Maurice Schwartz

Biografía

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).

Películas con Maurice Schwartz

• Salome 1953 · ★ 5.8
• Misión en Moscú 1943 · ★ 5.7
• Tevya 1939 · ★ 6.3
• Ave del paraíso 1951 · ★ 6.2
• The Man Behind the Mask 1936 · ★ 5.3
• Slaves of Babylon 1953 · ★ 5.8
• Uncle Moses 1932 · ★ 7.0
• Jiskor 1924 · ★ 8.0
• Broken Hearts 1926 · ★ 10.0
• All in Good Fun 1955 · ★ 4.0
• Little Moritz se fait les muscles 1911 · ★ 9.0

Películas dirigidas por Maurice Schwartz

• Tevya 1939 · ★ 6.3
• Broken Hearts 1926 · ★ 10.0