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Zero Mostel
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attore statunitense
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Zero Mostel, born Samuel Joel Mostel in Brooklyn, was an American film, stage, voice, and television actor. He began his work period in 1943 and was educated at City College of New York, the Art Students League of New York, and New York University. A student of Don Richardson, he served in the United States Army. His career spanned various genres, including Westerns, and he was associated with musical theater and Broadway.
Mostel received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. He died in Philadelphia on August 8, 1977, from an aortic aneurysm. He was a member of the American Jews ethnic group and spoke English. His child was Josh Mostel, and works by him are held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
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Film & TV
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Samuel Joel “Zero” Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye onstage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus onstage and onscreen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of The Producers. He was blacklisted during the 1950s, and his testimony…
Known for
- Remembering Gene Wilder — Self (archive footage)2024
- Mel Brooks: Unwrapped — Self (archive footage)2018
- Mel Brooks: Make a Noise — Self (archive footage)2013
- Hitler: The Comedy Years — Max Bialystock (archive footage) (uncredited)2007
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards — Pseudolus ("A Funny Thing Happened on the ...") (arch. foot.)2005
- Broadway's Lost Treasures — Tevye (segment "Fiddler On The Roof")2003
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years — Self (archive footage)1986
- Muppet Treasures — Self1985
- Best Boy — Self1979
- Watership Down — Kehaar (voice)1978
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1915
- Active to
- 1977
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 12,402
- Total plays
- 64,215
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Early life Mostel was born as Samuel Joel Mostel to Israel Mostel, an Eastern European Jew, and Cina "Celia" Druchs, also from a Jewish family, who was born in Poland and raised in Vienna. The two immigrated to the United States (separately: Israel in 1898 and Cina in 1908), where they met and married. Israel already had four children from his first wife; he had four more children with Cina. Samuel, later known as Zero, was Israel's seventh child. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zero+Mostel"
Key facts
- Born
- Samuel Joel Mostel , ( 1915-02-28 ) February 28, 1915, Brooklyn , New York City, U.S.
- Died
- September 8, 1977 (1977-09-08) (aged 62), Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Alma mater
- City College of New York , New York University
- Occupations
- Actor comedian singer
- Years active
- 1941–1977
- Spouses
- Clara Sverd ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1939 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1944 ) Kate Harkin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 )
- Children
- 2, including Josh
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Child
- Josh Mostel
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Don Richardson
- Field of work
- acting
- Genre
- Western
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Zeromostel.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zero Mostel
- date of birth
- 1915-02-28
- date of death
- 1977-09-08
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
- cause of death
- aortic aneurysm
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- has works in the collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- ethnic group
- American Jews
- birth name
- Samuel Joel Mostel
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Article · Italiano
Zero Mostel, all'anagrafe Samuel Joel Mostel (New York, 28 febbraio 1915 – Filadelfia, 8 settembre 1977), è stato un attore statunitense. Attivo al cinema ma soprattutto in teatro (vincitore di tre Tony Award), dopo gli esordi a Hollywood nei primi anni cinquanta, divenne famoso nelle cronache per essere uno dei dodici personaggi dello spettacolo inseriti nella lista nera di Hollywood durante gli anni del Maccartismo: dopo la sua testimonianza davanti alla Commissione per le attività antiamericane (HCUA), la sua carriera cinematografica s'interruppe per una quindicina d'anni.
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