullman; Back to the Future |publisher=Starry Constellation Magazine |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)Stated on the Live with Regis and Kelly show, July 3, 2007
Mara Wilson (born 1987), film actress (Matilda){{cite web |url=http://www.marawilson.com/oldsite/i_life.html |publisher=marawilson.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |title=Hangin with Mara Wilson |archive-date=7 November 2006|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061107210534/http://www.marawilson.com/oldsite/i_life.html|url-status=usurped }}
James Wolk (born 1985), actor{{cite web|author=Brian Scott Lipton |url=http://www.theatermania.com/los-angeles-theater/news/10-2011/james-wolk-takes-the-fall_43284.html |title=James Wolk Takes the Fall |publisher=TheaterMania.com |date=2011-10-27 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Evan Rachel Wood (born 1987), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger){{cite web |url=http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/092006/kibbitz-erw.html |title=Evan Rachel Wood |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707102002/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/092006/kibbitz-erw.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), Russian-born film/TV actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31716/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2007-02-23 |access-date=2011-05-25}}{{cite news|last=Slate|first=Libby|title=Former Soviet Skate Stars Top Bill at Knott's|page=1|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 22, 1989|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66631938.html?dids=66631938:66631938&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22%2C+1989&author=LIBBY+SLATE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Former+Soviet+Skate+Stars+Top+Bill+at+Knott%27s|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031833/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66631938.html?dids=66631938:66631938&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+22,+1989&author=LIBBY+SLATE&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Former+Soviet+Skate+Stars+Top+Bill+at+Knott%27s|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|access-date =February 16, 2007}}
Joey Zimmerman (born 1986), film/TV actor (Halloweentown){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/11513/jewish-kid-plays-questioning-catholic-in-san-jose-play/#at |title=Jewish kid plays questioning Catholic in San Jose play |newspaper=J |publisher=Jweekly |date=September 3, 1999 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}

=1970s=

Dave Annable (born 1979), actor{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Gerri |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_New_Fall_Previews.shtml |title=Hollywood Now: New Fall Previews |publisher=InterfaithFamily |date=2014-08-29 |access-date=2017-01-22}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishtampa.com/blog_post.aspx?id=7909 |title=Jews in the News: Zoe Levin, Joc Pederson and William Shatner |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140916043300/http://www.jewishtampa.com/blog_post.aspx?id=7909 |archive-date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017 }}
Shiri Appleby (born 1978), Israeli/American film/TV actress (Roswell){{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27200/celebrity-jews/#at|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Celebrity Jews|newspaper=J |date= September 23, 2005}}
David Arquette (born 1971), film actor{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831031103/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrity.aspx?id=11136 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2007 |title= David Arquette |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=9457 |title=Arquette Reconnects |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=October 17, 2002 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Eric Balfour (born 1977), actor{{cite tweet|number=277642103201361920|user=EricBalfour|title=#HappyHanukkah 2 my fellow Jews! That candle was only suppose 2 last for 1 night, we got 8 out of it! Even w/ miracles we look 4 a bargain! |accessdate=2017-01-22|date=2012-12-08 }}
Elizabeth Banks (born 1974), film actress (Invincible){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22922/edition_id/458/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-07-09 |access-date=2011-05-25}}{{cite web |title=Jews on the Big Screen |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/jews_big_screen.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011181441/http://jvibe.com/popculture/jews_big_screen.shtml |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}
Justin Bartha (born 1978), film actor (National Treasure, The Hangover){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=134 |title=Justin Bartha |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042453/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=134 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Amber Benson (born 1977), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030606/jews.shtml |last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Hope influences Jewish comedians |publisher=Jewishaz.com |date=June 6, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016221310/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030606/jews.shtml |archive-date=October 16, 2006 }}
Elizabeth Berkley (born 1972), TV, film, and stage actress{{cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Gail |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7326 |title=Catch a Rising Star |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=August 23, 2001 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010523/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7326 |url-status=dead }}
Jon Bernthal (born 1976), actor{{cite web |title=Breakthrough Jew - Jon Bernthal |url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/20836/breakthrough-jew-jon-bernthal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112204424/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/20836/breakthrough-jew-jon-bernthal/ |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Mayim Bialik (born 1975), actress (Blossom){{cite web|last=Goldman |first=Michele |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9409 |title=Religion Blossoms for Bialik | L.A. Woman |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=October 10, 2002 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz, 1971), actor, comedian and comedy writer{{cite web|url=http://www.stellacomedy.com/website_press/onion.htm |title=Stella: Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter & David Wain |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223084540/http://www.stellacomedy.com/website_press/onion.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2007}}
Selma Blair (born Selma Bleitner, 1972), film actress, raised w/ Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=5 |title=Selma Blair |publisher=JUF |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042458/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=5 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Alex Borstein (born 1971), actress, writer, and comedian{{cite web|last=Phipps |first=Keith |url=https://www.avclub.com/content/node/55488 |title=Alex Borstein |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=November 20, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011140525/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/55488 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}
Caprice Bourret (born 1971), fashion model and actress, often known by her first name{{cite web |author=Zeddy Lawrence |url=http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/TJ_gold/?content_id=295 |title=Entertainment | TJ Gold |publisher=TotallyJewish.com |date=May 4, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050523190345/http://www.totallyjewish.com/entertainment/TJ_gold/?content_id=295 |archive-date=May 23, 2005 |access-date=January 23, 2017}}
Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State){{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261099,00.html|author=Itamar Eichner |title=Scrubs star coming to Israel |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Tamara Braun (born 1971), soap opera actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/1238/edition_id/12/format/html/displaystory.html |title=celebrity jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2003-11-14 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Adam Brody (born 1979), actor (The O.C.){{cite web|last=Engelberg |first=Keren |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11286 |title=Young Creator Spells Success 'O.C.' |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=October 30, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Adrien Brody (born 1973), film actor (The Pianist){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=112 |title=Adrien Brody |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042501/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=112 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-03-30-adrien-brody_x.htm |title=A kiss isn't just a kiss |work=USA Today |date=March 30, 2003 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Sarah Brown (born 1975), actress{{cite web|url=http://members.shaw.ca/almosthuman73/soaparticle17.html|author=Jonathan Reiner |title=Soap Opera Article 17: Q & A with Sarah Brown (Carly Roberts, General Hospital) |publisher=Members.shaw.ca |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Brooke Burke (born 1971), TV personality and model{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80 |title=Brooke Burke |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917201136/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27905/edition_id/532/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-12-16 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Scott Caan (born 1976), film actor, son of James Caan{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=122 |title=Scott Caan |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329043110/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=122 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Josh Charles (born 1971), stage, film, and TV actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26653/edition_id/513/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-08-12 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Emmanuelle Chriqui (born 1977), film/TV actress{{cite web|last=Scharf |first=Lindzi |url=http://www.hollywood.com/feature/In_the_Mix_with_Emmanuelle_Chriqui/3469133 |title='In the Mix' with Emmanuelle Chriqui |publisher=Hollywood.com |date=November 23, 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629162309/http://www.hollywood.com/feature/In_the_Mix_with_Emmanuelle_Chriqui/3469133 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 }}
Jennifer Connelly (born 1970), film and TV actress (Requiem for a Dream){{cite web |url=http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.25.03/film/jewometer.html |publisher=Eye Weekly |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20050409021644/http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.25.03/film/jewometer.html |archive-date=April 9, 2005 |df=mdy-all |title= }}
Eric Dane (born 1972), actor{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Gerri |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_Eric_Dane_on_Last_Ship_and_Kunis_Franco_Battle_Onscreen.shtml |title=Hollywood Now: Eric Dane on Last Ship and Kunis & Franco |publisher=InterfaithFamily |date=2014-06-11 |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215105345/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_Eric_Dane_on_Last_Ship_and_Kunis_Franco_Battle_Onscreen.shtml |url-status=dead }}
Erin Daniels (born Erin Cohen, 1973), actress{{cite web |url=http://cafesappho.smartlog.dk/17399_Interview_Erin_Daniels.html |title=Interview Erin Daniels |publisher=Cafesappho.smartlog.dk |date=March 8, 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050519090555/http://cafesappho.smartlog.dk/17399_Interview_Erin_Daniels.html |archive-date=May 19, 2005 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21233/edition_id/433/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-01-09 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Brad Delson (born 1977), guitarist for the band Linkin Park
Dustin Diamond (1977–2021), actor (Saved by the Bell){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25229/edition_id/492/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-03-11 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Oded Fehr (born 1970), Israeli/American actor (The Mummy){{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11743 |title=News |publisher=The Jewish Week |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620113654/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11743 |archive-date=June 20, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Corey Feldman (born 1971), film actor, 1980s teen idol{{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/333_corey_feldman.htm |title=Corey Feldman |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711043636/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/333_corey_feldman.htm |url-status=dead }}
James Franco (born 1978), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22428/edition_id/451/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-05-14 |access-date=2011-05-25}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=14 |title=James Franco |publisher=JUF |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042531/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=14 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Soleil Moon Frye (born 1976), actress and director (Punky Brewster){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25517/edition_id/496/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-04-08 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Sarah Michelle Gellar (born 1977), actress, writer, director, filmmaker, comedian, singer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)Lorna Jowett [https://books.google.com/books?id=N-yODncJlBsC&pg=PA201 Sex and the slayer: a gender studies primer for the Buffy fan], Wesleyan University Press, 2005, {{ISBN|0-8195-6758-2}} p. 201
Goapele (born 1977), singer-songwriter
Elon Gold (born 1970), comedian, TV actor, writer, and producer{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/stacked.html |title=Stacked for success; With Pamela Anderson as his co-star and a studio that provides him with daily kosher meals, Elon Gold has every reason to be happy |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=September–October 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005542/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/stacked.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978), film/TV actress (Big Love){{cite web |title=Celebrities |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32805/ |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031541/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32805/ |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}
Seth Green (born 1974), actor, writer, and TV producer{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=17 |title=Seth Green |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042632/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=17 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/2007/ |author=Michael Elkin |title=On the Scene |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=January 5, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222318/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/2007/ |url-status=dead }}
Bryan Greenberg (born 1978), film/TV actor (Prime){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24575/edition_id/483/format/html/displaystory.html |title='Unscripted' HBO series followsfloundering actor through career obstacles | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-01-07 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Maggie Gyllenhaal (born 1977), Golden Globe-nominated actress{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/072006/kibbitz-maggie.html |author=Bradford R. Pilcher |title=Maggie Gyllenhaal |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=July–August 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183331/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/072006/kibbitz-maggie.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Corey Haim (1971–2010), Canadian-born film actor[http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-two-coreys/profile/corey-haim.aspx Corey Haim]. Buddytv.com (2007-09-06). Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
Chelsea Handler (born 1975), actress/comedian{{cite web|url=http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2006/02/02/news/local/comic0203.txt |title=Comely comic reveals laughs in 'Horizontal Life'|author=Alan Smason |publisher=Cleveland Jewish News |date=February 2, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Alyson Hannigan (born 1974), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=20 |title=Alyson Hannigan |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042709/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=20 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Danielle Harris (born 1977), actress{{cite web |title=Danielle Harris |url=http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.3191487/k.7AE7/Danielle_Harris.htm |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222194030/http://www.jwmag.org/site/c.fhLOK0PGLsF/b.3191487/k.7AE7/Danielle_Harris.htm |archive-date=February 22, 2008}}
Samantha Harris (born Samantha Harris Shapiro, 1973), actress and TV presenter{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32533/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Cole Hauser (born 1975), film actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26778/edition_id/515/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-08-26 |access-date=2011-05-25}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=104 |title=Cole Hauser |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917224545/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=104 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Jason Hervey (born 1972), actor (The Wonder Years)
Kate Hudson (born 1979), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days){{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/newsletter/90/starchat_01.html|author=Bonnie Laufer |title=Kate Hudson Interview: Alex and Emma |publisher=Tribute.ca |access-date=November 30, 2010}}
Oliver Hudson (born 1976), film/TV actor
Rashida Jones (born 1976), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office){{cite web|url=http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/012007/rashidajones.html |author=Gerri Miller |title=The Daughter of Q |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=January–February 2007 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516015442/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/content/012007/rashidajones.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}
Chris Kattan (born 1970), comedian (Saturday Night Live)
Joel Kinnaman (born 1979), Swedish and American actor (Jewish mother){{cite web |author=Yanir Dekel |url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/193201/robocops-jewish/ |title=RoboCop's Jewish! - The Schmooze – Forward.com |publisher=Blogs.forward.com |date=2014-02-23 |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225010258/http://blogs.forward.com/the-shmooze/193201/robocops-jewish/ |url-status=dead }}
Nick Kroll (born 1978), Comedian/Actor{{Cite web|url=https://forward.com/culture/412008/netflixs-big-mouth-is-boldly-jewish/|title=Netflix's 'Big Mouth' Is Boldly Jewish|last1=Grisar|first1=P. J.|last2=Fara|date=October 15, 2018 |first2=Phillip|website=The Forward|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Alla Korot (born 1970), Ukrainian-born actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32249/format/html/displaystory.html |title='Domestic' bliss for Ukrainian-born S.F. actress | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2007-04-20 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Boris Kodjoe - actor{{cite web | url=https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Boris+Kodjoe:+The+All+about+Us+Interview | title=Boris Kodjoe: The All about Us Interview }}
Lisa Kushell (born 1971), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie){{cite web |title=Review |url=http://www.nic0lesullivan.org/md311.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052711/http://www.nic0lesullivan.org/md311.txt |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
David Krumholtz (born 1978), actor (NUMB3RS){{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7745 |title=The Right Type |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=November 22, 2001 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010539/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7745 |url-status=dead }}
Adam Levine (born 1979), musician (Maroon 5){{cite tweet|number=415943004445089792|user=adamlevine|title=Sadly, Santa put me on his naughty list because I'm Jewish and I should be celebrating Hanukkah. St. Nick keeps it real. I respect that. |accessdate=2017-01-22|date=2013-12-25 }}
Jenny Lewis (born 1976), musician and former child actress{{cite web |title=Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins – The Mandela Hall, Belfast |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/reviews/20042006jenny.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521060154/http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/reviews/20042006jenny.shtml |archive-date=May 21, 2006}}
Michael Lucas (born 1972), Russian-born porn star{{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1985_lucas_responds.htm |author=Leslie Bunder |title=Lucas responds |publisher=www.somethingjewish.co.uk |date=August 24, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=December 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216023556/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1985_lucas_responds.htm |url-status=dead }}
Jamie Luner (born 1971), actress (Melrose Place){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28366/edition_id/539/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-02-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Natasha Lyonne (born Natasha Braunstein, 1979), film/TV actress (American Pie, Orange is the New Black, Russian Doll){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=29 |title=Natasha Lyonne |publisher=JUF |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042716/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=29 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Gabriel Macht (born 1972), film actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24553/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-12-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller, 1979), singer and rapper
Idina Menzel (born 1971), actress, singer-songwriter{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0704/jewz_in_the_newz072104.php3?printer_friendly|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewz in the Newz|publisher=Jewishworldreview.com|date=July 21, 2004|access-date=November 30, 2010|archive-date=August 11, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040811235207/http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0704/jewz_in_the_newz072104.php3?printer_friendly|url-status=dead}}
Marisol Nichols (born 1973), actress (Jewish biological father){{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170124/news/170129494/|title='Riverdale' star from 'burbs survived drama of her own|first=Dann|last=Gire|date=January 24, 2017|website=Daily Herald}}
Gwyneth Paltrow (born 1972), actress and singer{{cite news|author=Emma Brockes |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,1695582,00.html |title=Where the heart is |work=The Guardian |date=January 27, 2006 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |location=London}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005988874 |title=AHN |publisher=Allheadlinenews.com |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501055749/http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7005988874 |archive-date=May 1, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.generationj.com/issues/jan_1/paltrow.html |title=de beste bron van informatie over generation j. |publisher=generationj.com |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071223192823/http://www.generationj.com/issues/jan_1/paltrow.html |archive-date=December 23, 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Adam Pascal (born 1970), actor (Rent){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27639/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-11-18 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Amanda Peet (born 1972), film actress{{cite web |url=http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/peet.html |author=Guy Flatley |title=Amanda Peet—A Girl Who's Best When She's Baaad! |publisher=Moviecrazed |date=August 31, 2000 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |archive-date=February 1, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040201221211/http://www.moviecrazed.com/outpast/peet.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/peet.html |author=Benyamin Cohen & Bradford R. Pilcher |title=Winter Movie Preview: Amanda Peet |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=November–December 2005 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616114310/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/peet.html |archive-date=June 16, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Joaquin Phoenix (born Joaquin Bottom, 1974), film actor (Walk the Line){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=8397 |title=The Days of Summer |publisher=Jewish Journal |access-date=December 14, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=128 |title=Joaquin Phoenix |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042719/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=128 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/16489_celebrities.html |title=Federation Council official comments on migration to Far East |publisher=English pravda.ru |date=2002-08-23 |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520002638/http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/363/16489_celebrities.html |archive-date=May 20, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28503/edition_id/541/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-02-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Liberty Phoenix (born Liberty Bottom, 1976), actress
Rain Phoenix (born Rain Bottom, 1972), 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{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/pink%20defends%20gibson_1005666 |title= Pink Defends Gibson |publisher=Contact Music |date=August 18, 2006 |access-date=December 14, 2010}}
Dave Portnoy (born 1977), founder of (Barstool Sports)
Carla Gugino (born 1971), film actress (Spy Kids and San Andreas)
Josh Radnor (born 1976), actor (How I Met Your Mother)
Leah Remini (born 1970), actress (The King of Queens){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=176 |title=Leah Remini |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314042733/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=176 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Simon Rex (born 1974), actor and model{{cite web |title=A Stage for a Bima: American Jewish Theater and the Politics of Representation |url=http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/1707/umi-umd-1660.pdf;jsessionid=C3A060D4FB91284007A75024B5981CF5?sequence=1 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Michael Rosenbaum (born 1972), film/TV actor (Smallville){{cite web|first=Haggay|last=Kraus|title=Smallville Interview |url=http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/maariv.html |publisher=michaelrosenbaum.com |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219035821/http://www.michaelrosenbaum.com/maariv.html |archive-date=December 19, 2010 }}
Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein, 1972), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross{{cite web |title=Biracial stars find TV sees roles in black or white |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=25630 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071203140931/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=25630 |archive-date=December 3, 2007}}
Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer{{cite web|url=http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/ERoth/ERoth.html|author=Paul Fischer |title=Paul Fischer Interviews Eli Roth |publisher=Film Monthly |access-date=December 14, 2010}}
Maya Rudolph (born 1972), actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live)
Winona Ryder (born Winona Horowitz, 1971), film actress{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7454 |title=News |publisher=The Jewish Week |date=March 1, 1973 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051545/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=7454 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=37 |title=Winona Ryder |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917042329/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=37 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Antonio Sabato Jr. (born 1972), actor and model
Sarah Saltzberg (born 1976), Broadway theater actress{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/sarahsaltzberg/profile |title=sarahsaltzberg – Community Profile |publisher=Community.livejournal.com |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015235811/http://community.livejournal.com/sarahsaltzberg/profile |archive-date=October 15, 2008 }}
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){{cite web|last=Aushenker |first=Michael |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7602 |title=Water Years |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=October 18, 2001 |access-date=December 14, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=63 |title=Fred Savage |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042740/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=63 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Miriam Shor (born 1971), film/TV actress (Big Day){{cite web |title=Finding God in Tinseltown |url=http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/xarchive.php?id=26 |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220225015/http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/xarchive.php?id=26 |archive-date=December 20, 2007}}
Sarah Silverman (born 1970), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer{{cite web |url=http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2858&IssueNum=127 |title=Silvermania! |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223114/http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=2858&IssueNum=127 |archive-date=September 26, 2007}}
David Moscow (born 1974), actor (Jewish from his father side)
Alicia Silverstone (born 1976), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin){{cite web|url=http://www.wej.com.au/newmoon/features/alicia/alicia.html|author=Paul Fischer |title=New Moon – Alicia Silverstone |publisher=WEJ |access-date=December 14, 2010}}{{cite web |last=Davis |first=Ivor |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=514855 |title=Profile of Alicia Silverstone-Daughter of Scottish Mom and Jewish |publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124213/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=514855 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Ione Skye (born Ione Skye Leitch, 1971), English-born actress{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=144 |title=Ione Skye |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042744/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=144 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Lindsay Sloane (born Lindsay Sloane Leikin, 1977), actress{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=42 |title=Lindsay Sloane |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042750/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=42 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21857/edition_id/443/format/html/displaystory.html |title=celebrity jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-03-19 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-born actress (Crash){{cite web |url=http://ijchronicle.com/article.php?idcat=9&idart=19 |publisher=Ijchronicle.com |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005416/http://ijchronicle.com/article.php?idcat=9&idart=19 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |df=mdy-all |title=Products for Wholesale | Cash Advance | Debt Consolidation | Insurance at Ijchronicle.com }}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=156 |title=Bahar Soomekh |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042758/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=156 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Tori Spelling (born 1973), actress (Beverly Hills 90210){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8179 |title=Spell Binding |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=February 28, 2002 |access-date=December 14, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.safesearching.com/2k/greenroom/torispelling/more/cosmo.shtml |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |title=COSMO Q&A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018223925/http://safesearching.com/2k/greenroom/torispelling/more/cosmo.shtml |archive-date=October 18, 2007}}
Jordana Spiro (born 1977), TV actress (My Boys){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/edition_id/580/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-11-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Corey Stoll (born 1976), actor{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS48773608120110826 | work=Reuters | title=How Corey Stoll Manned Up for Hemingway in 'Midnight in Paris' | date=August 26, 2011 | access-date=July 1, 2017 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154850/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/26/idUS48773608120110826 | url-status=live }}
Matt Stone (born 1971), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and co-creator of South Park{{cite web |url=https://southpark.cc.com/fans/staffchats.php |title=Chat with Matt Stone (11/15/2005) |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010020819/http://www.southparkstudios.com/fans/staffchats.php |archive-date=October 10, 2007}}
Danny Strong (born 1974), film/TV actor{{cite web|url=http://slayground.net/danny/interview.html |title=The Official Danny Strong Website |publisher=Slayground.net |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820105451/http://slayground.net/danny/interview.html |archive-date=August 20, 2008 }}
Tara Strong (born 1973), voice actress (My Little Pony, The Fairly OddParents)
Jonathan Togo (born 1977), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River){{cite web |url=http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Article%5El1540&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Articles |publisher=Jews Week |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728094126/http://www.jewsweek.com/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Article%5El1540&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Articles |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all |title=Jews Week | }}
Mageina Tovah (born Mageina Tovah Begtrup, 1979), actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32394/edition_id/602/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2007-05-04 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Kevin Weisman (born 1970), film/TV actor{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=47 |title=Kevin Weisman |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042801/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=47 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Jennifer Westfeldt (born 1971), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein){{cite web|url=http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/KissingJessica/KissingJessica.html |author=Paul Fischer|title=Paul Fischer Interviews Heather Juergensen & Jennifer Westfeldt |publisher=Film Monthly |date=March 11, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Marissa Jaret Winokur (born 1973), film, TV, and stage actress (Hairspray stage version){{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/pams%20co-star%20disapproves%20of%20her%20tattoos |title=Marissa Jaret Winokur – Pam's Co-Star Disapproves Of Her Tattoos |publisher=Contact Music |date=December 3, 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Noah Wyle (born 1971), film/TV actor{{cite web |title=this just in |url=http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/jan06_tji.html |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809154715/http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/jan06_tji.html |archive-date=August 9, 2007}}
Nikki Ziering (born Natalie Schiele, 1971), model and actress{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10849 |title=Ziering Dominates With Blonde Ambition |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 31, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Jason Zimbler (born 1977), actor (Clarissa Explains It All)
Ethan Zohn (born 1973), Survivor: Africa winner and actor{{cite web|last=Wills |first=Adam |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7985 |title=Out of Africa|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 17, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Arianne Zuker (born Arianne Zuckerman, 1974), soap opera actress{{cite web |url=http://soapnet.go.com/chatboards/chat/transcripts/arianneZucker_2005-10-06.html |title=Soapnet Message Boards |publisher=Soapnet |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310224406/http://soapnet.go.com/chatboards/chat/transcripts/arianneZucker_2005-10-06.html |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}

=1960s=

Tony Goldwyn (born 1960), actor (paternal grandfather was Jewish)
Paula Abdul (born 1962), singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and choreographer{{cite web|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3328923,00.html|author= Itamar Eichner|title=Israeli minister, American Idol |publisher=Ynetnews |date=November 17, 2006|access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), singer-songwriter
Steven Adler (born 1965), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
Patricia Arquette (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=111 |title=Patricia Arquette |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042813/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=111 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|title=The Naked Truth Interview |url=http://freespace.virgin.net/sky.walker/patint7.htm |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041027063127/http://freespace.virgin.net/sky.walker/patint7.htm |archive-date=October 27, 2004 }}
Hank Azaria (born 1964), film/TV actor, director, comedian, and voice artist{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/05/18/whats-missing-discussion-about-race-sparked-by-simpsons-apu |author=Devin E. Naar |title=What's missing in the discussion about race sparked by Apu in "The Simpsons"|work=New York Times|access-date=July 12, 2023}}
David Alan Basche (born 1968), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/29128/edition_id/551/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Randall Batinkoff (born 1968), film/TV actor (For Keeps?){{cite web|url=http://tvshow_christy.tripod.com/dlambert.html|author=Jill Kirkley |title=David Lambert Interview |publisher=Tvshow_christy.tripod.com |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park){{cite web|url=http://www.mkbmemorial.com/interviews/dino/index2.html|author=Doreen Mullman and Nora Salisbury |title= Dino Andrade Interview |publisher=Mary Kay Bergman Memorial |date=June 5, 1961 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Troy Beyer (born 1964), film director, screenwriter, and actress
Craig Bierko (born 1964), film/TV actor (Cinderella Man){{cite web |last=Scott |first=Brian |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/5396 |title=Jake Robards on Rattlesnake and Craig Bierko on Modern Orthodox |publisher=Theater Mania |date=December 2, 2004 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210092411/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/5396 |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Jack Black (born 1969), film actor and musician{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/tenaciousd/a/tenacious111506.htm |author=Rebecca Murray |title=Jack Black, Kyle Gass on 'Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny' |publisher=about.com |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=May 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509215224/http://movies.about.com/od/tenaciousd/a/tenacious111506.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite news| last =Ballon| first =Marc| title =Q & A With Lewis Black| publisher =The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=13570| access-date =November 26, 2006| archive-date =September 8, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070908221539/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=13570| url-status =dead}}
Lisa Bonet (born 1967), film/TV actress (The Cosby Show){{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/387_lisa_bonet.htm |author=Caroline Westbrook |title=Lisa Bonet |publisher=somethingjewish.co.uk |date=September 14, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330080102/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/387_lisa_bonet.htm |url-status=dead }}
Matthew Broderick (born 1962), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers){{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/deckthehalls/a/deckmb112006.htm |author=Rebecca Murray |title=Matthew Broderick Talks About the Holiday Movie "Deck the Halls" |publisher=about.com |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=November 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128043024/http://movies.about.com/od/deckthehalls/a/deckmb112006.htm |url-status=dead }}
Gabrielle Carteris (born 1961), actress (Beverly Hills 90210){{cite web |title=Biography of Gabrielle Carteris |url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/1268/index.php |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200543/http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/newspeakerbio/1268/index.php |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}
Max Casella (born 1967), actor (Doogie Howser)
Scott Cohen (born 1964), film/TV actor{{cite web |url=http://www.forward.com/articles/nice-jewish-boy-turns-bad-gets-role/ |title=Nice Jewish Boy Turns Bad, Gets Role |publisher=The Forward |access-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-date=October 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018164922/http://www.forward.com/articles/nice-jewish-boy-turns-bad-gets-role/ |url-status=dead }}
Mindy Cohn (born 1966), TV actress (The Facts of Life)
Nika Futterman (born 1969), actress and singer{{cite news|title=Daily Kickoff|url=https://jewishinsider.com/2021/10/daily-kickoff-jill-biden-cites-rabbi-sacks-as-curb-returns-an-interview-with-the-director/|access-date=November 3, 2023|newspaper=Jewish Insider|date=October 25, 2021}}
David Cross (born 1964), actor/comedian{{cite web|url=http://citypages.com/databank/25/1227/article12207.asp |title=David Cross: "Where does gas come from? Penguins? I don't know." |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20060322204238/http://citypages.com/databank/25/1227/article12207.asp |archive-date=March 22, 2006 |access-date=January 24, 2017 }}
Dean Devlin (born 1962), former actor, now producer and screenwriter{{cite web|url=http://showbizandstyle.inq7.net/entertainment/entertainment/view_article.php?article_id=22700 |title=inq7.net |publisher=Showbizandstyle.inq7.net |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Don Diamont (born Donald Feinberg, 1961), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless){{cite web |url=http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1420/1/Young-and-restless-and-Jewish |publisher=The Jewish Standard |access-date=December 15, 2010 |title=The Jewish Standard |archive-date=June 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627204037/http://www.jstandard.com/articles/1420/1/Young-and-restless-and-Jewish |url-status=dead }}
Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), actor and musician (Iron Man){{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/12/MO242792.DTL|author=Ruthe Stein |title=Robert Downey Jr. wants you to know—he's all right/With prison and addiction behind him, he has a new attitude, and two new films |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=October 12, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}{{cite news |last=Friedman |first=Roger |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/mel-gibsons-new-passion-is-robert-downey-jr |title=Mel Gibson's New 'Passion' Is Robert Downey Jr. |publisher=FOX News |date=October 14, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424041304/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99680,00.html |archive-date=April 24, 2008 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
David Duchovny (born 1960), film/TV actor (The X-Files){{cite web |url=http://duchovny.net/articles/neon.htm |author=Leslie O'Toole |title=David Duchovny—Neon Magazine |publisher=Duchovny.net |date=September 1998 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723103938/http://duchovny.net/articles/neon.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |title=A Fox in Babe's Clothing: An Interview of David Duchovny |url=http://www.jvibe.com//popculture/duchovny.shtml |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012160037/http://jvibe.com/popculture/duchovny.shtml |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}
Lisa Edelstein (born 1967), actress (House){{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/edelstein%20refused%20to%20change%20her%20name%20to%20honour%20holocaust%20victims_1000548 |title=Lisa Edelstein—Edelstein Refused To Change Her Name To Honour Holocaust Victims |publisher=Contact Music |date=June 22, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Jon Favreau (born 1966), actor/director{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/favreau.html |title=Winter Movie Preview: Jon Favreau |author=Benyamin Cohen & Bradford R. Pilcher |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=November–December 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618014549/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/112005/wintermovies/favreau.html |archive-date=June 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11573 |title=A Gift From Santa's Jewish Helpers | Hollywood Jew |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=December 25, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010405/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11573 |url-status=dead }}
Dan Futterman (born 1967), actor and screenwriter{{cite web |last=David |first=Robert |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15454 |title=Director Pays Price in Making 'Capote' |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=February 23, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010443/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15454 |url-status=dead }}
Jeff Garlin (born 1962), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm){{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1229_jeff_garlin.htm |author=Caroline Westbrook |title=Jeff Garlin |publisher=somethingjewish.co.uk |date=October 19, 2004 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=January 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105165004/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/1229_jeff_garlin.htm |url-status=dead }}
Brad Garrett (born Bradley Harold Gerstenfeld, 1960), actor and comedian{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/ratatouille/a/garrett110406_2.htm |author=Fred Topel |title=Brad Garrett Interview—Ratatouille, Music and Lyrics, and Til Death |publisher=about.com |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004135602/http://movies.about.com/od/ratatouille/a/garrett110406_2.htm |url-status=dead }}
Willie Garson (1964–2021), actor
Gina Gershon (born 1962), film actress{{cite web |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,408,00.html |author=Paul Chutkow |title=I Dream of Gina |publisher=Cigar Aficionado |date=October 1, 1998 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704085103/http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA_Show_Article/0,2322,408,00.html |archive-date=July 4, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Jami Gertz (born 1965), film/TV actress{{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8478 |title=It's Always Gilda |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=April 25, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010604/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8478 |url-status=dead }}
Melissa Gilbert (born 1964), former child actress, two terms as president of Screen Actors Guild{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=131 |title=Melissa Gilbert |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042827/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=131 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Judy Gold (born 1962), stand-up comedian and actress{{cite web|last=Warn |first=Sarah |url=http://www.afterellen.com/People/2006/11/judygold.html |title=Meet Judy (aka Jewdy) Gold |publisher=AfterEllen.com |date=November 1, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107173645/http://www.afterellen.com/People/2006/11/judygold.html |archive-date=January 7, 2007 }}
Bill Goldberg (born 1966), former wrestler; wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), film/TV actor{{cite web|url=http://www.ajlmagazine.com/coverstory.html|author=Mordecai Shinefield|title=Women Who Rock: Opening Essay|publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine|date=February 21, 2008|access-date=December 15, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121124035/http://www.ajlmagazine.com/coverstory.html|archive-date=January 21, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
Jennifer Grey (born 1960), actress and dancer (Dirty Dancing){{cite news|author=Aljean Harmetz, Special to The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2D8143DF93BA1575BC0A961948260 |title=New Face—Moving Up To 'Pretty' Roles—Jennifer Grey |work=The New York Times |date=August 28, 1987 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Arye Gross (born 1960), film/TV actor{{cite web |url=http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1260 |author=Miri Ben Shalom |title=All About Jewish Theatre—Kaleidoscope: Donald Margulies' The Brooklyn Boy |publisher=Jewish-theatre.com |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612125054/http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=1260 |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Greg Grunberg (born 1966), film/TV actor (Heroes){{cite web |title=A Jewish Chameleon |url=http://www.jvibe.com/popculture/jewish_chameleon.shtml |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012170103/http://jvibe.com/popculture/jewish_chameleon.shtml |archive-date=October 12, 2007}}
Annabelle Gurwitch (born 1961), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/29275/edition_id/553/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Author mines getting canned for all it's worth | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-05-19 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Jessica Hecht (born 1965), film/stage actress{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/features/article/100638.html |author=Jerry Tallmer |title=Scenes from a Marriage |publisher=Playbill |date=June 30, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430075547/http://www.playbill.com/features/article/100638.html |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}
Beth Hirsch (born 1967), singer-songwriter{{cite mailing list |url=https://www.zedek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/August-2019-Shofar.pdf |title=SHOFAR newsletter - August 2019 edition |mailing-list=Congregation Schaarai Zedek |date=August 2019 |last=Congregation Schaarai Zedek |first= |author-link=}}{{cite web |title=Gail Hirsch - Obituary |url=https://www.segalfuneralhome.com/obituaries/gail-hirsch#:~:text=Was%20very%20proud%20of%20Beth%2C%20and%20her%20musical%20talent. |website=segalfuneralhome.com |publisher=Segal Funeral Home |access-date=12 September 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Clear |first1=Marty |title=Civic Activist, Honored Father |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2008/11/14/civic-activist-honored-father/ |website=tampabay.com |publisher=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=12 September 2023}}
Monica Horan (born 1963), TV actress (Everybody Loves Raymond){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23306/edition_id/464/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Everybody loves Rosenthal | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-08-20 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Helen Hunt (born 1963), actress
Sean Kanan (born Sean Perelman, 1966), soap opera actor (General Hospital){{cite web |title=Sean Kanan: The bold and the principled |url=http://lifestylesmagazine.com/Lifestyle_10-2004_005.html |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827144833/http://www.lifestylesmagazine.com/Lifestyle_10-2004_005.html |archive-date=August 27, 2006}}
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{{cite web|last=Aushenker |first=Michael |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=6257 |title=Loving "Life" 's Lessons |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=December 14, 2000 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Marc Kudisch (born 1966), stage actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26070/edition_id/504/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-06-03 |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313024546/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26070/edition_id/504/format/html/displaystory.html |archive-date=March 13, 2006 }}
Lisa Kudrow (born 1963), actress (Friends)[http://www.usaweekend.com/00_issues/001008/001008kudrow.html] {{dead link|date=January 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}
Juliet Landau (born 1965), actress (Ed Wood), daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=6701 |title=Family Affair |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=April 5, 2001 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
John Lehr (born 1967), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less){{cite journal|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title =Celebrity Jews| journal =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =November 24, 2006|url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30962/format/html/displaystory.html| access-date =November 22, 2006}}
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Lee Morrow, 1962), Hollywood film actress (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961), actress (Seinfeld){{cite web |last=Sholem |first=Alex |url=http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/world/?content_id=4229 |title=News |publisher=TotallyJewish.com |date=August 31, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315171927/http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/world/?content_id=4229 |archive-date=March 15, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Joshua Malina (born 1966), film and stage actor{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/joshua.html |author=Curt Schleier |title=The Book of Joshua |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |date=September–October 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721153426/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/falltv/joshua.html |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Camryn Manheim (born 1961), actress (The Practice){{cite web |url=http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/052506/mwCamrynManheim.html |author=Ron Kaplan |title=Camryn Manheim's inspiring journey from 'The Practice' to the podium |publisher=NJ Jewish News |date=May 25, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615064247/http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/052506/mwCamrynManheim.html |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
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){{cite web |title=Julianna Margulies: The Well Rounded Interview |url=http://www.well-rounded.com/movies/reviews/margulies_intv.html |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080126234312/http://www.well-rounded.com/movies/reviews/margulies_intv.html |archive-date=January 26, 2008}}
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){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28192/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Jewish roots helped JCF speaker Marlee Matlin find her voice in film, TV | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-01-27 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Debra Messing (born 1968), actress (Will & Grace){{cite web |url=http://www.acmecelebs.com/debra_messing/interview.htm |title=Acme Celebs |publisher=Acme Celebs |access-date=2011-05-25 |archive-date=November 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122023050/http://www.acmecelebs.com/debra_messing/interview.htm |url-status=dead }}
Dina Meyer (born 1968), film/TV actress (Saw films){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24342/edition_id/479/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-12-03 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Ari Meyers (born 1969), actress (Kate & Allie){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28624/edition_id/543/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-03-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Rob Morrow (born 1962), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs){{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=10384 |title=News |publisher=The Jewish Week |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618145812/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=10384 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Sarah Jessica Parker (born 1965), Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.com/broadway/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767916127 |title=Broadway Books – The Crown Publishing Group |publisher=Random House |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213080219/http://www.randomhouse.com/broadway/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780767916127 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27905/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-12-16 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Sean Penn (born 1960), film actor (Mystic River, Milk){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/21539/edition_id/438/format/html/displaystory.html |title=celebrity jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-02-17 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Jeremy Piven (born 1965), actor (Entourage){{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/cs/chasingliberty/a/chasjp122003.htm |author=Rebecca Murray |title=Chasing Liberty Movie – Jeremy Piven Interview |publisher=about.com |date=January 7, 2008 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920042826/http://movies.about.com/cs/chasingliberty/a/chasjp122003.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Rain Pryor (born 1969), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10949 |title=Black (and Jewish) Is Beautiful |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=August 28, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Ted Raimi (born 1965), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
David Bryan (Born 1962), born David Rashbaum, musician and songwriter|url=https://forward.com/israel/126673/five-questions-for-david-bryan/
Adam Rich (born 1968), child actor (Eight is Enough)
Paul Rudd (born 1969), actor and screenwriter{{cite web |url=http://www.bangitout.com/reviews50.html |author=Jordan Hiller |title=Movies that Bang! Hiller Movie Reviews: The Shape of Things (2003) |publisher=Bangitout.com |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620165101/http://www.bangitout.com/reviews50.html |archive-date=June 20, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |title=Paul, Dark and Handsome |url=http://fansites.hollywood.com/~paulrudd/print-frank.html |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402083542/http://fansites.hollywood.com/~paulrudd/print-frank.html |archive-date=April 2, 2007}}
Adam Sandler (born 1966), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician{{cite web|url=http://snltranscripts.jt.org/02/02fchanukah.phtml |title= Brittany Murphy: Adam Sandler's Chanukah Song III |publisher=SNL Transcripts|date=2002-11-16 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Rob Schneider (born 1963), actor, comedian, and screenwriter{{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=1490277 |title=A Conversation with Rob Schneider |publisher=InterfaithFamily.com |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124512/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297403&ct=1490277 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Bitty Schram (born 1968), Golden Globe-nominated actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23533/edition_id/467/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-09-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Liev Schreiber (born 1967), Tony Award-winning actor{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/lievfromny.html |title=Liev from New York |author=Victor Wishna |publisher=American Jewish Life Magazine |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707183437/http://www.atlantajewish.com/content/092005/lievfromny.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Scott Schwartz (born 1968), child actor (A Christmas Story and The Toy)
David Schwimmer (born 1966), Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends){{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/970905/tv.shtml |title=To be or not to be ... Jewish |author=Lynn Meredith Cohen |publisher=Detroit Jewish News |date=September–October 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207010016/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/970905/tv.shtml |archive-date=December 7, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Sam Seder (born 1966), actor, comedian, writer, producer, director{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/08/23/failure_is_an_option/?page=2 |title=Sam Seder has found his frequency on Air America|author=Mark Shanahan |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=August 23, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), Emmy-nominated actress{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3420185|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129022313/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3420185|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2007|title=The Jewish Mermaid|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Ally Sheedy (born 1962), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=121 |title=Matthew Broderick |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042833/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=121 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Jonathan Silverman (born 1966), film/TV actor{{cite web|last=Kustanowitz |first=Esther D. |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10831 |title=Comedic Timing |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 24, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Helen Slater (born 1963), film actress and singer-songwriter (title role in Supergirl){{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/699_jewish_showbiz_news.htm |author=Caroline Westbrook |title=Jewish Showbiz News |publisher=somethingjewish.co.uk |date=December 15, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328143907/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/699_jewish_showbiz_news.htm |url-status=dead }}
Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=8438 |title=News |publisher=The Jewish Week |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031008185419/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=8438 |archive-date=October 8, 2003 |df=mdy-all }}
Fisher Stevens (born Stephen Fisher, 1963), actor (Succession)
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show{{cite news| url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/oscars2006/story/0,,1718916,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=The Oscar for best satirist goes to ...|first=Paul|last=Harris|date=February 26, 2006|access-date=May 8, 2010}}
Ben Stiller (born 1965), Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, and film director{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/991119/stiller.shtml |author=Debra Wallace |title=Stiller 'softy' in real life |publisher=Jewishaz.com |date=November 19, 1999 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211124151/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/991119/stiller.shtml |archive-date=December 11, 2008 }}
Lars Ulrich (born 1963), Danish-born Metallica drummer{{cite web |url=http://www.torbenulrich.com/music/So%20What%20conversation.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.torbenulrich.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014041225/http://www.torbenulrich.com/music/So%20What%20conversation.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}
Michael Vartan (born 1968), French-born film/TV actor (Monster-in-Law){{cite web |title=Newsmakers: May 23 issue |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7856813/site/newsweek/ |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526232429/http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7856813/site/newsweek/ |archive-date=May 26, 2005}}
Steven Weber (born 1961), film/TV actor (Wings){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?SubSectionID=2&now=2/15/02&ID=189 |title=Jewish Laughs |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231021/http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?SubSectionID=2&now=2/15/02&ID=189 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}
Scott Wolf (born 1968), actor (Party of Five){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24410/edition_id/480/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-12-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Ian Ziering (born 1964), actor (Beverly Hills 90210){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/print.php?id=10849 |title=Ziering Dominates With Blonde Ambition |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 31, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}

=1950s=

Caroline Aaron (born 1957), actress and producer{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14701 |title='Call Waiting' Rings Emotional Bell |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=September 29, 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Jason Alexander (born Jay Greenspan, 1959), actor, comedian, writer, director{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/the-ghost-of-george-costanza/2006/12/13/1165685726718.html|author=Daniel Ziffer |title=The ghost of George Costanza |publisher=The Age |date=December 13, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |location=Melbourne}}
Adam Arkin (born 1956), film, TV, and stage actor{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=86 |title=Adam Arkin |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042840/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=86 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Rosanna Arquette (born 1959), actress, film director, and film producer{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=91 |title=Rosanna Arquette |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042850/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=91 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Ellen Barkin (born 1954), actress
Roseanne Barr (born 1952), actress, comedian, writer and television producer{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}
Robin Beck (born 1954), singer-songwriter, record producer{{cite interview |last=Beck |first=Robin |interviewer=Brian Rademacher |url=http://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-robin-beck.html |title=Interview with Robin Beck |publisher=Rock Eyez |date=January 2009 |quote=My family is Jewish and James [Christian, her husband] is Italian and now we are both Christians.}}
Robby Benson (born Robin David Segal, 1956), actor, former teen idol{{cite web|last=Gordon |first=Buzzy |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=10777 |title=Pulling Up Stakes |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=July 3, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Mike Binder (born 1958), screenwriter, film director, and actor{{cite web|last=Ogle |first=Sally |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7391 |title=Television Jews: How Jewish Is Too Jewish? |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=September 6, 2001 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Kate Capshaw (born 1953), actress (Indiana Jones){{cite book| last =Pogrebin| first =Abigail| title =Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish| publisher =Bantam Dell Pub Group| date =October 2005| isbn =0-7679-1612-3| url =https://archive.org/details/starsofdavidprom00pogr}}
Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958), Golden Globe-winning film actress, writer of books for children{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/skippingchristmas/a/kranksjc111904_3.htm |author=Rebecca Murray |title=Jamie Lee Curtis Interview – Christmas with the Kranks Movie |publisher=about.com |date=June 17, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607052550/http://movies.about.com/od/skippingchristmas/a/kranksjc111904_3.htm |url-status=dead }}
Fran Drescher (born 1957), actor, producer, writer, comedian[Wikipedia BiographyFran Drescher]
Danny Elfman (born 1953), musician, composerDanny Elfman
Wayne Federman (born 1959), comedian, actor, author (Maravich){{cite web |title=Jewish Journal |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020605041822/http://jewishjournal.com/ |archive-date=June 5, 2002 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Tovah Feldshuh (born 1952), actress, singer, and playwright{{cite web |title=Tovah Feldshuh |url=http://www.jwmag.org/articles/09Winter03/p46.asp |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101003148/http://www.jwmag.org/articles/09Winter03/p46.asp |archive-date=January 1, 2007}}
Harvey Fierstein (born 1954), actor, author, and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24198/edition_id/477/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Harvey Fierstein to play Teyve on Broadway | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-11-19 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Deb Filler (born 1954), actress, comic, singer and writer{{Cite web|url=https://www.fillerup.ca/|title=Deb Filler: Actor, Writer, Character Artist, Teacher|website=DEB FILLER}}
Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), film actress, novelist (Star Wars){{cite web|last=Wills |first=Adam |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14143 |title='Star Wars' for Jews |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=May 26, 2005 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Al Franken (born 1951), comedian, actor, author, radio host, and U.S. Senator{{cite web |title=Comedian or politician? "It's complicated" with Al Franken |url=http://www.themacweekly.com/articles/20061013/10778 |access-date=22 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017234504/http://www.themacweekly.com/articles/20061013/10778 |archive-date=October 17, 2006}}
Jeff Goldblum (born 1952), film actor{{cite news |author=Stephen Applebaum |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21630257-5005368,00.html |title=Goldblum's spiritual journey |publisher=Perth Now |date=April 26, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=June 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629034700/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21630257-5005368,00.html |url-status=dead }}
Steve Guttenberg (born 1958), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27639/edition_id/528/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-11-18 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Mary Hart (born 1950), actress and TV personality (Entertainment Tonight){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22272/edition_id/449/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-04-30 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Amy Irving (born 1953), actress{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=110 |title=Amy Irving |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042900/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=110 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Toni Kalem (born 1956), film/TV actress, screenwriter, and director{{cite web |url=http://bipolar.about.com/cs/inspiration/a/toni_kalem_andy.htm |author=Andy Behrman |title=Toni Kalem – Director of "A Slipping-Down Life" – interviewed by "Electroboy" Andy Behrman |publisher=about.com |date=August 4, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074949/http://bipolar.about.com/cs/inspiration/a/toni_kalem_andy.htm |url-status=dead }}
Carol Kane (born 1952), actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32238/edition_id/600/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2007-04-20 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Julie Kavner (born 1950), film/TV actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/judyberlin.2.25.0.htm |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=dead |title=Director Eric Mendelsohn's talks about his film 'Judy Berlin' and working with Madeline Kahn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110527/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/judyberlin.2.25.0.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}
Richard Kind (born 1956), actor{{cite web |url=http://jufnews.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=71 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070804193759/http://jufnews.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=71 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2007 |title=Richard Kind |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 }}
John Landis (born 1950), actor, director, writer, and producer{{cite web|url=http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/vsda2000/dvdandfilmmaker.html |title=VSDA Panel: DVD and the Filmmaker (transcript) |publisher=The Digital Bits |date=July 16, 2000 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714101028/http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/vsda2000/dvdandfilmmaker.html |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}
Carol Leifer (born 1956), comedian and actress{{cite web |title=What's a Jew to Do on Christmas? |url=http://www.jwmag.org/articles/05Winter02/p04.asp |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005225330/http://www.jwmag.org/articles/05Winter02/p04.asp |archive-date=October 5, 2006}}
Joan Lunden (born Joan Blunden, 1950), broadcaster (Good Morning America){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24683/edition_id/484/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-01-14 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Melanie Mayron (born 1952), actress and director (Thirtysomething){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9069 |title='Slap' Happy |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=August 22, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Larry Miller (born 1953), stand-up comedian, actor{{cite web|last=Miller |first=Larry |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16993 |title=I'm… dreaming… of a white… Chri—ummm, holidays |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=December 21, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Don Most (born 1953), actor (Happy Days){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24830/edition_id/486/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-01-28 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
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{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9960 |title=Live From Hillel—It's Laraine! |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 23, 2003 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Ken Olin (born 1954), actor, director and producer{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643/ |author=Michael Elkin |title=Jewish Jingle Belles? |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=December 21, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=March 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311183654/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643/ |url-status=dead }}
Mandy Patinkin (born 1952), actor of stage and screen, and singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs{{cite web |title=Mandy Patinkin's Jewish Connections Go Well Beyond 'Mamaloshen' |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/mandypatinkin.4.14.0.htm |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010631/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/mandypatinkin.4.14.0.htm |archive-date=April 30, 2008}}
Lorna Patterson (born 1956), film, stage and TV actress{{cite web |title=The Long Way Home |url=http://giving.uj.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=350&u=1866 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430072353/http://giving.uj.edu/Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=350&u=1866 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Scott Patterson (born 1958), actor (Gilmore Girls){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=51 |title=Scott Patterson |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329043115/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=51 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
David Paymer (born 1954), character actor{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=6275 |title=Paymer's "State" |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=December 21, 2000 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Ron Perlman (born 1950), film/TV actor (Hellboy){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22022/edition_id/445/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-04-02 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Kevin Pollak (born 1957), actor, impressionist, and comedian{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26268/edition_id/507/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Stand-up guy plays for the home crowd | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-06-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Paul Reiser (born 1957), actor, author, and stand-up comedian (Mad About You){{cite web |title=Mad About Paul Reiser - San Diego Jewish Journal |url=http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/oct05_1.html |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430041907/http://www.sdjewishjournal.com/stories/oct05_1.html |archive-date=April 30, 2008}}
Paul Reubens (born Paul Rubenfeld, 1952–2023), aka Peewee Herman
Alan Rosenberg (born 1950), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/print.php?id=8685 |title='Letters' From the Heart |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=June 6, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
David Lee Roth (born 1954), singer/musician
Katey Sagal (born 1954), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22205/edition_id/448/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-04-23 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Bob Saget (1956–2022), actor, stand-up comedian, and game show host{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=87 |title=Bob Saget |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042918/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=87 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Richard Schiff (born 1955), actor (The West Wing){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/1493/edition_id/16/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2003-12-12 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/13068/ |author=Michael Elkin |title=Ocean's 100 |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=May 24, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430183749/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/13068/ |url-status=dead }}
Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), TV/movie actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15134 |title=Obituaries|publisher=Jewish Journal |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/27504/edition_id/526/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-11-04 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Robert Trebor (born Robert Schenkman, 1953), actor (Hercules, Xena){{cite web|url=http://www.whoosh.org/issue14/itreb1a.html|author=Bret Ryan Rudnick |title=An Interview With Robert Trebor |publisher=Whoosh.org |date=September 12, 1997 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Debra Winger (born 1955), actress{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8212 |title='Big Bad' Debra |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=March 7, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Leslie Hoffman (born 1955), actress-stuntwoman
Mare Winningham (born 1959), film/TV actress{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=12462 |title=Journey to Judaism | Hollywood Jew |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=June 24, 2004 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
David Wohl (born 1953), actor

=1940s=

Bob Balaban (born 1945), actor and director{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23656/edition_id/469/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Hooked on 'Addicted' | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-09-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Richard Belzer (1944–2023), stand-up comedian, writer, and actor
Daniel Benzali (born 1946), actor, singer
Raye Birk (born 1943), actor
Lewis Black (born 1948), stand-up comedian and actor
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein, 1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor{{cite web |author=Wendy R. Williams |url=http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2006/February/interview_1.html |title=Interview – Albert Brooks |publisher=New York Cool |date=January 10, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101207003652/http://newyorkcool.com/archives/2006/February/interview_1.html |archive-date=December 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
James Caan (1940–2022), film, stage, and TV actor (The Godfather){{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/591/james-caan-idol-chatter.html |publisher=Premiere.com |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430015750/http://www.premiere.com/features/591/james-caan-idol-chatter.html |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |df=mdy-all |title=Premiere - James Caan - Idol Chatter }}
Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/19693/edition_id/400/format/html/displaystory.html |title='Pop-soul belter' Nell Carter, 54, devoted convert to Judaism, dies | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2003-01-31 |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208235802/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/19693/edition_id/400/format/html/displaystory.html |archive-date=February 8, 2009 }}
Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon, 1941–), actor and author{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/7741/edition_id/147/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Peter Coyote - 'an outsider with a Jewish sense of humor' | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=1998-01-09 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1001/larry.david.asp |author=Catherine Seipp |title=This Larry David Show Is About Something – "Larry David" |publisher=The Forward |date=October 24, 2001 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Richard Dreyfuss (born 1947), actor (The Goodbye Girl){{cite web |title=Slain journalist's father brings message of peace |url=http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1359691.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228063946/http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1359691.php |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 1941), singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet, also appeared in several films{{cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0901/p11s03-almp.html|author=Jim Sullivan |title=Dylan: changin' with the times |publisher=The Christian Science Monitor|date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Bob Einstein (1942–2019), writer and comedian known as Super Dave
Richard Elfman (born 1949), film director, writer, and actorElfman, Richard and Bright, Matthew. Forbidden Zone DVD, Fantoma, 2004, audio commentary. ASIN: B0002LE9QS
Donald Fagen (born 1948), musician, singer-songwriter, cultural critic, author, columnist, writer, and co-founder of the famous jazz-rock duo Steely DanDonald Fagen
Peter Friedman (born 1949), actor (Succession)
Harrison Ford (born 1942), actor
Bonnie Franklin (1944–2013), actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24975/edition_id/488/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-02-11 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Art Garfunkel (born 1941), singer-songwriter
Paul Michael Glaser (born 1943), actor (Starsky & Hutch){{cite web |url=http://www.paulmichaelglaser.org/pmg_jtn.html |author=Saul Turtletaub |title=Paul Michael Glaser-"Our ability to love is our truest power, our greatest power as human beings" |publisher=Paulmichaelglaser.org |year=1998 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=September 26, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040926142643/http://www.paulmichaelglaser.org/pmg_jtn.html |url-status=dead }}
Scott Glenn (born 1941), actor{{cite news|last=Archerd |first=Army |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117861884.html?categoryid=2&cs=1 |title=Friedkin wraps difficult 'Hunted' shoot|publisher=Variety |date=March 5, 2002 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Christopher Guest (born 1948), comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Steven |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799 |title=Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest! |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=November 16, 2006 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |archive-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429184913/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28212/edition_id/537/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-01-27 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Goldie Hawn (born 1945), film actress, director, and producer{{cite web|author= Deborah Caldwell |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/172/story_17266_1.html |title=Goldie Hawn interview |publisher=Beliefnet |date=November 21, 1945 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}
Dan Hedaya (born 1940), character actor{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=57 |title=Dan Hedaya |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042927/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=57 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/kahn.html |title=Jewish Women in Comedy – Madeline Kahn |publisher=JWA |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808024313/http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/kahn.html |archive-date=August 8, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Gabe Kaplan (born 1945), actor, comedian, and professional poker player{{cite web |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/070501/comedy4.html |author=Mark Slutsky |title=Welcome Back, Kaplan |publisher=Montreal Mirror |date=July 5, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926022744/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/070501/comedy4.html |archive-date=September 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}
Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian; devout Jewish parents{{cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/kaufmanhicks.html |author=Jesse Jarnow |title=Andy Kaufman/Bill Hicks/Elvis Presley |publisher=Furious.com |date=January 2003 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101216034146/http://furious.com/perfect/kaufmanhicks.html |archive-date=December 16, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Judy Kaye (born 1948), singer and actress{{cite web |title=Judy Kaye |url=http://www.jwmag.org/articles/15Summer05/p48.asp |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005224138/http://www.jwmag.org/articles/15Summer05/p48.asp |archive-date=October 5, 2006}}
Lainie Kazan (born Lanie Levine, 1940), actress and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28807/edition_id/546/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Lainie Kazan bringing cabaret classics to S.F. | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-03-31 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Robert Klein (born 1942), stand-up comedian and occasional actor{{cite web |title=A New Chapter for Robert Klein: Comedian Swaps Microphone For Word Processor |url=http://www.bnaibrith.org/pubs/pt/summer2006_robertklein.cfm |access-date=January 23, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026143754/http://www.bnaibrith.org/pubs/pt/summer2006_robertklein.cfm |archive-date=October 26, 2007}}
Kevin Kline (born 1947), stage and film actor
Richard Kline (born 1944), actor and TV director{{cite web|last=Aushenker |first=Michael |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8014 |title=In the 'Company' of Kline |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 17, 2002 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Sherry Lansing (born 1944), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/F-L/Lansing-Sherry-1944.html |title=Sherry Lansing 1944— Biography – The road to hollywood, Career before Paramount, Management style |publisher=Encyclopaedia of Business |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Vicki Lawrence (born 1949), actress, comedian, and singer.
Michael Lembeck (born 1948), actor and director
Richard Lewis (1947-2024), comedian and actor{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/040611/lewis.shtml |author=Jennifer Goldberg |title=Comedian Richard Lewis speaks his mind |publisher=Jewishaz.com |date=June 11, 2004 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071003/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/040611/lewis.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Judith Light (born 1949), actress (Who's the Boss?)
Peggy Lipton (1947-2019), TV actress and socialite (The Mod Squad){{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 |title=So many authors, so little time |publisher=Jewish Journal |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010449/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 |url-status=dead }}
Stephen Macht (born 1942), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24553/edition_id/482/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-12-24 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Janet Margolin (1943-1993), actress
Richard Masur (born 1948), actor
Bette Midler (born 1945), singer, actress, and comedian{{cite web|last=Sandler |first=Ellen |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=6340 |title=Too Jewish? No Way! |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 11, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite web|last =Takiff| first =Jonathan| title='Tis the season...| publisher =Philadelphia Daily News| date =November 21, 2006|url =http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm| access-date =November 21, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061201044704/http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/16064276.htm |archive-date = December 1, 2006}}
David Proval (born 1942), actor (The Sopranos){{cite web |last=Levy |first=Mike |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7455 |title=Mobster Makes Good |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=September 13, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010158/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7455 |url-status=dead }}
Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live){{cite web |url=http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/radner.html |author=Andrea Most |title=Jewish Women in Comedy – Gilda Radner |publisher=JWA |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070907180040/http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/radner.html |archive-date=September 7, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}
Harold Ramis (1944–2014), director, actor, writer, and producer
Lou Reed (1942–2013), musician, singer-songwriter
Rob Reiner (born 1947), actor, director, producer, writer{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5289328.stm |title= Rob Reiner attacks Gibson's films |work=BBC News |date=August 26, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Peter Riegert (born 1947), film/TV actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26064/edition_id/504/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Peter Reigert gives voice to 'bad Jews' in directorial debut | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-06-03 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Jill St. John (born 1940), actress{{cite news| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074765,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414133531/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074765,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 14, 2008 | magazine=Time | first=Frank | last=Trippett | title=Books: Success Story | date=June 21, 2005}}
Garry Shandling (1949–2016), comedian and actor{{cite web |title=What Planet is Garry Shandling From? |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/shandling.3.3.0.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023201325/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/shandling.3.3.0.htm |archive-date=October 23, 2007}}
Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer{{cite web|url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=64 |title=Wallace Shawn |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191810/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=64 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}
Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, and radio host{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=68 |title=Harry Shearer |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191944/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=68 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31034/edition_id/581/format/html/displaystory.html |title='Hi-diddly-ho, Marin!' Man of many voices Harry Shearer comes to JCC | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-12-01 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Paul Simon (born 1941), singer-songwriter
Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23855/edition_id/472/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-10-15 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Sylvester Stallone (born 1946), film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Rocky), maternally Jewish
Barbra Streisand (born 1942), two-time Academy Award-winning singer, actress, director, writer and producer{{cite encyclopedia |title=Motion Pictures |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Judaica |publisher=Keter Publishing House |date=1971–72 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/streisand.html|author=Liora Moriel |title=Barbra Streisand |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/TV actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development){{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/10937/ |author=Michael Elkin |title=Keeping Score |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=October 12, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=March 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313023206/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/10937 |url-status=dead }}
Jessica Walter (1941–2021), film/TV actress (Arrested Development){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/1551/edition_id/17/format/html/displaystory.html |title=celebrity jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2003-12-18 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949), American-born English actress{{Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_4_29/ai_54349261|title=Zoe Wanamaker - British stage actor - Interview Interview - Find Articles|date=June 29, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629105824/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_4_29/ai_54349261|archive-date=June 29, 2007}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/29413/edition_id/555/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-06-02 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film, and TV actress{{cite web |title=Leslie Ann Warren: 'I'm Jewish' |url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/03042006/364/leslie-ann-warren-m-jewish.html |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105235349/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/03042006/364/leslie-ann-warren-m-jewish.html |archive-date=January 5, 2007}}
Victor Raider-Wexler (born 1943), actor
Anson Williams (born Anson William Heimlick, 1949), actor (Happy Days)
Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer, and author (Happy Days)

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Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, 1935), film director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Woody_Allen.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060113014145/http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Woody_Allen.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 13, 2006 |title=The religion of Woody Allen, director and actor |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Alan Arkin (1934–2023), film actor, director{{cite web|last=Sierchio |first=Pat |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=17205 |title=Alan Arkin—not just another kid From Brooklyn |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=February 15, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
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{{cite news|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0104/23/lkl.00.html |title= Dyan Cannon Discusses Her Faith|publisher=Larry King Live; CNN–Transcripts|date=April 23, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"{{cite web|url=http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/the_jewish_giant/ |title=The Jewish Giant: Radio Documentary by Sound Portraits |publisher=Soundportraits.org |date=October 6, 1999 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208230602/http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/the_jewish_giant/ |archive-date=December 8, 2010 }}
Roger C. Carmel (1932–1986), actor
Jerry Douglas (born Gerald Rubenstein, 1932–2021), TV actress (The Young and the Restless){{cite web |title=Mind Over Matter |url=http://soapoperadigest.com/features/yr/interviews/jerrydouglas06/ |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025061643/http://soapoperadigest.com/features/yr/interviews/jerrydouglas06/ |archive-date=October 25, 2007}}
Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor
Elliott Gould (born Elliot Goldstein, 1938), film/TV actor{{cite web|last=Tugend |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15383 |title=Elliott Gould Thrives as Work in Progress |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=February 9, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Andre Gregory (born 1934), actor-writer-director, known for My Dinner with Andre
Charles Grodin (1935–2021), actor and cable talk show host{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24276/edition_id/478/format/html/displaystory.html |title=The heartfelt kid | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-11-26 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
Dustin Hoffman (born 1937), two-time-Oscar-winning actor{{cite web |url=http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2069_hoffman_s_jewish_ret.htm |author=Ben Simons |title=Hoffman's Jewish return |publisher=somethingjewish.co.uk |date=November 17, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430001844/http://www.somethingjewish.co.uk/articles/2069_hoffman_s_jewish_ret.htm |url-status=dead }}
Tony Jay (1933–2006), English/American actor{{cite news |title=Tony Jay—Obituary |page=26 |publisher=The Jewish Chronicle |date=December 22, 2006 }}
Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor{{Cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_5_29/ai_54546003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825072958/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_5_29/ai_54546003|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-08-25|title=Interview: To-hell-and-back Harvey - interview with actor Harvey Keitel - Interview|date=August 25, 2004}}
Larry King (1933–2021), television host
Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher, and director (appeared in original Star Trek){{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=141 |title=Joseph Gordon-Levitt |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042935/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=141 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Yaphet Kotto (1939–2021), African-American actor; son of Cameroonian Crown Prince (role in Alien){{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/8426/edition_id/160/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Organization for black Jews claims 200,000 in U.S. | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=1998-04-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, 1936–1991), actor, producer, and director{{cite web|last=Aushenker |first=Michael |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7984 |title=Ponderosa Past|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 17, 2002 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/TV actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman){{cite web |last=Filichia |first=Peter |url=http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9289 |title=Jeez, Louise: Louise Lasser recalls her Broadway days with Don Ameche, Arthur Laurents, and Barbra Streisand |publisher=Theater Mania |date=October 24, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626112754/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9289 |archive-date=June 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}Lasser — [http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9289] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626112754/http://www.theatermania.com/content/news.cfm/story/9289|date=June 26, 2008}} "there are all these Jewish mannerisms that really aren't in my vocabulary, even though I am Jewish."
Piper Laurie (born Rosetta Jacobs, 1932–2023), actress{{cite web |title=Piper Laurie |url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article7.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021000935/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/Land/5828/article7.html |archive-date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Linda Lavin (1937-2024), stage, film, and TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26772/edition_id/515/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Lavin every minute of it | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-08-26 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Steve Lawrence (born Sidney Liebowitz, 1935–2024), singer and actor (The Carol Burnett Show)
Shari Lewis (born Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz, 1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's TV show host{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/980807/lewis.shtml |author=Julia Strongwater |title=Puppeteer Shari Lewis maintained Jewish ties |publisher=Jewishaz.com |date=January 17, 1934 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071134/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/980807/lewis.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Hal Linden (born Harold Lipshitz, 1931), actor and TV director (Barney Miller){{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7875 |title=Barney Miller and Big Band | Community |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=December 13, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film/TV actress{{cite web|url=http://www.gilligansisle.com/intertina.html |title=Tina Louise Interview |publisher=Gilligansisle.com |date=February 11, 1934 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Mark Margolis (1939-2023), actor{{cite news|url=http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/160325/mark-margolis-on-how-to-win-an-emmy/|date=August 2, 2012|title=Mark Margolis on How To Win an Emmy|first=Curt|last=Schleier|work=The Jewish Daily Forward|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=February 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217155913/http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/160325/mark-margolis-on-how-to-win-an-emmy/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Garai-Ebner |first=Ella |title=Breaking Bad star Mark Margolis hospitalised after on-set fall |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/breaking-bad-star-mark-margolis-hospitalised-after-on-set-fall-1.441278 |date=July 11, 2017 |work=The Jewish Chronicle |access-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407112447/https://www.thejc.com/news/world/breaking-bad-star-mark-margolis-hospitalised-after-on-set-fall-1.441278 |url-status=live }}
Linda Marsh (born 1939), actress
Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza, 1928–2021), stand-up comedian/actor{{cite web |title=Jews for Jesus apologises to Jackie Mason |url=http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=2220 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025061619/http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=2220 |archive-date=October 25, 2007}}Mason — {{cite web|url=http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2006/08/082806rh_emmys.php |title=Ray Hanania Online -- Emmys Show Has Entertaining Moments and Little Known Facts |access-date=2006-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061118193407/http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2006/08/082806rh_emmys.php |archive-date=November 18, 2006 }} "Jewish comedian Jackie Mason"
Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), film director and actor{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/movies/31farb.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin | work=The New York Times | first=Stephen | last=Farber | title=A Night in Hollywood, a Day in Ukraine | date=December 31, 2006}}
Art Metrano (1936–2021), actor
Shelley Morrison (1936-2019) American actress to Jewish-Sephardic parents.{{cite news |first=Patricia |last=Sheridan |title=Shelley Morrison |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/04236/365984-129.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 23, 2004 |access-date=2008-12-28 |archive-date=December 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202141737/http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/04236/365984-129.stm |url-status=dead }}
Barry Newman (1938–2023), actor{{cite web |title=Alex Miller: Putting the "Fun" into Fundraising |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/endpaper.4.7.0.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000410/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/endpaper.4.7.0.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}
Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor; played Spock on Star Trek{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pn/Leonard_Nimoy.html |title=The religion of Leonard Nimoy, actor |publisher=Adherents.com |date=October 1, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222012322/http://www.adherents.com/people/pn/Leonard_Nimoy.html |url-status=usurped }}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/15986/edition_id/312/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Laughter balm of life for 'Choices' speaker Joan Rivers | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2001-04-27 |access-date=2011-05-25}}Rivers — {{cite web |url=http://www.pr-inside.com/rivers-gibson-should-die-r22157.htm |title=News Rivers: 'ibson Should Die' |access-date=2006-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007225558/http://www.pr-inside.com/rivers-gibson-should-die-r22157.htm |archive-date=October 7, 2007 |df=mdy-all }} "Jewish comedienne Joan Rivers has launched a scathing attack on Mel Gibson"
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{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pt/Elizabeth_Taylor.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051119144057/http://www.adherents.com/people/pt/Elizabeth_Taylor.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 19, 2005 |title=The religion of Elizabeth Taylor, actress |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amuseum.org/jahf/nomination/elvis_article.html|title= Elvis Presley |publisher=Jewish-American Hall of Fame |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/15/lkl.00.html |title=Larry King Live: Elizabeth Taylor Discusses Her Life and Career |publisher=CNN Transcript |date=January 15, 2001 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=November 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121092358/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/15/lkl.00.html |url-status=dead }}
Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman, 1933–2016), actor and comedian[http://www.ctnow.com/custom/nmm/fairfieldweekly/hce-fcw-1116-ff47-fe-gene-wilder47.artnov16,0,6645337.story] {{dead link|date=January 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}

=1920s=

Marty Allen (1922–2018), stand-up comedian and actor
Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick, 1927-2023), singer and actor{{cite web|last=Tugend |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=13889 |title=Zionist Organization Sings Way to L.A. |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=March 31, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel, 1922–2009), actress{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/bea.html|author= Kirsten Fermaglich|title=Bea Arthur |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Ed Asner (1929–2021), actor{{cite web|last=Zager |first=Norma |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14437 |title=Outspoken Asner's Activism Is No Act|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=August 4, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske, 1924–2014), film and stage actress{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lauren_Bacall.html |title=The religion of Lauren Bacall, actress |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111170254/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lauren_Bacall.html |url-status=usurped }}
Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter{{cite book|last =Dixon| first =Wheeler Winston| title =Visions of Paradise: Images of Eden in the Cinema| publisher =Rutgers University Press| year =2006| isbn =0-8135-3798-3| page=87}}
Harry Belafonte (1927–2023), singer, actor, and activist{{cite web|title=Harry Belafonte, grandson of Dutch Sephardic Jew, dies at age 96|url=https://www.jns.org/harry-belafonte-grandson-of-dutch-sephardic-jew-dies-at-age-96|date=April 26, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}}
Shelley Berman (1926–2017), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor{{cite web|last=Tsing |first=Sandra |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=15528 |title=Inside Shelley Berman, Again |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=March 9, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway, and TV actor{{cite book|last =Blackwell| first =Earl| title =Celebrity Register| year =1973}}
Theodore Bikel (1924–2015), character actor, folk singer, and musician{{cite web|url=http://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/artists.taf?artistid%3D140 |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041111231144/http://www.milkenarchive.org/artists/artists.taf?artistid=140 |archive-date=November 11, 2004}}
Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor{{cite news |title='Frogs' They Would A-Swimming Go |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-frogs.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |work=The New York Times |date=May 19, 1974 |author1=Paul Gardner |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Tom Bosley (1927–2010), film/TV actor (Happy Days){{cite web|author= Tom Bosley |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11075 |title=A 'Golden Pond' of Memories |publisher=The Jewish Exponent |date=October 26, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky, 1926), director, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian{{cite web|url=http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=538 |title=Mel Brooks take his musical "The Producers" to Germany |publisher=All About Jewish Theatre |date=August 19, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519161008/http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=538 |archive-date=May 19, 2011 }}
Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Schneider, 1925–1966), stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/12/03/those_words/|author=James Parker |title=Those words... |publisher=The Boston Globe |date=December 3, 2006 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19551 |author=Ryan Rotten |title=Rose McGowan Talks Black Oasis |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=March 26, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=March 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070330035950/https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19551 |url-status=dead }}
Sid Caesar (1922–2014), comic actor and writer{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/001208/sid.shtml |author=Eddie Friedfeld |title=Sid Caesar legacy |publisher=Jewishaz.com |date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071139/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/001208/sid.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman, 1926–2022), French-born actor, published author, and lecturer{{cite web |url=http://www.robertclary.com/book.html |title=Robert Clary |publisher=Robert Clary |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=October 23, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011023015003/http://www.robertclary.com/book.html |url-status=dead }}
Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz, 1925–2010), film actor{{cite web |title=Cinematheque honors "best-looking Jewish kid in the world" |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/tonycurtis.3.24.0.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013131706/http://jewishjournal.com/old/tonycurtis.3.24.0.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2007}}
Bill Dana (1924–2017), comedian, actor, and screenwriter
Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Cohen, 1921–2004), comedian and actor{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article27256.ece |author=Dick Vosburgh |title=Rodney Dangerfield; Comedian who got 'no respect' |work=The Independent |date=October 7, 2004 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029164039/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article27256.ece |archive-date=October 29, 2007}}
Sammy Davis Jr. (1925–1990) (converted to Judaism), entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"{{Cite web|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_33/ai_108050832|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212034645/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_9_33/ai_108050832|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-02-12|title=Interview: Sammy Davis, Jr.: onstage he was as audacious as they come; living that way proved more complex. A new book takes a look at the contradictions that drove this consummate performer—here's a sneak peek - Legend—Behind The Scenes - Excerpt|date=February 12, 2005}}
Peter Falk (1927–2011), actor{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=55 |title=Peter Falk |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042939/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?ID=55 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor{{cite web|last=Levy |first=Mike |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8080 |title=He's Always Been Fyvush |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 31, 2002 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
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{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-07-01-hackett-obit_x.htm |title=Buddy Hackett, veteran funnyman dead at 78 |date=July 1, 2003 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Monty Hall (born Monte Halperin, 1921–2017), Canadian-born actor, singer, and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal){{cite web |title=Let's Make a Difference: Monty Hall's rewarding life in TV and philanthropy |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/montyhall.2.4.0.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122726/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/montyhall.2.4.0.htm |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/981002/lunch.shtml |author=Beverly Gray |title=Let's do (kosher) lunch |publisher=Jewishaz.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304071143/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/981002/lunch.shtml |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, 1921–1965), actress, singer{{cite web |url=http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/holliday.html |title=Jewish Women in Comedy – Judy Holliday |publisher=JWA |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814023231/http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/holliday.html |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12869 |title=News |publisher=The Jewish Week |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615051641/http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12869 |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Werner Klemperer (1920–2000), comedic actor{{cite web |title=Werner Klemperer, 1920-2000 |url=http://obits.com/klempererwj.html |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017210030/http://www.obits.com/klempererwj.html |archive-date=October 17, 2006}}
Jack Klugman (1922–2012), actor
Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=469 |last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=It's a Happy New Year For.. Mike Nichols, Itzhak Perlman, Tony Kushner, Harvey Korman |publisher=All About Jewish Theatre |date=December 26, 2003 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217210101/http://jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=469 |archive-date=December 17, 2010 }}
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999), filmmaker, photographer
Harvey Lembeck (1923–1982), comedic 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{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31092/edition_id/582/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-12-08 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Ross Martin (born Martin Rosenblatt, 1920–1981), Polish-born (Jewish family) film/TV actor (Wild Wild West)
Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/14075/edition_id/272/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Actor Walter Matthau turned grouchiness into art form | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2000-07-14 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Anne Meara (1929–2015), comedian and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller, converted to Judaism{{cite news|url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |title=Chamakh wins soft penalty on hard night for the Gunners |work=The Independent |date=September 29, 2010 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |location=London |first=Glenn |last=Moore |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108222337/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |archive-date=January 8, 2007 }}{{cite news|last=O'Toole |first=Lesley |title=Ben Stiller: 'Doing comedy is scary' |work=The Independent |date=December 22, 2006 |url=http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |access-date=December 22, 2006 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108222337/http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2092609.ece |archive-date=January 8, 2007 }}
Dick Miller, (1928–2019), character actor
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer, and model, converted to Judaism.
Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/personnel/morrow_BIO.html |title=About Vic Morrow |publisher=Jodavidsmeyer.com |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=119 |title=Jennifer Jason Leigh |publisher=JUF |date=December 3, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042944/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=119 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22651/edition_id/454/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-06-04 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Carl Reiner (1922–2020), actor, film director, producer, writer, and comedian{{cite web |title=Time for some Jewish humour |url=http://www.cjnews.com/pastIssues/01/feb15-01/features/feature3.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051202050709/http://www.cjnews.com/pastissues/01/feb15-01/features/feature3.htm |archive-date=December 2, 2005}}
Regina Resnik (1922–2013), opera singer and actress{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/24403/edition_id/480/format/html/displaystory.html |title=From opera star at 20 to impresario at 82 | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2004-12-10 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Don Rickles (1926–2017), stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28679/edition_id/544/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Vintage comedy from Mason and Rickles | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2006-03-17 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Fred Sadoff (1926–1994), actor in South Pacific{{cite web|url=http://imdb.com/name/nm0755589/ |title=Fred Sadoff |publisher=IMDb |date=October 21, 1926 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Mort Sahl (1927–2021), stand-up comedian and actor
Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone){{cite web|last=Teicholz |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11611 |title=When Television Challenged America |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=January 8, 2004 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
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-songwriter{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=929006613 |title=Mel Torme: 1925–99 |publisher=Jazzhouse.org |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3303147|title=The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|access-date=December 17, 2010|archive-date=September 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004817/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ekLSK5MLIrG&b=297399&ct=3303147|url-status=dead}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/Shelley_Winters.html |title=The religion of Shelley Winters, actress |publisher=Adherents.com |date=August 20, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=January 17, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117072025/http://www.adherents.com/people/pw/Shelley_Winters.html |url-status=usurped }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28164/edition_id/536/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Acclaimed Jewish actress Shelley Winters dies at 85 | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |access-date=2011-05-25}}

=1910s=

Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/25930/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Celebrity Jews | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-05-20 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Martin Balsam (1919–1996), actor; won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
John Banner (1910–1973), Austrian/American actor (Hogan's Heroes){{cite web |title=Trivia |url=http://www.tv1.com.au/show.asp?id=38&content=trivia |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506073000/http://www.tv1.com.au/show.asp?id=38&content=trivia |archive-date=May 6, 2007}}
Carol Bruce (born Shirley Levy, 1919–2007), band singer, Broadway star, and film and television actress
Red Buttons (born Aaron Chwatt, 1919–2006), Academy Award-winning comedian and actor{{cite news|last =Fox| first =Michael| title =Borat nips Gibson as No. 1 anti-Semite in show biz| publisher =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =December 22, 2006|url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/31211/format/html/displaystory.html| access-date =December 22, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/10181/edition_id/194/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Stage-screen giant Red Buttons pressing all the rights ones at 80 | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=1998-12-11 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
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){{cite web|last=Tugend |first=Tom |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881875567&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=Lucky number 90 | Entertainment | Jerusalem Post |publisher=Fr.jpost.com |date=2006-12-12 |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713123853/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881875567&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |archive-date=July 13, 2011 }}
Elissa Minet Fuchs (born Elise Minette Levy; 1919–2023), ballerina{{Cite web|url=https://greensboro.com/a-final-dance-dancer-elissa-fuchs-may-end-her-65-year-career-this-weekend-starring/article_3de93a07-6793-5702-a072-64a246aff396.html|title=A Final Dance? Dancer Elissa Fuchs May End Her 65-Year Career This Weekend, Starring As Sleeping Beauty's Evil Nemesis|first=Cathy |last=Gant-Hill|date=March 23, 2000|website=Greensboro News and Record}}
John Garfield (born Jacob Garfinkle, 1913–1952), actor{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pg/John_Garfield.html |title=The religion of John Garfield, actor |publisher=Adherents.com |date=August 17, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=February 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060228230648/http://www.adherents.com/people/pg/John_Garfield.html |url-status=usurped }}
Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy, 1910–1990), Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pg/Paulette_Goddard.html |title=The religion of Paulette Goddard, actress |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=December 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203181457/http://www.adherents.com/people/pg/Paulette_Goddard.html |url-status=usurped }}
Kitty Carlisle Hart (born Catherine Conn, 1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts{{cite web|last=Teicholz |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14293 |title=Heart to Hart|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=June 30, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky, 1911–1987), film actor, singer and comedian{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/depts/urbanstudies/dorinson.html |title=Brooklyn Home |publisher=Long Island University |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=May 18, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040518022010/http://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/depts/urbanstudies/dorinson.html |url-status=dead }}
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{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/03/db0302.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317004415/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/03/db0302.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 17, 2007 |title=Marc Lawrence |publisher=The Telegraph |date=December 3, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |location=London }}
Zero Mostel (born Samuel Mostel, 1915–1977), stage and film actor{{cite web |title=The view from New York |url=http://www.jewishquarterly.org/article.asp?articleid=251 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209015508/http://www.jewishquarterly.org/article.asp?articleid=251 |archive-date=December 9, 2007}}
Jan Murray (born Murray Janofsky, 1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor{{cite web|last=Rosenfeld |first=Hank |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=8383 |title=Being Jan Murray |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=April 4, 2002 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German-born American two-time Academy Award-winning film actress{{cite web |url=http://www.movietreasures.com/Luise_Rainer/luise_rainer.html |title=Luise Rainer |publisher=Movietreasures.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=January 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116043954/http://www.movietreasures.com/Luise_Rainer/luise_rainer.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/editorial.php?id=451 |title=Luise Rainer: She Did It Her Way |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128123455/http://www.moviemaker.com/magazine/editorial.php?id=451 |archive-date=November 28, 2006 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Lillian Roth (born Lillian Rutstein, 1910–1980), singer and actress, performer on Broadway{{cite web |title=JACS: A Jewish Response to Alcoholism |url=http://www.jacsweb.org/Library/Literature/rothberg.html |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214083936/http://www.jacsweb.org/Library/Literature/rothberg.html |archive-date=December 14, 2006}}
Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore, 1916–1994), singer and actress{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/shoredinah/shoredinah.htm |title=Shore, Dinah |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications |author=Douglas Gomery |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216150443/http://museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/shoredinah/shoredinah.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |title=Dinah Shore: Keeping Company with Dinah |url=http://www.mrlucky.com/songbirds/html/jul99/c_dshore.html |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222063718/http://www.mrlucky.com/songbirds/html/jul99/c_dshore.html |archive-date=December 22, 2007}}
Sylvia Sidney (born Sophia Kosow, 1910–1999), film actress{{cite news |last=Malcom |first=Shawna |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/10/30/sylvia-sidney-refuses-retire/ |title=Tough-Love Sidney |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 30, 1998 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=April 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425221131/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285535,00.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=160248 |title=The Jewish Federations of North America |publisher=Ujc.org |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061130141415/http://www.ujc.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=160248 |archive-date=November 30, 2006 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/philsilversshowt_7775245.shtml |title=The Phil Silvers Show |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614053605/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/p/philsilversshowt_7775245.shtml |archive-date=June 14, 2007 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Harold J. Stone (born Harold Hochstein, 1913–2005), film/TV character actor[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051205/ai_n15902815] {{dead link|date=January 2017|fix-attempted=yes}}
Arnold Stang (1918–2009), American comic actor typically cast as a bespectacled but arrogant and loud-mouthed con artist[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/arts/television/22stang.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries Weber, Bruce. "Arnold Stang, Milquetoast Actor, Dies at 91,"] The New York Times, Tuesday 22 December 2009.
Mike Wallace (born Myron Wallace, 1918–2012), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s{{cite web|url=http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2006/0608057b.html |title=Arab-American Activism: Friday Banquet: Reel Arabs, Real Advances |author=Delinda C. Hanley |publisher=Washington Report on Middle East Affairs |date=November 11, 2005 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Eli Wallach (1915–2014), film, TV and stage actor{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/26895/edition_id/516/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Actor's memoir runs through A-list Hollywood | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2005-09-02 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1093205.stm |title= Wanamaker: Keeping it in the family |work=BBC News |date=December 30, 2000 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor

=1900s=

Stanley Adams (1907–1994), lyricist and songwriter
Stella Adler (1901–1992), actress and acting teacher{{cite web |url=http://www.fau.edu/library/bro85.htm |author=Seymour Brody |title=Jewish Heroes in America |publisher=Florida Atlantic University |year=1996 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605072446/http://www.fau.edu/library/bro85.htm |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor (Chico and the Man)
Leon Askin (born Leon Aschkenasy, 1907–2005), Austrian American actor{{cite web |url=http://www.humer-film.com/FILME/ASKIN/index.htm |title=Leon Askin |publisher=Humer-film.com |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231322/http://www.humer-film.com/FILME/ASKIN/index.htm |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, 1908–2002), comedian and actor; pioneered vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms{{cite news|last =Pfefferman| first =Naomi| title =Entertainment icons Milton Berle and Billy Wilder die| publisher =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California| date =April 5, 2002|url =http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/18016/edition_id/359/format/html/displaystory.html| access-date =November 26, 2006}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/18016/edition_id/359/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Entertainment icons Milton Berle and Billy Wilder die | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California |publisher=Jewishsf.com |date=2002-04-05 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges){{cite web |title=Chanukah in General |url=http://www.jewhoo.com/editor/sandler.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917153405/http://www.jewhoo.com/editor/sandler.html |archive-date=September 17, 2008 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
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{{cite web|url=http://www.ochcom.org/blanc|author=Lola Miholland |title=Mel Blanc |publisher=Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission |year=1997 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}
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){{cite news|last=Nissenson |first=Hugh |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DD1E31F93BA25752C0A961948260 |title=He Almost Made Garbo Laugh |work=The New York Times |date=January 18, 1987 |access-date=December 17, 2010}}{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Mekado |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=19878&inline=nyt-per |title=Movie Reviews |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201062516/http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=19878&inline=nyt-per |url-status=dead }}
Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg, 1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film actor and director{{cite web |title=Cinema |author1=Hoberman, J. |publisher=YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe |url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Cinema |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110193432/http://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Cinema |date=August 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.thevillager.com/villager_207/theinsandoutsof.html |author=Jerry Tallmer |title=The ins and outs of Farley Granger |publisher=The Villager |date=April 18–24, 2007 |access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128063110/http://www.thevillager.com/villager_207/theinsandoutsof.html |archive-date=January 28, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Peter Lorre (born László Löwenstein, 1904–1964), Austria-Hungary-born American stage and screen actor (M)Youngkin, Stephen D. (2005). The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre. University Press of Kentucky. {{ISBN|0-8131-2360-7}}
Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23524/edition_id/467/format/html/displaystory.html|title=Jewishsf.com}}
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{{cite web|last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=10066 |title=Not a Day Over 39|publisher=Jewish Journal |date=February 13, 2003 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Gertrude Berg (born Tilly Edelstein, 1899–1966), radio/TV actress{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/berg.html |title=Gertrude Berg |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date=September 15, 1966 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Fanny Brice (born Fania Borach, 1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/brice.html |title=Fanny Brice |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum, 1896–1996), comedian and actor{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Jack_Benny.html |title=Religion of Jack Benny, Comedian |publisher=Adherents.com |date=July 28, 2005 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151036/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Jack_Benny.html |url-status=usurped }}
Eddie Cantor (born Israel Iskowitz, 1892–1964), comedian, singer-songwriter, actor{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Cantor.html |title=Eddie Cantor |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |date=October 10, 1964 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Ricardo Cortez (born Jacob Krantz, 1899–1977), Austrian-born American silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Mekado |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=15158 |title=Movie Reviews |work=The New York Times |date=December 14, 2010 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201062516/http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=15158 |url-status=dead }}
Anthony Frome, (born Abraham Feinberg, 1899–1986), singer, the "Poet Prince of the Air Waves".{{cite web |last1=Drache |first1=Sharon |title=Abraham Feinberg |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/abraham-feinberg |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=23 June 2020}}
Hermione Gingold (1897–1987), British-born actress{{cite web|url=http://www.projectshaw.com/AboutGTG.php |title=Gingold Theatrical Group Presents Project Shaw |access-date=2007-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811235602/http://www.projectshaw.com/AboutGTG.php |archive-date=August 11, 2007 }}: "she was the daughter of an upper-class Austrian born Jewish financier Lionel Gingold and English-born Kate Walters."; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Her mother was Jewish."
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{{cite web |last=Gracyk |first=Tim |url=http://www.gracyk.com/kaufman.shtml |title=Irving Kaufman (8 February 1890–3 January 1976) |publisher=Gracyk.com |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=February 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213030619/http://www.gracyk.com/kaufman.shtml |url-status=dead }}
Francis Lederer (1899–2000), Czech-born American actorEncyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed, art.
Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and TV actor{{cite web|title=Channel Surfing |url=http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=2102 |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234547/http://www.jewishtimes.com/scripts/edition.pl?now=5/25/1999&SubSectionID=48&ID=2102 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Paul_Muni.html |title=The religion of Paul Muni, actor |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=November 26, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126052948/http://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Paul_Muni.html |url-status=usurped }}
Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress{{cite web |title=Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Archival Resources on the History of Jewish Women in America |url=http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/TMPe9kvuocr6q.htm |access-date=January 24, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218184316/http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/jewwom/TMPe9kvuocr6q.htm |archive-date=February 18, 2005}}
Molly Picon (born Małka Opiekun, 1898–1992), actor of stage, screen, and TV{{cite web |url=http://www.jwa.org/exhibits/wov/picon/ |title=History Makers – Molly Picon |publisher=Jewish Women's Archive |access-date=December 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102224248/http://jwa.org/exhibits/wov/picon/ |archive-date=January 2, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg, 1893–1973), stage and film actor{{cite web |url=http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/egrobinson1.htm |title=A Tribute to Edward G. Robinson |publisher=Classic Movies |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629062250/http://www.classicmovies.org/articles/egrobinson1.htm |archive-date=June 29, 2006 |url-status=dead }}
Mae West (born Mary Jane West, 1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol{{cite web|last=Gross |first=Max |url=http://maewest.blogspot.com/2004/07/forward-focus-on-mae-west.html |title=Playwright Examines Mae West's Legal Dramas |publisher=The Forward |date=July 28, 2004 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}

=1880s=

Broncho Billy Anderson (born Maxwell Aronson, 1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer; first star of the Western film genre{{cite news|url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/film/011600sf-actor-director.html |author=Dave Kehr|title=The Actors Who Have Two Faces |work=The New York Times |date=January 16, 2000 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Theda Bara (born Theodosia Goodman, 1885–1955), silent film actress; the first screen "vamp"{{cite web|url=http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/reviews/rev998/JDbr4b.htm |author=Jeanette Delamoir|title=Theda Bara |publisher=Latrobe.edu.au |date=September 15, 1998 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
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{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/jolson_a.html |title=Al Jolson |publisher=PBS |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=April 14, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414023736/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/jolson_a.html |url-status=dead }}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/tucker.html |author=Anne S. Borden |title=Jewish Women in Comedy – Sophie Tucker |publisher=JWA |date=February 9, 1966 |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814021056/http://www.jwa.org/discover/comedy/tucker.html |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957), Austrian-born American filmmaker and actor{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/Erich_von_Stroheim.html |title=The religion of director Erich von Stroheim |publisher=Adherents.com |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=January 6, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106081612/http://www.adherents.com/people/ps/Erich_von_Stroheim.html |url-status=usurped }}
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{{cite web |url=http://www.donaly.com/don_alys_column30.html |title=donaly.com |publisher=donaly.com |access-date=December 18, 2010 |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412180809/http://www.donaly.com/don_alys_column30.html |url-status=dead }}
Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939), Ukrainian-born American singer, actor, Yiddish theater icon{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Thomashefsky.html |title=Boris Thomashefsky |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), Russian-born American actor, Yiddish theater{{cite web|url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/GrandTheatre.html |title=Grand Theatre – New York City |publisher=Nycago.org |date=July 11, 1924 |access-date=December 18, 2010}}
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter, and poet; converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/AMenken.html |title=Adah Isaacs Menken |publisher=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=December 18, 2010}}

Comedians

Dan Ahdoot, finalist Last Comic Standing, 2004Ahdoot{{cite web|url=http://www.stljewishlight.com/Nation/286446386199413.php |title=Jewish Light Online |access-date=2007-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203121354/http://www.stljewishlight.com/Nation/286446386199413.php |archive-date=February 3, 2007 }} "New Yorker Dan Ahdoot is another Iranian Jewish entertainer who defied his community's traditions."
Dave Attell (born 1965), stand-up comedian; host of Insomniac with Dave Attell{{cite news| last =Pefferman| first =Naomi| title =Late-Nite Jew| publisher =The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| date =August 31, 2001| url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7357| access-date =November 26, 2006| archive-date =March 21, 2006| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060321153905/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7357| url-status =dead}}
Victor Borge (born Børge Rosenbaum, 1909–2000), humorist and concert pianist{{cite news| last =Tregarthen| first =Cheryl| title =Victor Borge| publisher =Nordic Notes| url =http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol4/articles/borge.html| access-date =November 26, 2006| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060827003024/http://www.ssn.flinders.edu.au/scanlink/nornotes/vol4/articles/borge.html| archive-date =August 27, 2006| df =mdy-all}}
Andrew Ginsburg (born 1979), comedian, actor, and three-time champion bodybuilderNoted as one of several Jewish comedians at {{cite web |url=http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn226/7days.html |title=7 Days & 7 Nights |access-date=2006-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060828053959/http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn226/7days.html |archive-date=August 28, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}"
Adam Friedland (born 1986), comedian, podcaster, host of The Adam Friedland Show
Tom Lehrer (born 1928), satirist, musician{{cite web |url=http://www.cosmik.com/aa-june00/tom_lehrer.html |title=Tom Lehrer (Cosmik Debris Magazine article) |publisher=Cosmik.com |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170000/http://www.cosmik.com/aa-june00/tom_lehrer.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}
Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz), see "Actors"
Robert Schimmel (1950–2010), stand-up comedian;Schimmel — [http://www.robertschimmel.com/journal.asp] "I was supposed to have them until after Christmas, but my ex-wife told the kids that since I'm Jewish and don't celebrate Christmas, Santa would not come to my house and they would miss opening presents from Santa on Christmas morning."
Danny Sexbang (born 1979), member of musical-comedy duo Ninja Sex Party
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, 1962), stand-up comedian, actor, author; host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
Eric Andre (born 1983), actor, host on the Eric Andre Show, absurdist comedian
Marc Maron (born 1963), stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor
Vitaly Zdorovetskiy (born 1992), Russian American comedian, prankster, actor, and Youtube personality{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/user/VitalyzdTv/about | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205191222/https://www.youtube.com/user/VitalyzdTv/about | archive-date=December 5, 2016 | title=VitalyzdTv | website=YouTube }}

Film/television directors and producers

{{See also|List of Jewish American businesspeople in media#Television, film and video}}

J. J. Abrams (born 1966), screenwriter, director, film/TV producer[http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/jj_abrams_talks_about_star_trek_being_jewish_and_interfaith_marriage_200905/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104041004/http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/jj_abrams_talks_about_star_trek_being_jewish_and_interfaith_marriage_200905 |date=January 4, 2017 }} (2011).
Woody Allen (born 1935), Oscar winning screenwriter, director and actor{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060113014145/http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Woody_Allen.html]}} (2011).
Eleanor Antin (born 1935), photographer, author, and artist working with video, film, performance, and drawing{{cite web |title=Eleanor Antin |url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/antin-eleanor |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924002210/http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/antin-eleanor |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |author1=Meeker, Carlene |publisher=Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia: Jewish Women's Archive |date=March 1, 2009 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Judd Apatow (born 1968), screenwriter, director, film/TV producerApatow — [http://movies.about.com/od/knockedup/a/knockedja081106.htm movies.about.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830080357/http://movies.about.com/od/knockedup/a/knockedja081106.htm |date=August 30, 2012 }}
Alan Arkin (1934-2023), Academy Award winning film actor, director
Danny Arnold (1925–1995), actor/director{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanisraelite.com/jews_in_the_newz/article_ff9405c4-ca8b-11e5-bede-0b5072022b6a.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418211748/https://www.americanisraelite.com/jews_in_the_newz/article_ff9405c4-ca8b-11e5-bede-0b5072022b6a.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2023|title=Jews in the Newz}}
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), film director, screenwriter and producer
Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director and animator[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_01907.html] (2011).
Noah Baumbach (born 1969), film screenwriter and director[http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Santas_Jewish_Family_and_Margot_at_the_Weddings_Near-Minyan.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713164449/https://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Santas_Jewish_Family_and_Margot_at_the_Weddings_Near-Minyan/ |date=July 13, 2019 }} (2011).
Henry Bean (born 1945){{cite web|last=Tugend |first=Tom |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/pressure_power_20010406/ |title=Pressure Power? | Community Briefs |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=2001-04-05 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director
Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981, Germany)Vincent Brook, Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigré Directors and the Rise of Film Noir, Rutgers University Press, 2009, p. 1.
Mike Binder (born 1958), director, writer and actor in film and TV[http://www.jewishjournal.com/television/article/television_jews_how_jewish_is_too_jewish_20010907/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107083134/http://www.jewishjournal.com/television/article/television_jews_how_jewish_is_too_jewish_20010907 |date=January 7, 2017 }} (2011).
Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), film actor, writer and director{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011230331/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Peter_Bogdanovich.html]}} (2011).
Zach Braff (born 1975), film/TV actor, director, screenwriter, and producerBraff — [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3261099,00.html article by ynetnews]{{cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/20/amusing_quotes_from_kelly_clarkson_zach_ |title=Quotes by Kelly Clarkson |publisher=Starpulse.com |date=2006-06-20 |access-date=2011-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207114523/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/06/20/amusing_quotes_from_kelly_clarkson_zach_ |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
John Brahm (1893–1982, Germany)
Albert Brooks (born 1947), film actor, writer and director[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/albertbrooks.html] (2011)
James L. Brooks (born 1940), TV and film writer, producer and director[http://dev.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/items/13718.html]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2011).
Mel Brooks (born 1926), writer, director and actor of film, TV and stage[http://www.ikehillah.org/melbrooksonbeingajew/] (2011).
Richard Brooks (1912–1992), film director and producer[http://dev.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/items/13720.html]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (2011).
William Castle (1914–1977), film director and producer[http://www.jewishjournal.com/up_front/article/william_castle_makes_spinetingling_return_in_jeffrey_schwarz_docupic/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203123032/http://www.jewishjournal.com/up_front/article/william_castle_makes_spinetingling_return_in_jeffrey_schwarz_docupic/ |date=February 3, 2016 }} (2011).
Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), Academy Award-winning film writers, directors, producers and editors[http://www.haaretz.com/culture/coen-brothers-boycotting-israel-is-a-mistake-1.361926] (2011).
George Cukor (1899–1983), Academy Award-winning film director and producerMcGilligan, Patrick, George Cukor: A Double Life. New York: St. Martin's Press 1991. {{ISBN|0-312-05419-X}}, pp. 5–6.
Michael Curtiz (1886–1962), Academy Award-winning film director{{cite web |url=http://www.jewish.hu/view.php?clabel=kertesz_mihaly |title=Jewish.hu - Mihály Kertész (Michael Curtiz) (1886-1962) |access-date=2012-05-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331213156/http://www.jewish.hu/view.php?clabel=kertesz_mihaly |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} (2011).
Jules Dassin (1911–2008), once blacklisted writer and director of film[http://www.jewishpost.com/archives/news/the-homecoming-of-jules-dassin.html] (2011).
Maya Deren (1917–1961), Film writer, director and actress[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/deren-maya] (2011).
Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), Academy Award-winning film director and producer{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-5713389/Constructing-the-motherliness-of-Manoah.html |title=goliath.ecnext.com |publisher=goliath.ecnext.com |date=2006-01-01 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Stanley Donen (1924–2019), film producer and director{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140728173050/http://www.adherents.com/people/pd/Stanley_Donen.html]}} (2011).
Richard Donner (1930–2021), film director, producer and sometimes actor[https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/03/mel-gibson-201103] (2011).
Robert Downey Sr. (1935–2021), film writer and director[http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_On_Jake_Gyllenhaals_Jewish-ishness_and_Robert_Downey_Jr_the_Jubu.shtml] (2011).
Samuel Fuller (1912–1997), film writer, director and actor[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2009/feature-articles/samuel-fuller-tag-gallagher/] (2011).
Keith Gordon (born 1961), film actor, director and writer{{cite web |url=http://www.impossiblefunky.com/archives/issue_10/10_gordon.asp?IshNum=10&Headline=Interview%3A%20Keith%20Gordon |title=Cashiers du Cinemart Issue 10: Interview: Keith Gordon |access-date=2015-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927184712/http://www.impossiblefunky.com/archives/issue_10/10_gordon.asp?IshNum=10&Headline=Interview%3A%20Keith%20Gordon |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} (2011).
Lee Grant (born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal, 1927), theater, film, and TV actress, and film director
James Gray (born 1969), film writer and director{{cite web |url=http://www.moirakelly.net/Articles/jamesgray.htm |title=James Gray: Little Odessa |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232153/http://www.moirakelly.net/Articles/jamesgray.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} (2011).
Joseph Green (1900–1996), Polish-American film director and actor
Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), director of documentaries on sports[http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/BudGreenspan.htm] (2011).
Christopher Guest (born 1948), see "Actors" above{{cite journal|last =Rosen|first =Steven|title =Want to spoof Purim and the Oscars? Be our Guest!|journal =The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|volume =21|issue =39|date =November 16, 2006|url =http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799|access-date =November 16, 2006|archive-date =April 29, 2008|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080429184913/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16799|url-status =dead}}{{cite journal|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title =Celebrity Jews| journal =The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California|date =January 27, 2006|url =http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28292/celebrity-jews/ |access-date =November 17, 2006}}
Todd Haynes (born 1961), film writer and director{{cite web |url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/todd_haynes |title=Todd Haynes | the Jewish Week |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201072950/http://www.thejewishweek.com/todd_haynes |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |df=mdy-all }} (2011).
Amy Heckerling (born 1954), film director{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011230308/http://www.adherents.com/people/ph/Amy_Heckerling.html]}} (2011).
Max Hechtman (born 1997), narrative and documentary filmmaker{{Cite web|last=Dowd|first=Joe|title=East Meadow homecoming king's win part of documentary|url=https://www.newsday.com/news/east-meadow-homecoming-king-s-win-part-of-documentary-s53470|date=2014-11-02|access-date=2024-02-04|website=Newsday|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Weingrad|first=David|title=Rain doesn't dampen Jets' pride|url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/rain-doesnt-dampen-jets-pride,60414|date=2014-11-05|access-date=2024-03-05|website=Herald Community Newspapers|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Michael R.|title=LI high school journalists celebrate Press Day 2015 at Adelphi University|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-high-school-journalists-celebrate-press-day-2015-at-adelphi-university-b42517|date=2015-04-16|access-date=2024-02-04|website=Newsday|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=East Meadow filmmaker nominated for three awards at local festival|first=Brian|last=Stieglitz|url=https://www.liherald.com/eastmeadow/stories/east-meadow-filmmaker-nominated-for-three-awards-at-local-festival,127864|access-date=2020-10-12|website=Herald Community Newspapers|date=September 22, 2020 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Satnick|first=Randi|title=The Real Deal: A look through the lens of a young Long Island filmmaker|url=https://issuu.com/yournewsmag/docs/yournewsmag_v6__5_kv_web__2_/s/127614|website=Your News Mag|access-date=2024-02-04|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Teen Donates Children's Collection to Library|first=Michael|last=Ganci|url=https://patch.com/new-york/eastmeadow/hechtman-donates-childrens-collection-to-library|date=2010-10-07|access-date=2024-02-04|website=East Meadow Patch|language=en}}
Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), film producer and director[http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Marshall-Herskovitz.html] (2011).
Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), film director and producer[http://newsreel.org/transcripts/blacksan.htm] (2011).
Agnieszka Holland (born 1948 in Poland){{cite web|url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/filmmakers-independent-european |title=Filmmakers, Independent European | Jewish Women's Archive |publisher=Jwa.org |date=2000-08-07 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), writer and director in film[https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2010/05/09/nicole_holofcener_discusses_how_her_life_affects_her_films/] (2011).
Henry Jaglom (born 1938), writer, director and actor in Independent film[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/27847/ok-already-filmmaker-henry-jaglom-is-jewish/] (2011).
Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), film director and producer, musician, and entrepreneur; brother of Eugene Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki[http://www.forward.com/articles/134295/] (2011).
Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), film director, writer, and producer, and author; brother of Andrew Jarecki and half-brother of Nicholas Jarecki
Miranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, 1974), Jewish father{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/magazine/the-make-believer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | first=Katrina | last=Onstad | title=Miranda July, The Make-Believer | date=July 14, 2011}}
Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), film writer and director{{cite web |url=http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/jeremy-paul-kagan-the-chosen/ |title=Jeremy Paul Kagan & the Chosen | MovieFanFare |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422052452/http://www.moviefanfare.com/movie-buzz/jeremy-paul-kagan-the-chosen/ |archive-date=April 22, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} (2011).
Jake Kasdan (born 1975), film writer and director[http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_W_and_Other_Cowboy_Movies.shtml] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215105331/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_W_and_Other_Cowboy_Movies.shtml |date=February 15, 2017 }} (2011).
Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), film writer and director[http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Lawrence-Kasdan.html] (2011)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950), film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKGKatzenberg — [http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/990604/frisco.shtml www.jewishaz.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020003701/http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/990604/frisco.shtml |date=October 20, 2006 }}
Philip Kaufman (born 1936), film director and screenwriter{{cite web|url=http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com/2008/03/philip-kaufman-hollywood-interview.html |title=The Hollywood Interview: Philip Kaufman: The Hollywood Interview |publisher=Thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.com |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Henry Koster (1905–1988), film director[https://books.google.com/books?id=stXadhynsJMC&dq=henry+koster+jewish&pg=PA142] (2011).
Stanley Kramer (1913–2001), director{{cite web |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pk/Stanley_Kramer.html |title=www.adherents.com |publisher=www.adherents.com |date=2005-07-28 |access-date=2011-05-25 |archive-date=February 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214202335/http://www.adherents.com/people/pk/Stanley_Kramer.html |url-status=usurped }}
Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999)
John Landis (born 1950), movie actor, director, writer, and producerLandis — [http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/vsda2000/dvdandfilmmaker.html www.thedigitalbits.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714101028/http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/vsda2000/dvdandfilmmaker.html |date=July 14, 2011 }}
Fritz Lang (1890–1976, Austria, mother born Jewish)
Andy Lassner (born 1966), Colombian-American television producer{{Cite news|url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/09/30/ive-never-felt-more-jewish-in-my-life-says-ellen-show-executive-producer-when-receiving-swimming-lessons-from-olympian-michael-phelps/|title='I've Never Felt More Jewish in My Life,' Says 'Ellen Show' Executive Producer After Receiving Swimming Lessons From Olympian Michael Phelps|last=Solny|first=Shiryn|date=2016-09-30|work=Algemeiner|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/3174443/jewish/Jules-Lassner-92-Marine-Businessman-and-Communal-Leader-With-Flair.htm|title=Jules Lassner, 92, Marine, Businessman and Communal Leader With Flair - A life of U.S. national and Jewish communal service|last=Margolin|first=Dovid|date=2015-12-22|website=Chabad News|language=en|access-date=2018-07-10}}
Norman Lear (1922–2023), film and television director{{cite web |url=http://normanlear.com/spirit_8.html |title=A Profile of Norman Lear: Another Pilgrim's Progress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025130646/http://www.normanlear.com/spirit_8.html |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Mervyn LeRoy (1900–1987), film director[Mervyn LeRoy - Biography, Bruce Eder, Allmovie] (2011).
Barry Levinson (born 1942), producer, writer and director of film and TV[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/7852984.html?dids=7852984:7852984&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+21%2C+1990&author=Siskel%2C+Gene&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Living+in+America&pqatl=google] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023183631/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/7852984.html?dids=7852984:7852984&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+21,+1990&author=Siskel,+Gene&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Living+in+America&pqatl=google |date=October 23, 2012 }} (2011).
Shawn Levy (born 1968), film producer and director[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/21462/celebrity-jews/] (2011).
Albert Lewin (1894–1968), film writer, producer and director{{cite web |url=http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/albert-lewin |title=Albert Lewin Films | Albert Lewin Filmography | Albert Lewin Biography | Albert Lewin Career | Albert Lewin Awards |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425163723/http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/albert-lewin |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} (2011)
Jerry Lewis (1926–2017), film actor, writer and director[http://www.filmreference.com/film/6/Jerry-Lewis.html] (2011).
Doug Liman (born 1965), film and TV producer and director[https://books.google.com/books?id=H3nYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22arthur+liman+%22jewish] (2011).
Jonathan Littman (born 1962/1963) television producer{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= JCC MetroWest celebrates its inspiring members |newspaper=New Jersey Jewish News|date=May 19, 2022 |url= https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/jcc-metrowest-celebrates-its-inspiring-members/ |via=}}{{Cite news|first=Nellie |last= Andreeva|authorlink= |title= Jonathan Littman Departs Jerry Bruckheimer Television After 25 Years To Launch His Own Company |newspaper=Deadline|date= June 2, 2022|url= https://deadline.com/2022/06/jonathan-littman-departs-jerry-bruckheimer-television-25-years-own-company-1235037758/ |via=}}
Lynne Littman (born 1941), film and television director and producer{{cite web |title=Filmmakers, Independent North American |author1=Kaufman, Deborah |publisher=Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia: Jewish Women's Archive |date=March 1, 2009 |url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/filmmakers-independent-north-american |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073136/http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/filmmakers-independent-north-american |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director originally from Germany{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011230859/http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/Ernst_Lubitsch.html]}} (2011).
Michael Lucas (born 1972, USSR){{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gay-porns-neocon-kingpin/ | work=CBS News | title=Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin | date=March 20, 2008}}
Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film writer, producer and director[http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/61427/sidney-lumet-jewish-director-of-12-angry-men/] (2011).
David Mamet (born 1947), writer and director of stage and screen{{cite web|url=http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID%3D3078 |title=All About Jewish Theatre - David Mamet Again on Broadway |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314103943/http://www.jewish-theatre.com/visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=3078 |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }} (2011).
Michael Mann (born 1943), film director, screenwriter, producer{{cite news|author=Xan Brooks |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,649435,00.html |title=film.guardian.co.uk |publisher=film.guardian.co.uk |date= February 13, 2002|access-date=2011-05-25 |location=London}}
Elaine May (born 1932), film, TV and stage writer, director and actress[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/may-elaine] (2011).
Paul Mazursky (1930–2014), see "Actors" above{{cite news|last =Farber| first =Stephen| title =A Night in Hollywood, a Day in Ukraine| work =The New York Times| date =December 31, 2006|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/movies/31farb.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin| access-date =December 31, 2006}}
Lewis Milestone (1895–1980), film director and producer{{cite web|url=http://www.historyonfilm.com/directors/lewis-milestone.htm |title=History on Film - Directors |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425232244/http://www.historyonfilm.com/directors/lewis-milestone.htm |archive-date=April 25, 2012 }} (2011).
John Milius (born 1944){{cite web |author=Ken P. |url=http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/401/401150p8.html |title=An Interview with John Milius |publisher=Uk.movies.ign.com |access-date=2010-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608140015/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/401/401150p8.html |archive-date=June 8, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}
Meredith Monk (born 1942), composer, performer, theater director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer{{cite web |title=Meredith Monk |url=http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/monk-meredith |author1=Cohen, Selma Jeanne |publisher=Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia: Jewish Women's Archive |date=March 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731075732/http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/monk-meredith |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Errol Morris (born 1948), documentary filmmaker[http://errolmorris.com/content/review/mrd_applebome.html] (2011).
Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), film director, actor, writer, singer-songwriter, poet, and photographer
Ken Olin (born 1954), see "Actors" above{{cite news| last =Elkin| first =Michael| title =Jewish Jingle Belles?| publisher =The Jewish Exponent| date =December 21, 2006| url =http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643/| access-date =December 22, 2006| archive-date =March 11, 2010| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100311183654/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643/| url-status =dead}}
Marcel Ophüls (born 1927), documentary filmmaker, son of Max Ophüls{{cite web |url=http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/marcel-ophuls |title=Marcel Ophuls Films | Marcel Ophuls Filmography | Marcel Ophuls Biography | Marcel Ophuls Career | Marcel Ophuls Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826165656/http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/marcel-ophuls |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2017}}
Max Ophüls (1902–1957, Germany), father of Marcel Ophüls{{cite web|url=http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/max-oph%3Fls |title=Max Oph?ls Films | Max Oph?ls Filmography | Max Oph?ls Biography | Max Oph?ls Career | Max Oph?ls Awards |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026073340/http://www.filmdirectorssite.com/max-oph?ls |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |access-date=January 24, 2017 }}
Frank Oz (born 1944), writer, actor and director of film and TV[http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7244] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012140840/http://jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=7244 |date=October 12, 2007 }} (2011).
Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998), film director and producer[https://web.archive.org/web/20121114022933/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7624467/Alan-J-Pakula.html] (2011).
Jerry Paris (1925–1986), Emmy-winning television director (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Happy Days)
Larry Peerce (born 1930), film writer and director[http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/mamadrama.html] (2011).
Arthur Penn (1922–2010), film director and producer[http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/bonnie_and_clyde_director_arthur_penn_dies_at_88_20100929/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117122244/http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/bonnie_and_clyde_director_arthur_penn_dies_at_88_20100929 |date=January 17, 2017 }} (2011).
Sydney Pollack (1934-2008), film producer, director, actor and writer[http://www.thejc.com/news/on-day/49384/on-day-sydney-pollack-dies] (2011).
Abraham Polonsky (1910–1999), film writer and director[http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2005/great-directors/polonsky/] (2011).
Otto Preminger (1905–1986), film producer, director and actor{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011230440/http://www.adherents.com/people/pp/Otto_Preminger.html]}} (2011).
Bob Rafelson (born 1933), film writer-director[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800037630] (2011).
Irving Rapper (1898–1999), British-born film director{{cite news |title =Irving Rapper, the Oscar-winning American-Jewish film director| page=30| publisher=Jewish Chronicle| date =February 10, 1961}}
Brett Ratner (born 1969){{cite news|last=Ratner |first=Brett |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969378.html?categoryid=2631&cs=1 |title=Beach boy nurtures his roots – Entertainment News, Billion-Dollar Director: Brett Ratner, Media |publisher=Variety |date=2007-07-27 |access-date=2011-01-11}}
Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
Jay Roach (born 1957), film director, producer and screenwriter, converted to Judaism{{cite web |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/film/article/schmucks_director_redefines_the_term_20100720/ |title='Schmucks' Director Redefines the Term | Film |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=2010-07-20 |access-date=2017-01-22}}
Eli Roth (born 1972), film actor, director, producer and writer{{cite news|last =Fischer| first =Paul| title =Eli Roth Has The Fever| publisher =Film Monthly| date =September 2, 2003|url =http://www.filmmonthly.com/Profiles/Articles/ERoth/ERoth.html| access-date =January 7, 2007}}
Julian Schnabel (born 1951){{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/02/venice-film-middle-east-julian-schnabel | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Mark | last=Brown | title=Jewish director Julian Schnabel brings Palestine to Venice | date=September 2, 2010}}
Steve Sekely (1899–1979), Hungarian-born film director
George Sidney (1916–2002), film director, known for MGM films
Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020)
Bryan Singer (born 1965){{cite web |last=David |first=Robert |url=http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/062906/ltFanOfSteel.html |title=Jersey-raised director Bryan Singer lives a dream in bringing Superman back to the big screen |publisher=NJ Jewish News |access-date=2017-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615131745/http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/062906/ltFanOfSteel.html |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}
Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)Vincent Brook, ‘’Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigré Directors and the Rise of Film Noir’’, Rutgers University Press, 2009, p. 104.
Robert Siodmak (1900–1973)
Barry Sonnenfeld, director{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/barry-sonnenfeld/contributor/28862/bio |title=tv.yahoo.com |publisher=tv.yahoo.com |date=1953-04-01 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Steven Spielberg (born 1946){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbqATVZHvkQC&pg=PA35|title=Steven Spielberg: A Biography|publisher=Da Capo Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-306-80900-2}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972, Austria-Hungary)
Josef von Sternberg (1894, Austria–1969){{cite web |url=http://www.germanflicks.com/sternberg.html |title=Account Suspended |publisher=Germanflicks.com |access-date=2017-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207063527/http://www.germanflicks.com/sternberg.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}
Erich von Stroheim (1885, Austria–1957)Koszarski, Richard. Von: The Life and Films of Erich von Stroheim. New York: Limelight Editions, 2001. p. 4.
Robin Washington (born 1956){{cite web |author=Robin Washington, Erin J. Washington |url=http://www.robinwashington.com/bio.html |title=Biography |publisher=RobinWashington.com |date=2003-06-28 |access-date=2017-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910151238/http://www.robinwashington.com/bio.html |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}
Claudia Weill (born 1947), film and theater director, educator, cinematographer{{cite book|title=Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEj0oLYK10sC&q=weill |author1=Paula Hyman |author2=Deborah Dash Moore |publisher=Taylor & Francis, 1997. 446 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215105433/https://books.google.com/books?id=gEj0oLYK10sC&printsec=frontcover |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |isbn = 9780415919340|date = January 1998}}
Harvey Weinstein (1952){{cite web | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jodi-kantor-talks-jewish-moments-in-she-said-new-film-on-her-weinstein-reporting | title=Weinstein approached me 'Jew to Jew': NYT's Jodi Kantor on the subdrama of 'She Said' | website=The Times of Israel }}
Billy Wilder (1906–2002)
William Wyler (1902, Germany–1981)John Wakeman, ed. World Film Directors: Vol. I, 1890-1945. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1987. 1220.
Fred Zinnemann (1907, Austria–1997)
David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), parody directors, producersZucker — [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14308 www.jewishjournal.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101153555/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=14308 |date=January 1, 2017 }}

Models

Brooke Burke, TV personality and modelBurke — {{cite web |url=http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80 |title=Celebrities |access-date=2010-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917201136/http://www.juf.org/tweens/new_cel.asp?id=80 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/28366/edition_id/539/format/html/displaystory.html]
Yael Markovich, Israeli/American model/beauty queen{{Cite web|url=http://misssupranational.com/pageisrael.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914021556/http://www.misssupranational.com/pageisrael.html |url-status=dead |title=Markovich —|archive-date=September 14, 2011}}
Antonio Sabato Jr., model and actor
Lindsey Vuolo, model and Playboy PlaymateVuolo — [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/93/story_9363_1.html] "SB: Is it correct that you're the first Jewish Playmate? LV: As far as I know, I'm the first Jewish Playmate to admit that I was Jewish. I think there might have been Playmates that were kind of half Jewish and just never really talked about it."

Bar Refaeli, model

TV and radio presenters

Don Francisco (Mario Kreutzberger) (born 1940), 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" aboveHart — [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22272/edition_id/449/format/html/displaystory.html] "Thought there are no Jewish Republicans in show biz? Well, Bush contributors include... host Mary Hart, who's a convert to Judaism..."
Daryn Kagan (born 1963), host of CNN Live Today{{cite web |title=Daryn Kagan| publisher =Jewish Women International| date =November 22, 2006|url =http://www.jwmag.org/articles/21Winter06/p46.asp| access-date =November 22, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070210020249/http://www.jwmag.org/articles/21Winter06/p46.asp |archive-date = February 10, 2007}}
Larry King (1993–2021), network TV interviewer
Matt Lauer (born 1957), co-host on The Today Show
Bernard Meltzer (1916-1998), network radio psychologist advising call-in listeners on variety of problems
Al Michaels (born 1944){{cite web|url=http://www.allamericanspeakers.com/speakerbio/Al_Michaels.php |title=Al Michaels Speaker Bio - Find booking agent contact to book top speakers bureau and celebrities |publisher=Allamericanspeakers.com |date=2011-03-22 |access-date=2011-05-25}}
Amy Wynn Pastor (born 1976), carpenter on Trading Spaces{{cite news|last=Kurtz |first=Suzanne |title='Trading Spaces' carpenter Amy Wynn Pastor: Jewish girls can build |publisher=Jewish Ledger |date=January 2, 2007 |url=http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/01/02/news/news02.txt |access-date=January 3, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713105612/http://www.jewishledger.com/articles/2007/01/02/news/news02.txt |archive-date=July 13, 2011 }}
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 RadioSchorr — [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/30346/format/html/displaystory.html] "Schorr suggests in the 2004 anthology "I Am Jewish: Personal Reflections Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl." "We Jews are searchers for truth, sometimes called investigative reporting," Schorr writes in his personal essay for the book."
Jerry Springer (1944-2023), host of The Jerry Springer ShowSpringer — [http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/10452/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202144700/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/10452/|date=December 2, 2008}} "The Jewish talk-show host..."
Mike Wallace (1918–2012), journalist, 60 Minutes correspondentWallace — [http://www.wrmea.com/archives/August_2006/0608057b.html] "Wallace... said he is Jewish and was brought up in a Zionist home""
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{{cite news|last =Quinn| first =Sally| title =Television Personality Looks Anew At Religion| publisher =Washington Post/Newsweek| date =December 22, 2006|url =http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2006/12/television_personality_looks_a.html|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070106163807/http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2006/12/television_personality_looks_a.html|url-status =dead|archive-date =January 6, 2007| access-date =December 22, 2006}}
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (1928-2024), better known as Dr. Ruth, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper.

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.

Herb Alpert, producer, and composer, songwriter, lead singer, and horn player with Tijuana Brass
Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
George Axelrod, producer and director
Julian Beck and Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
David Belasco, producer and director
Michael Bennett, director & producer, choreographer, dancer **
Rudolf Bing (1902–1997), opera impresario, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1950 to 1972Bing — [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1857072,00.html] Rudolf Bing... had been born a Jew in Vienna"
Robert Brustein, producer, writer, director, critic, educator
Abe Burrows, director ***
Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
Paddy Chayefsky, director
Heinrich Conried, theatre owner/operator and producer
Norman Corwin, director
Clive Davis, producer
Cy Feuer, producer, director and theatre owner/operator **
Ron Field, director ***
David Geffen, producer **
Leonard Goldberg, producer
Arthur Hammerstein, producer and director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
Oscar Hammerstein I, producer and theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
Oscar Hammerstein II, producer and director
Ben Hecht, idiosyncratic screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, and novelist; known as "the Shakespeare of Hollywood"
Sidney Howard, producer and director
George Jessel, see "Actors (Theater)" above
Robert Kalfin, producer, director, writer **
Mickey Katz, see "Actors (Theater)" above
George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
Michael Kidd, director and producer
Alan King, see "Actors (Theater)" above
James Lapine, director and librettist
Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter, and producer of taboo breaking sitcom All in the Family; also created Maude and The Jeffersons
Ernest Lehman, producer
Sam Levene, see "Actors (Theater)" above
Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
David Merrick, producer and director **
Lorne Michaels, comedian, writer, director, producer, the sole creator, writer, director and producer of Saturday Night Live; also produced film and TV projects that spun off from it
Arthur Miller, playwright
Mitch Miller, producer
Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961), fashion designer{{cite news|last=Hartog |first=Kelly |title=Red carpet rascal |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=December 11, 2006 |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881868193&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |access-date=December 11, 2006 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Mike Nichols (1931–2014), Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
Toby Orenstein, producer and founder of Toby's Dinner Theatre, Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts, and the Young Columbians
Joseph Papp a.k.a. Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
Marc Platt, producer
Harold Prince, director **, ***
Elmer Rice, director and producer
Jerome Robbins, producer and director ***
Billy Rose, director, producer, and theater operator
Morrie Ryskind, director
Rebecca Schull, actress
Shubert family, producers and theater owners **
Anna Sokolow, director
Steven Spielberg, film director, producer
Lee Strasberg and Harold Clurman, co-founders of the Group Theatre
Julie Taymor, director ***
Bob Weinstein, producer, screenwriter
Harvey Weinstein, producer
Efrem Zimbalist Jr., see "Actors (Theater)" above
David Zippel, director

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
Benjamin Krause, owner/operator of Krause Greater Shows

References

External links

[http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Jews-In-The-Media-Hollywood.htm Jews in the American Media]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070625214131/http://www.juf.org/tweens/celebrities.aspx Jewish Celebrities]

Entertainers

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