Sam Kasten

{{Short description|American comic actor in Yiddish Theater}}

File:Sam-kasten.jpgSam Kasten (1865"[https://www.nytimes.com/1953/03/05/archives/sam-kasten.html Sam Kasten]." New York Times. 5 March 1953. p. 27. or 21 April 1869Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1969). "[https://archive.org/details/nybc201094/page/n644/mode/2up Kestin, Sem]" Leksikon fun Yidishn Teater. vol. 6. Mexico City; New York: Elisheva. cols. 6122-6129 (in Yiddish) – 4 March 1953) was a comic actor in Yiddish Theater. A 1925 New York Times article singled out his and Moony Weisenfreund's performances at the People's Theater as among the highlights of that year's Yiddish theater season, describing them as second only to Ludwig Satz.{{cite news |last1=Melamed |first1=S. M |title=The Yiddish Stage |work=The New York Times |date=27 September 1925 |location=New York}}

He died in New York on 4 March 1953.