Maurice Schwartz

Person Details

Birthday: 1889-06-18 06:15:30

Death: 1960-05-10 06:15:30

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Sedikov, Ukraine

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Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

Biography

Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. With his successes as an actor, Schwartz was also drawn to Hollywood, appearing in his first silent film in 1910. He appeared in more than twenty films between 1910 and 1953; the majority were silents. He also wrote, produced, or directed several films. Among his major roles in motion pictures were in Broken Hearts (1926), Uncle Moses (1932), Tevya (1939), Mission to Moscow (1943), and as Ezra in the Biblical drama Salome (1953).

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1953	The Prophet Daniel	Slaves of Babylon 1953-10-21 Movie
	Ezra the King's Advisor	Salome 1953-03-24 Movie
1951	The Kahuna	Bird of Paradise 1951-03-14 Movie
1943	Dr. Botkin	Mission to Moscow 1943-04-29 Movie
1939	Tevya 'Tevye'	Tevye 1939-12-21 Movie
1936	The Master	The Man Behind the Mask 1936-08-23 Movie
1932	Uncle Moses	Uncle Moses 1932-01-02 Movie
1926	Benjamin Rezanov	Broken Hearts 1926-02-16 Movie
1924	Leybke	Yizkor 1924-10-26 Movie
1912	Little Moritz	Little Moritz Hunting Great Beasts 1912-01-01 Movie
1911	Little Moritz	Le fusil de Little Moritz 1911-11-16 Movie
	N/A	Little Moritz enlève Rosalie 1911-10-20 Movie
	Little Moritz	Little Moritz demande Rosalie en mariage 1911-10-12 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv