Leo Fuchs

Leo Fuchs

Actor

Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
May 15, 1911

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 — December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. According to YIVO, born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Schechter, born in Lemberg, Galicia, then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine). Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dee Leo Fuchs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Photo

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Representative Works

American Matchmaker
American Matchmaker
4.0
/ Yiddish
The Frisco Kid
The Frisco Kid
6.1
/ English
Avalon
Avalon
6.7
/ English
The Story of Ruth
The Story of Ruth
7.5
/ English
Vaudeville
Vaudeville
8.0
/ English
Awake and Sing!
Awake and Sing!
10.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

American Matchmaker
1940Nominee

Best Performance

American Matchmaker

The Frisco Kid
1979Nominee

Best Performance

The Frisco Kid

Avalon
1990Nominee

Best Performance

Avalon

Career Highlights

The Story of Ruth
1960Highlight

Best Performance

The Story of Ruth

Vaudeville
1997Highlight

Best Performance

Vaudeville