| 词条 | Menasha Skulnik |
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Menasha Skulnik (May 15, 1890 – June 4, 1970) was a Jewish American actor, primarily known for his roles in Yiddish theater in New York City. Skulnik was also popular on radio, playing Uncle David on The Goldbergs for 19 years. He made many television and Broadway appearances as well, including successful runs in Clifford Odets's The Flowering Peach and Harold Rome's The Zulu and the Zayda. Life and careerBorn in Warsaw, Poland, Skulnik reportedly ran away at the age of 10 to join a circus. In 1913 he immigrated to the United States, and sometime after his arrival joined a Yiddish stock company in Philadelphia, where his fellow actors included Molly Picon.[1] His diminutive stature (5'4"), high nasal voice, mannerisms and appearance, made him a natural for comedy. {{citation needed|date=April 2010}} Skulnik knew exactly what he was in comedy: "I play a schlemiel, a dope. Sometimes they call me the Yiddish Charlie Chaplin, and I don't like this. Chaplin's dope is a little bit of a wiseguy. He's got a little larceny in him. I am a pure schlemiel, with no string attached."[2] Skulnik was dubbed the "East Side's Chaplin" by the New York Evening Journal in 1935.[2] He collapsed on stage in New Haven, Connecticut during a dress rehearsal of a show he was bringing to Broadway, and died several weeks later on June 4, 1970 in New York City.[3] He is buried in the Yiddish theater section of the Mount Hebron Cemetery.[1] Stage
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TelevisionMenasha the Magnificent (1950) References1. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Whitman|first1=Alden|title=Menasha Skulnik, Yiddish Star And a Broadway Success, Dies - Sad-Eyed Comic Actor, 78, Acclaimed in 'Fifth Season' After Years on 2d Ave|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/06/05/76765850.html?pageNumber=30|accessdate=17 April 2016|work=New York Times|date=June 5, 1970|page=35}} 2. ^1 {{dead link|date=March 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishtucson.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=188367 |title=Grandfather’s stardom was glimpse into another world |last=Wilson |first=Dennis |date=July 16, 2006 |publisher=Arizona Jewish Post. jewishtucson.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060811220132/http://www.jewishtucson.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=188367 |archive-date=August 11, 2006}} External links
13 : 1890 births|1970 deaths|American people of Polish-Jewish descent|Polish Jews|Donaldson Award winners|Yiddish comedians|Yiddish theatre performers|Jewish comedians|Male actors from New York City|People from Warsaw|Polish emigrants to the United States|Comedians from New York City|20th-century American comedians |
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