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Zero Mostel
Sign in to saveAlso known as Samuel Joe Mostel, Sammy Mostel, Samuel Joel Mostel
American actor (1915-1977)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 1977
- Works
- 6
Top works
- The producers
- Fiddler on the roof
- Fiddler on the roof
- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
- A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
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Film & TV
Acting · 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
Tags
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"
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,604x
- Dental caries
· 2017 · cited 1,535x
- Are zero tolerance policies effective in the schools?: An evidentiary review and recommendations.
· 2008 · cited 605x
- Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC
· 2013 · cited 564x
- Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC
· 2010 · cited 543x
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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
- Image
- Zeromostel.jpg
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- Zero Mostel
- date of birth
- 1915-02-28
- date of death
- 1977-09-08
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- birth name
- Samuel Joel Mostel
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Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. Mostel received several accolades including three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. He is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1979.
He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters including Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof, Pseudolus on stage and on screen in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Max Bialystock in the original film version of Mel Brooks' The Producers (1967). Mostel was a student of Don Richardson and he used an acting technique based on muscle memory.