Irving Jacobson
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Irving Jacobson Yiddish theater star, American stage and film actor. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio to actors Joseph and Bessie Jacobson, his brother was Hymie Jacobson
and his sister Henrietta Jacobson, who married Julius Adler
. Irving played juvenile roles in Pinkhas Thomashefsky's troupe and later appeared in films by Sidney Goldin. He performed two years with Goldenburg at Philadelphia's Garden Theater and toured Paris and Rumania with May Shoenfeld in 1929. He and his brother Hy Jacobson co-wrote the novelty number A Bisl Fefer, A Bisl Zalts (A little pepper, a little salt), recorded by Pesach Burstein
. As the comic character Schnitz'l Putz'l (Scheptzl Schnitzlputzl) he recorded the songs Az men muz, muz men (Az Men Muzsh Muzsh Men) (If you gotta, you gotta) and Zets in Gis Kalet Vaser with Abraham Ellstein
's Orchestra. He starred in William Siegel's comedy Don't Worry with Leo Fuchs
and Miriam Kressyn
.
He left vaudeville to become a well known comic actor on the Yiddish stage. He and his brother Hy owned several Yiddish theaters, including the National Theater and the Second Avenue Theater, in New York City. He was star of the Josef Seiden's Yiddish language movie The Great Advisor (1940) with Yetta Zwerling
, Mae Schoenfeld, Lazar Freed, and others. Performing in English on Broadway, Jacobson played Sancho Panza
in the original Broadway
run of Man Of La Mancha
. He was the uncle of Bruce Adler
and shares a star on the "Yiddish Walk of Fame" on Second Avenue with his brother. He's buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Queens, NY.
Hymie Jacobson
Hymie Jacobson was an American Jewish actor and composer in Yiddish vaudeville, films and theater. Born 1895 in Chicago to actors Joseph and Bessie Jacobson. His sister, Henrietta, married Yiddish theatre actor Julius Adler; his brother, Irving, was also a performer. He and Irving also owned some...
and his sister Henrietta Jacobson, who married Julius Adler
Julius Adler (actor)
Julius Adler was a Jewish actor, writer, and director in Yiddish theater.-Career:He was born in Biłgoraj, Poland into an orthodox Jewish family. When his father died six years later his mother emigrated to America leaving the children with grandparents. In 1920 the family was reunited in the...
. Irving played juvenile roles in Pinkhas Thomashefsky's troupe and later appeared in films by Sidney Goldin. He performed two years with Goldenburg at Philadelphia's Garden Theater and toured Paris and Rumania with May Shoenfeld in 1929. He and his brother Hy Jacobson co-wrote the novelty number A Bisl Fefer, A Bisl Zalts (A little pepper, a little salt), recorded by Pesach Burstein
Pesach Burstein
Pesach "Peishachke" Burstein , born in Warsaw, was an Israeli-American comedian, singer, coupletist, and director of Yiddish vaudeville/theater. His wife Lillian Lux, and son Mike Burstyn are also actors.-Early years:...
. As the comic character Schnitz'l Putz'l (Scheptzl Schnitzlputzl) he recorded the songs Az men muz, muz men (Az Men Muzsh Muzsh Men) (If you gotta, you gotta) and Zets in Gis Kalet Vaser with Abraham Ellstein
Abraham Ellstein
Abraham "Abe" Ellstein was an American composer for Yiddish entertainments. Along with Shalom Secunda, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, Ellstein was one of the "big four" composers of his era in New York City's Second Avenue Yiddish theatre scene...
's Orchestra. He starred in William Siegel's comedy Don't Worry with Leo Fuchs
Leo Fuchs
Leo Fuchs was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. According to YIVO, born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Schechter, born in Lemberg, Galicia, then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine)....
and Miriam Kressyn
Miriam Kressyn
Miriam Kressyn , one of the "First Ladies of the Yiddish Theater", acted and sang on stage, film and radio; she wrote plays as well. -Personal life:...
.
He left vaudeville to become a well known comic actor on the Yiddish stage. He and his brother Hy owned several Yiddish theaters, including the National Theater and the Second Avenue Theater, in New York City. He was star of the Josef Seiden's Yiddish language movie The Great Advisor (1940) with Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling Silverman Yiddish movie star during the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Zwerling was born in Kalievo, near Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary ; her father had a fruit business and was also a klezmer...
, Mae Schoenfeld, Lazar Freed, and others. Performing in English on Broadway, Jacobson played Sancho Panza
Sancho Panza
Sancho Panza is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote, and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs,...
in the original Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
run of Man Of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
. He was the uncle of Bruce Adler
Bruce Adler
Bruce Adler was an American Broadway actor. After debuting on the Broadway stage in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, he went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days and Crazy for You...
and shares a star on the "Yiddish Walk of Fame" on Second Avenue with his brother. He's buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Queens, NY.
Filmography
- Eli, Eli (Yiddish) (1940)
- The Great Advisor (Yiddish) (1940)
- The Art of Love (1965)