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Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American actor and painter. He appeared in more than 200 television series, films, and theatre productions, and also performed as a voice artist in a career spanning 55 years.
Nehemiah Persoff (1919-2022) was a versatile and prolific actor who played ethnic villains, gangsters, and Jewish characters in films, TV, and theater. He also voiced Papa Mousekewitz in An American Tail and painted watercolors in his later years.
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- San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff was born in Jerusalem on Aug. 2, 1919, during the years when the territory was transitioning from Ottoman rule to a British mandate. His father, Shmuel, a silversmith, jeweler and ...
Nehemiah Persoff was a versatile actor who played ethnic villains, gangsters, and Jewish characters in films and TV shows. He was born in Jerusalem in 1919, emigrated to America in 1929, and died in California in 2022.
- August 2, 1919
- April 5, 2022
Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff, known for his roles in Some Like It Hot, Gunsmoke, An American Tail and various other movies and TV series, died at the age of 102, multiple outlets report. Persoff's son Dan ...
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Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff, Actor in ‘Some Like It Hot,’ ‘On the Waterfront’ and ‘Yentl,’ Dies at 102. He worked on Broadway opposite Boris Karloff and did lots of television, with turns on 'The ...
Apr 6, 2022 · Nehemiah Persoff, a late-blooming actor who built one of the busiest careers in Hollywood, playing rogues, ringleaders, revolutionaries and refugees — among other memorable portraits of sympathy ...
