List of Jewish American entertainers
This is a list of famous Jewish American entertainers. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans.
Producers etc.
- Herb Alpert, co-founder of A&M Records
- Jeff Barry, producer, writer, & founder of Steed Records
- Leonard & Phil Chess, founders of Chess Records
- Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records
- Alan Freed, DJ & music promoter
- Milt Gabler, founder of Commodore Records
- David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records
- Danny Goldberg, founder of Artemis Records
- Bill Graham, concert promoter
- Norman Granz, founder of Verve Records
- Dave Grusin & Larry Rosen, founders of GRP Records
- Brett Gurewitz, founder of Epitaph Records
- Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records
- Ira Korff, former president of National Amusements
- Jimmy Iovine,founder of Interscope Records
- Alfred Lion & Frank Wolff, founders of Blue Note Records
- Richard Meltzer, rock critic
- Mitch Miller, producer, head of A&R Columbia Records
- Irving Mills, producer, manager & writer
- Mo Ostin, record executive
- Lou Pearlman, record executive
- Sandy Pearlman, producer, manager & writer
- Hilary Rosen, head of the RIAA
- Rick Rubin, founder of Def Jam
- Phil Spector, producer, writer & murder suspect
- Scott Storch, hip hop producer
- Marvin Worth , Lenny, The Rose, Malcolm X
- Jerry Wexler, partner in Atlantic Records
- Max Yasgur, owner of the Woodstock farm
- John Zorn, founder of Tzadik Records
Songwriters
- Howard Ashman, lyricist
- Burt Bacharach & Hal David, songwriters
- Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich, songwriters
- Alan & Marilyn Bergman, songwriters
- Bert Berns, songwriter
- Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter
- Sammy Cahn, lyricist
- Saul Chaplin, songwriter
- Leonard Cohen, singer/songwriter
- Linda Creed, songwriter
- Mack David, songwriter; brother of lyricist Hal David
- Buddy De Sylva, lyricist
- Howard Dietz, lyricist
- David Draiman, songwriter, lyricist
- Al Dubin, lyricist
- Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster, songwriters
- Percy Faith, Canadian-born U.S. composer, pianist and conductor
- Dorothy Fields, lyricist
- Fred Fisher, songwriter
- Gerry Goffin & Carole King, songwriters
- Mack Gordon, lyricist
- Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka, songwriters
- Yip Harburg lyricist
- Lorenz Hart, lyricist
- Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha, songwriters
- Billy Joel, songwriter & singer
- Gus Kahn, lyricist
- Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, songwriters
- Alan J. Lerner, lyricist
- Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, songwriters
- Johnny Mandel, songwriter
- Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil, songwriters
- Dick Manning, songwriter
- Johnny Marks, songwriter
- Jeff Marx, lyricist
- Abel Meeropol, composer of Strange Fruit
- Bob Merrill, lyricist
- Randy Newman, songwriter, singer
- Mitchell Parish, lyricist
- Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, songwriters
- Leo Robin, lyricist
- David Rose, pop composer
- Carole Bayer Sager, lyricist
- P.F. Sloan, songwriter, singer
- Billy Steinberg, songwriter
- Jim Steinman, songwriter
- Albert Von Tilzer, songwriter
- Harry von Tilzer, songwriter
- Diane Warren, songwriter
- George David Weiss, songwriter
- Ben Weisman, songwriter
- Meredith Willson, songwriter
- Jack Yellen, lyricist
Musicals writers
Note: While most Broadway musical writers are American, a minority are of other nationalities. Those of the latter who are Jewish are listed at List of Jewish musicians. Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Original Score. Persons listed with a triple asteriks (***) are winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
- Lee Adams, lyricist
- Richard Adler & Jerry Ross, composer & lyricist
- Milton Ager, composer
- Lynn Ahrens, lyricist **
- Harry Akst, composer
- David Amram, composer & lyricist
- Harold Arlen, composer
- Burt Bacharach, composer
- George Bassman, composer & lyricist
- Alan & Marilyn Bergman, lyricists
- Irving Berlin, composer & lyricist **
- Elmer Bernstein, composer
- Leonard Bernstein, composer & lyricist **
- Marc Blitzstein, composer & lyricist
- Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick, composer & lyricist **, ***
- Henry Brant, lyricist
- Mel Brooks, composer & lyricist **
- Jason Robert Brown, composer & lyricist **
- Lew Brown, composer & lyricist
- Irving Caesar, composer & lyricist
- Sammy Cahn, lyricist
- Mark Charlap, composer
- Martin Charnin, composer & lyricist **
- Cy Coleman, composer **
- Betty Comden & Adolph Green, lyricists **
- Harry Connick, Jr., composer & lyricist (Jewish mother)
- Aaron Copland, composer
- Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer & librettist
- Joe Darion, lyricist **
- Hal David, lyricist
- Mack David, lyricist
- Buddy De Sylva, composer & lyricist
- Howard Dietz, lyricist
- Ervin Drake, composer & lyricist
- Al Dubin, lyricist
- Gus Edwards, composer
- Sherman Edwards, composer
- Abraham Ellstein, Broadway and Second Avenue composer
- Sammy Fain, composer
- Dorothy Fields, composer
- William Finn, composer & lyricist **
- Arthur Freed, lyricist
- Brian Gari, composer and lyricist
- Gary William Friedman, composer
- Rudolf Friml, operetta composer
- Bruce Geller, lyricist
- George & Ira Gershwin, composer & lyricist
- Norman Gimbel, lyricist
- Ernest Gold, composer
- Elliot Goldenthal, composer & lyricist
- William Goldman, lyricist
- Michael Gore, composer
- Jay Gorney, composer and lyricist
- Morton Gould, composer
- Louis Gruenberg, composer
- Alfred Grünwald, lyricist and librettist
- Adam Guettel, composer & lyricist **
- Albert Hague, composer (born Jewish, raised Lutheran)
- Marvin Hamlisch, composer **, ***
- Oscar Hammerstein I, composer & lyricist (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist (Jewish father) **, ***
- Otto Harbach, lyricist
- Yip Harburg, lyricist
- Lorenz Hart, lyricist
- Jerry Herman, composer & lyricist
- Edward Heyman, lyricist
- Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha, composers and lyricists
- Paul James, lyricist
- Billy Joel, composer & lyricist
- Al Jolson, composer & lyricist
- Irving Kahal, lyricist
- Gus Kahn, lyricist
- Roger Wolfe Kahn, composer
- Emmerich Kalman, composer
- Bert Kalmar, composer & lyricist
- John Kander & Fred Ebb, composer & lyricist **
- Bronisław Kaper, composer
- Walter Kent, composer
- Jerome Kern, composer
- Edward Kleban, composer & lyricist **, ***
- Ted Koehler, composer & lyricist
- Fritz Kreisler, composer
- Tony Kushner, lyricist ***
- Burton Lane, composer
- Jonathan Larson, composer & lyricist **, ***
- Jack Lawrence, composer & lyricist
- Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, songwriters
- Carolyn Leigh, lyricist **
- Mitch Leigh, composer
- Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist **
- Oscar Levant, composer
- Ira Levin, lyricist
- Harold Levy, composer
- Jacques Levy, lyricist
- Andrew Lippa, composer & lyricist
- Jay Livingston & Ray Evans, composers and lyricists
- Frank Loesser, composer & lyricist **, ***
- Frederick Loewe, composer (Jewish father) **
- Brian Lowdermilk, composer & lyricist
- Dick Manning, composer & lyricist
- Steve Margoshes, composer
- Gerald Marks, composer & lyricist
- Walter Marks, composer & lyricist
- Jeff Marx, composer and lyricist **
- Alan Menken & Howard Ashman, composer & lyricist
- Bob Merrill, composer & lyricist
- Joseph Meyer, composer
- Jerome Moross, composer
- Alex North, composer
- Alexander Olshanetsky, Broadway and Second Avenue composer
- Cyril Ornadel, composer
- Mitchell Parish, lyricist
- Lew Pollack, composer
- André Previn, composer
- David Raksin, composer
- Harry Revel, composer
- Leo Robin, lyricist
- Mary Rodgers, composer; daughter of Richard Rodgers
- Richard Rodgers, composer **, ***
- Sigmund Romberg, composer
- Harold Rome, composer
- Ann Ronell, composer & lyricist
- Billy Rose, composer & lyricist
- David Rose, composer
- Laurence Rosenthal, composer
- Harry Ruby, composer
- Joseph Rumshinsky, Broadway and Second Avenue composer
- Morrie Ryskind, lyricist ***
- Carole Bayer Sager, lyricist
- Milton Schafer, composer
- Mark Schoenfeld, composer & lyricist
- Arthur Schwartz, composer
- Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist
- Raymond Scott, composer
- Sholom Secunda, Broadway and Second Avenue composer
- Marc Shaiman, composer and lyricist **
- Allan Sherman, lyricist
- Robert & Richard Sherman, composers & lyricists
- David Shire, composer
- Paul Simon, composer & lyricist
- Ted Snyder, composer & lyricist
- Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist **, ***
- Gertrude Stein, lyricist & librettist
- Jim Steinman, composer & lyricist
- Michael Stewart, lyricist
- Charles Strouse, composer & lyricist **
- Jule Styne, British-born composer **
- Albert Von Tilzer, composer
- Harry Von Tilzer, composer
- Harry Tobias, composer
- Alfred Uhry, lyricist **
- Leon Uris, lyricist
- Paul Francis Webster, lyricist
- Kurt Weill, composer **
- George David Weiss, composer & lyricist
- Frank Wildhorn, composer
- Meredith Willson, composer & lyricist
- Ed Wynn, composer & lyricist
- David Yazbek, composer and lyricist (Jewish mother)
- Jack Yellen, lyricist
- Maury Yeston, composer & lyricist **
- Victor Young, composer & lyricist
- Efrem Zimbalist, composer
- David Zippel, lyricist **
Film composers
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Academy Award for Original Music Score.
- Burt Bacharach, film composer **
- Elmer Bernstein, film composer **
- Saul Chaplin, film composer **
- Aaron Copland, film composer **
- Danny Elfman, film composer
- Percy Faith, Canadian-born film composer, pianist and arranger
- Ernest Gold, film composer **
- Elliot Goldenthal, film composer **
- Jerry Goldsmith, film composer **
- Dave Grusin, film composer **
- Marvin Hamlisch, film composer **
- Bernard Herrmann, film composer **
- James Horner, film composer **
- Gus Kahn, film composer **
- Michael Kamen, film composer
- Bronisław Kaper, film composer **
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold, film composer **
- Johnny Mandel, film composer
- Alan Menken, film composer **
- Jerome Moross, film composer
- Alfred Newman, film composer **
- Randy Newman, singer-songwriter and film composer
- Thomas Newman, film composer (Jewish father)
- Alex North, film composer
- André Previn, film composer **
- David Raksin, film composer
- Richard Rodgers, film composer
- Miklós Rózsa film composer **
- Lalo Schifrin, film composer
- Stephen Schwartz, film composer **
- Marc Shaiman, film composer
- Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, film composers **
- Howard Shore film composer **
- Max Steiner, film composer **
- Dimitri Tiomkin, film composer **
- Franz Waxman, film composer **
- Victor Young, film composer **
Film directors
- Jack Abramoff, Former president of Regency Entertainment Group, producing such movies as Red Scorpion
- Jim Abrahams, parody director
- J.J. Abrams, writer and director
- Woody Allen, Oscar-winning director, actor, screenwriter and musician
- Jack Arnold, director
- Darren Aronofsky, director
- George Axelrod, director, producer and screenwriter
- Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-born animation film director
- Bob Balaban, director and producer
- Andrew Bergman, director
- Curtis Bernhardt, German-born director and producer
- Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish mother)
- James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Mel Brooks, director, actor and producer (also see Comedians, qv)
- Richard Brooks, director
- William Castle, director
- Ethan & Joel Coen, directors, screenwriters & producers
- Rob Cohen, director, producer
- Ricardo Cortez, director and actor; brother of Stanley Cortez
- George Cukor, Oscar-winning director
- Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director
- Paul Czinner, Hungarian-born director
- Jules Dassin, director
- Andrew Davis, director
- Cecil B. DeMille, director (Jewish mother, raised Episcopalian)
- Maya Deren, director
- Henri Diamant-Berger, French-born director, producer and screenwriter
- William Dieterle, director
- Stanley Donen, director, choreographer
- Nora Ephron, director
- Richard Fleischer, director; son of animator Max Fleischer
- Carl Foreman, director, producer and screenwriter
- Milos Forman, Oscar-winning director (Jewish father)
- John Frankenheimer, director (Jewish father)
- William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director
- Samuel Fuller, director
- Charles Guggenheim, Oscar-winning documentary director
- Todd Haynes, director (Jewish mother)
- Amy Heckerling, director
- Peter Hyams, director
- Spike Jonze, director
- Phil Karlson, director (Jewish father)
- Garson Kanin, director, screenwriter and playwright
- Lawrence Kasdan, director
- Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter
- Irvin Kershner, director
- Zalman King, director
- Harmony Korine, director, screenwriter (Jewish father)
- Henry Koster, director
- Stanley Kramer, director
- Stanley Kubrick, director
- John Landis, director
- Fritz Lang, Austrian-born director (Jewish mother, raised Catholic)
- Norman Lear, director, producer and screenwriter
- Mimi Leder, director
- Mervyn LeRoy, director and producer
- Richard Lester, director
- Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director
- Jerry Lewis, director, comic actor and producer
- Joseph H. Lewis, director
- Anatole Litvak, Russian-born director
- Siegmund Lubin, director
- Ernst Lubitsch, director
- Sidney Lumet, director
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning director
- Tom Mankiewicz, director and screenwriter; son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Daniel Mann, director
- Michael Mann, director
- Stuart Margolin, director and actor
- Elaine May, director, actress and screenwriter
- Paul Mazursky, director, producer and screenwriter
- Albert & David Maysles, documentary filmmakers
- Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter
- Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning director
- Paul Newman, director, actor and producer (Jewish father)
- Mike Nichols, Oscar-winning director
- Leonard Nimoy, actor and director
- Marcel Ophüls, director; son of director Max Ophüls
- Richard Oswald, German-born director and producer
- Frank Oz, director (Jewish father)
- Alan J. Pakula, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Norman Panama, director, producer and screenwriter
- Arthur Penn, director
- Leo Penn, director
- Abraham Polonsky, director
- Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director, actor, producer
- Otto Preminger, director
- Sam Raimi, director
- Harold Ramis, director
- Brett Ratner, director
- Carl Reiner, director and actor; father of Rob Reiner
- Rob Reiner, director, actor
- Martin Ritt, director
- Jay Roach, director
- Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning director, choreographer
- Herbert Ross, director
- Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter
- Joe Roth, director, producer and executive
- David O. Russell, director, screenwriter (Jewish father)
- Joel Schumacher, director
- Susan Seidelman, director
- George Sidney, director
- Don Siegel, director
- Frank Silvera, founder of Theatre of Being (Jewish father)
- Bryan Singer, director
- Robert Siodmak, German-born director
- Todd Solondz, director
- Barry Sonnenfeld, director
- Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning director, producer
- Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born director (M; Metropolis)
- Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning director (Jewish father)
- Paul Strand, documentary director
- Barbra Streisand, director, actress and singer
- Joseph Strick, director, producer and screenwriter
- Erich von Stroheim, director, actor
- James Toback, director, screenwriter and producer
- Edgar G. Ulmer, director
- Paul & Chris Weitz, directors
- Billy Wilder, Austrian-born Oscar-winning director, screenwriter and producer
- Irwin Winkler, director
- Frederick Wiseman, documentary director
- William Wyler, Oscar-winning director
- Boaz Yakin, director
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born Oscar-winning director
- David Zucker & Jerry Zucker, parody directors, producers
- Edward Zwick, director, producer
- Terry Zwigoff, director
Film Actors/Personalities
- Bud Abbott, actor (Jewish mother)
- Jack Albertson, actor
- Broncho Billy Anderson, first major cowboy movie actor
- Alan Arkin, actor
- Tom Arnold, actor (converted to Judaism; some distant Jewish maternal ancestry)
- Alexis Arquette, David, Patricia & Rosanna Arquette, actors (Jewish mother)
- Mili Avital, Israeli-born actress
- Hank Azaria, actor
- Lauren Bacall, actress
- Barbara Bach, actress, model (Jewish father)
- Carroll Baker, actress (converted to Judaism)
- Bob Balaban, actor
- Martin Balsam, Oscar-winning actor
- Theda Bara, actress, vamp
- Ellen Barkin, actress
- Barbara Barrie, actress
- Gene Barry, actor
- Randall Batinkoff, actor
- Richard Benjamin, actor
- Robby Benson, actor
- Marisa Berenson, actress (Jewish father)
- Peter Berg, actor (Jewish father)
- Polly Bergen, actress (converted)
- Elizabeth Berkley, actress
- Corbin Bernsen, actor (Jewish father)
- Craig Bierko, actor (Jewish mother)
- Rachel Bilson, star of "The O.C." (Jewish father)
- Thora Birch, actress (Jewish paternal grandfather)
- Joey Bishop, actor, member of the Rat Pack
- Jack Black, actor, rock musician
- Karen Black, actress (mother of child actor Hunter Carson)
- Mel Blanc, cartoon voice actor
- Selma Blair, actress
- Jonah Bobo, child actor
- Richard Boone, actor (Jewish mother)
- Zach Braff, actor
- Michael Brandon, actor
- Matthew Broderick actor (Jewish mother)
- Adam Brody, actor
- Adrien Brody, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Albert Brooks, actor, writer, director
- Mel Brooks, actor, writer, director
- Red Buttons, Oscar-winning actor
- Amanda Bynes, actress (Jewish mother)
- James Caan, actor
- Scott Caan, actor, son of James Caan
- Susan Cabot, actress
- Neve Campbell, Canadian-born actress (Sephardic Jewish ancestry on mother's side; identifies as Jewish and Catholic)
- Dyan Cannon, actress (Jewish mother)
- Eddie Cantor, actor
- Kate Capshaw, actress (converted)
- Nick and Aaron Carter, actors & singers (Jewish father; not raised Jewish)
- Seymour Cassel, actor
- Phoebe Cates, actress (Jewish father & half-Jewish mother)
- Jeff Chandler, actor
- Josh Charles, actor
- Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian-born actress
- Jill Clayburgh, actress
- Lee J. Cobb, actor
- Didi Conn, actress
- Jennifer Connelly, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish mother)
- Harry Connick, Jr., actor (Jewish mother)
- Hans Conried, actor
- Jackie Cooper, actor (Jewish father)
- Peter Coyote, actor
- Billy Crystal, actor
- Jamie Lee Curtis, Lady Haden-Guest; actress (Jewish father)
- Tony Curtis, actor; father of Jamie Lee Curtis
- Howard Da Silva, actor
- Sammy Davis Jr., all-around entertainer (converted)
- Stephen Dorff, actor (Jewish father)
- Kirk Douglas, Oscar-winning actor
- Melvyn Douglas, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Michael Douglas, actor (Jewish father)
- Robert Downey, Jr., actor (Jewish paternal grandfather; identifies as "half Jewish")
- Fran Drescher, comic actress
- Richard Dreyfuss, Oscar-winning actor
- David Duchovny, actor (Jewish father)
- Herb Edelman, film and TV actor
- Hallie Kate Eisenberg, actress
- Jesse Eisenberg, actor
- Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor (Jewish father)
- Peter Falk, actor
- Jon Favreau, actor, director (Jewish mother)
- Corey Feldman, actor
- Marty Feldman, comic actor
- Tovah Feldshuh, actress
- Harvey Fierstein, actor, playwright
- Jeanna Fine, erotic actress & dancer
- Fyvush Finkel, actor
- Carrie Fisher, actress (Jewish father)
- Isla Fisher, (convert to Judaism)
- Harrison Ford, actor (Jewish mother)
- Ben Foster, U.S. actor
- James Franco, actor (Jewish mother)
- Paul Frees, cartoon voice actor
- Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actresses (Jewish mother; father's family potentially of converted Jewish descent)
- John Garfield, actor
- Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
- Gina Gershon, actress
- Jami Gertz, actress
- Jack Gilford, actor
- Scott Glenn, actor (convert to Judaism)
- Paulette Goddard, actress (Jewish father)
- Adam Goldberg, actor (Jewish father; raised Jewish)
- Jeff Goldblum, actor
- Leo Gorcey, actor ("Dead End Kids")
- Keith Gordon, actor
- Elliott Gould, actor
- Harold Gould, actor
- Lee Grant, Oscar-winning actress
- Bryan Greenberg, actor
- Jennifer Grey, actress
- Joel Grey, Oscar-winning actor
- Charles Grodin, actor
- Christopher Guest, Lord Haden-Guest, 5th Baron of Saling; actor (Jewish mother)
- Steve Guttenberg, actor
- Maggie & Jake Gyllenhaal, actors (Jewish mother)
- Corey Haim, Canadian-born former child actor
- Billy Halop, actor ("Bowery Boys"); brother of Florence Halop
- Nina Hartley, porn actress (Jewish mother)
- Goldie Hawn, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish mother, raised & identifies)
- Dan Hedaya, actor
- Barbara Hershey, actress (Jewish father)
- Judd Hirsch, Oscar nominee
- Dustin Hoffman, Oscar-winning actor
- Judy Holliday, Oscar-winning actress
- John Houseman, Oscar-winning actor (Jewish father)
- Kate Hudson, actress (Jewish maternal grandmother; raised Jewish)
- Helen Hunt, Oscar-winning actress (Jewish paternal grandmother)
- Tab Hunter, actor (Jewish father)
- Amy Irving, US actress (Jewish father)
- Sam Jaffe, movie and TV actor
- David Janssen, actor (Jewish father)
- Ron Jeremy, erotic actor
- Scarlett Johansson, actress (Jewish mother)
- Al Jolson, singer, actor, early sound film star
- Madeline Kahn, actress
- Carol Kane, actress
- James Karen, actor
- Chris Kattan, actor (Jewish father)
- Omri Katz, Israeli-born actor
- Lainie Kazan, actress, singer
- Danny Kaye, actor
- Harvey Keitel, movie actor; married to actress Daphna Kastner
- Tawny Kitaen, actress (Jewish father; raised Jewish)
- Kevin Kline, actor (Jewish father; raised Catholic)
- Jack Klugman, actor
- Yaphet Kotto, actor
- Martin Kove, actor
- Lisa Kudrow, actress
- Shia LaBeouf, actor (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
- Bert Lahr, actor
- Ricki Lake, actress
- Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress
- Martin Landau, Oscar-winning movie actor
- Robert Lansing, U.S. actor (convert to Judaism)
- Jack Larson, actor (Jewish mother)
- Louise Lasser, actress
- Piper Laurie, actress
- Linda Lavin, actress
- Marc Lawrence, actor
- Michele Lee, actress, singer
- Ron Leibman, actor; formerly married to Linda Lavin
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, actress
- Donovan Leitch Jr., actor (Jewish mother)
- Michael Lembeck, actor
- Michael Lerner, actor
- Oscar Levant, actor
- Same Levene, actor
- Ted Levine, actor
- Eugene Levy, Canadian-born actor
- Hal Linden, actor, singer
- Alex D. Linz, child actor
- Jonathan Lipnicki, child actor
- Peggy Lipton, actress
- Herbert Lom, Czech-born actor
- Peter Lorre, German-born actor
- Jon Lovitz, German-born actor
- Paul Lukas, Oscar-winning actor
- Natasha Lyonne, actress
- Ali MacGraw, actress (Jewish mother)
- Gabriel Macht, actor
- Joshua Malina, actor
- Howie Mandel, Canadian born actor
- Tony Martin, actor & singer
- Marx Brothers, comic actors
- Marlee Matlin, Oscar-winning actress
- Walter Matthau, Oscar-winning actor
- Debi Mazar, actress (Jewish father)
- Monet Mazur, actress (Jewish father)
- Elaine May, actress, writer
- Debra Messing, actress
- Dina Meyer, actress
- Bette Midler, actress, singer
- Sylvia Miles, actress
- Larry Miller, actor & comedian
- Marilyn Monroe, actress (convert to Judaism)
- Mandy Moore, actress & singer (Jewish maternal grandfather)
- Rick Moranis, Canadian-born actor and comedian
- Vic Morrow, actor; father of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Zero Mostel, actor
- Paul Muni, Oscar-winning actor
- Judd Nelson, actor, member of the "Brat Pack"
- Tim Blake Nelson, actor & director
- Bebe Neuwirth, actress
- Paul Newman, actor (Jewish father)
- Olivia Newton-John, actress, singer (Jewish maternal grandfather & half-Jewish grandmother)
- Leonard Nimoy, actor
- Jerry Orbach, actor, (Jewish father)
- Lilli Palmer, German-born movie actress
- Gwyneth Paltrow, actress (Jewish father); identifies as Jewish
- Eleanor Parker, actress (convert to Judaism)
- Sarah Jessica Parker, actress (Jewish father)
- Estelle Parsons, actress
- Mandy Patinkin, actor, singer
- David Paymer, actor
- Amanda Peet, actress (Jewish mother, identifies)
- Sean Penn, actor (Jewish father)
- Rhea Perlman, actress
- Ron Perlman, actor
- Joaquin, (late) River & Summer Phoenix, actors (Jewish mother)
- Molly Picon, actress (Yiddish-speaking)
- Rebecca Pidgeon, actress (convert to Judaism)
- Jeremy Piven, actor
- Suzanne Pleshette, actress
- Kevin Pollak, actor
- Natalie Portman, actress
- Freddie Prinze, Jr., actor (Jewish grandfather)
- Sophie Okonedo, actrees (Jewish mother)
- Mae Questel, cartoon voice actress
- Gilda Radner, original cast member of Saturday Night Live
- Luise Rainer, Oscar-winning actress (born in either Düsseldorf or Vienna)
- Harold Ramis, actor & director
- Tony Randall, comedic actor (born Leonard Rosenberg)
- John Randolph, all-media actor
- Michael Rapaport, TV and movie actor
- Nikki Reed, actress (Jewish father)
- Paul Reiser, U.S. actor
- Tommy Rettig, child actor (Jewish father)
- Simon Rex, actor & model (Jewish mother)
- Peter Riegert, actor & comedian
- Ritz Brothers, comedians
- Doris Roberts, actress
- Tanya Roberts, actress (Jewish mother)
- Edward G. Robinson, actor
- Mimi Rogers, actress (Jewish father)
- Michael Rosenbaum, actor
- Emmy Rossum, actress
- Paul Rubens, actor
- Paul Rudd, actor
- Winona Ryder, actress (Jewish father; identifies as Jewish)
- Daryl Sabara, child actor
- Adam Sandler, actor, comedian
- Fred Savage, actor
- Rob Schneider, actor, comedian (Jewish father)
- Liev Schreiber, actor (Jewish mother)
- Jason Schwartzman, actor (Jewish father)
- David Schwimmer, actor
- Steven Seagal, actor (Jewish father; Seagal later became Buddhist)
- Kyra Sedgwick, actress (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
- George Segal, actor
- Peter Sellers, actor (Jewish mother)
- Jane Seymour, British-born actress (Jewish father)
- Norma Shearer, Oscar-winning actress (convert to Judaism)
- Ally Sheedy, actress (Jewish mother)
- Pauly Shore, actor & comedian
- Sylvia Sidney, legendary star of the 1930s/1940s
- Ron Silver, actor, activist
- Jonathan Silverman, actor
- Alicia Silverstone, actress
- Lori Singer, actress, sister of Marc Singer
- Marc Singer, actor
- Ione Skye, actress (Jewish mother)
- Helen Slater, actress
- Leelee Sobieski, U.S. actress (Jewish maternal grandfather; raised partially Jewish)
- Rena Sofer, actress
- Marla Sokoloff, actress
- Tori Spelling, actress; daughter of Aaron Spelling
- Rod Steiger, actor
- Jon Stewart, actor & TV host
- Daniel Stern, actor
- Fisher Stevens, U.S. actor (Jewish father)
- Ben Stiller, comedic actor
- Jerry Stiller, comedic actor
- Jill St. John, actress
- Lee Strasberg, actor and Method acting instructor
- Susan Strasberg, actress
- Peter Strauss, actor
- Barbra Streisand, Oscar-winning actress, singer, director
- Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar-winning actress (converted)
- Renee Taylor, actress
- George Tobias, actor
- Topol, actor
- Michelle Trachtenberg, actress (Jewish father)
- Michael Tucker, actor
- Michael Vartan French-born US actor (Jewish mother)
- Abe Vigoda, actor
- Erich von Stroheim, German-born actor
- Eli Wallach, actor
- Sam Wanamaker, actor
- Lesley Ann Warren, actress
- Mae West, actress (Jewish mother)
- Jack Weston, actor
- Cornel Wilde, actor
- Gene Wilder, actor
- Mara Wilson, actress (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
- Debra Winger, actress
- Henry Winkler, actor
- Mare Winningham, actress (convert to Judaism, reported to be quite devout)
- Alex Winter, actor
- Dame Shelley Winters, Oscar-winning actress
- Scott Wolf, actor
- Evan Rachel Wood, actress, (Christian father, mother who converted to Judaism)
- Noah Wyle, actor (Jewish father; raised Jewish)
- Ed Wynn, actor, father of Keenan Wynn
- Keenan Wynn, actor, son of Ed Wynn (Jewish father; raised Catholic)
- Harris Yulin, actor
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor; father of Stephanie Zimbalist
Television Actors/Actresses
- 20/20 - Barbara Walters, John Stossel, Connie Chung (Chung converted)
- 24 - Recurring characters: Jonathan Ahdout, Sara Gilbert, Mia Kirshner
- 3rd Rock From The Sun - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- The Addams Family - Carolyn Jones (converted)
- ALF - Anne Meara (converted)
- Alias - Victor Garber, Amy Irving (Jewish father), Greg Grunberg, Ron Rifkin, Joey Slotnick, Michael Vartan (Jewish mother), Kevin Weisman
- Alice - Linda Lavin
- Arrested Development - Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, David Cross
- Babylon 5 - Mira Furlan, Stephen Furst, Melissa Gilbert, Walter Koenig, Stephen Macht, Robin Sachs
- Barney Miller - Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Steve Landesberg, Abe Vigoda
- Battlestar Galactica - Lorne Greene
- Baywatch - Jason Brooks, David Charvet, Yasmine Bleeth, Nicole Eggert (Bleeth & Eggert Jewish father)
- The Ben Stiller Show - Ben Stiller, David Cross
- Beverly Hills 90210 - Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Tori Spelling
- Bewitched - Mabel Albertson, George Tobias
- Blossom - Mayim Bialik
- The Bob Newhart Show - Suzanne Pleshette
- The Bold And The Beautiful - Sean Kanan
- Bonanza - Lorne Greene, Michael Landon (Jewish father)
- Boston Public - Michael Rapaport, Jessalyn Gilsig (Jewish father), Rashida Jones (Jewish mother), Fyvush Finkel
- Boston Legal - William Shatner
- Boy Meets World - Ben Savage
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green, Alyson Hannigan (Jewish mother), Juliet Landau, Amber Benson, Michelle Trachtenberg (Benson & Trachtenberg - Jewish father)
- The Carol Burnett Show - Harvey Korman, Dinah Shore
- Charlie's Angels - Tanya Roberts, Jaclyn Smith (Roberts Jewish mother, Smith Jewish father)
- Cheers - Rhea Perlman, Bebe Neuwirth
- Chicago Hope - Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, Peter Berg, Barbara Hershey (Berg & Hershey Jewish father)
- Chico and the Man - Jack Albertson, Freddie Prinze (Prinze Jewish father)
- Columbo - Peter Falk
- The Cosby Show - Lisa Bonet (Jewish mother)
- The Critic (animated series) - Jon Lovitz
- Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis
- Days of Our Lives - Sean Kanan, Jason Brooks
- Dead like me - Mandy Patinkin
- Dear John - Judd Hirsch, Ben Savage
- The Dick van Dyke Show - Morey Amsterdam, Carl Reiner, Jerry Paris
- Dukes of Hazzard - Sorrell Booke
- Dynasty - Joan Collins (Jewish father)
- Entourage - Jeremy Piven, Emmanuelle Chriqui
- Even Stevens - Shia LaBeouf (Jewish mother), Donna Pescow
- Empty Nest - Dinah Manoff, Estelle Getty
- ER - Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies (Margulies' mother converted to Catholicism, raised Margulies Catholic)
- Everybody Loves Raymond - Doris Roberts, Brad Garrett, Monica Horan (Jewish father)
- The Facts of Life - Charlotte Rae, Mindy Cohn
- Family Guy (animated series) - Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis, Seth Green
- Farscape - Claudia Black
- Freaks and Geeks - John Francis Daley, Samm Levine, James Franco (Jewish mother)
- Friends - Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer
- Full House - Bob Saget, Scott Weinger, Marla Sokoloff
- Futurama - Katey Sagal (Jewish father)
- General Hospital - Stuart Damon, Steve Bond, Rena Sofer, Recurring character: Corbin Bernsen
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - George Burns
- Get Smart - Don Adams (Jewish father; raised Catholic), Bernie Kopell
- Gilligan's Island - Tina Louise, Natalie Schafer
- Gilmore Girls - Scott Patterson
- Gimme a Break! - Nell Carter (convert to Judaism), Lara Jill Miller, Jonathan Silverman, Paul Sand (Jewish father)
- The Goldbergs - Gertrude Berg, Philip Loeb
- The Golden Girls - Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty
- Good Day LA - Steve Edwards (also, Dorothy Lucey has a Jewish husband)
- The Goon Show - Peter Sellers
- Growing Pains - Jeremy Miller
- Happy Days - Henry Winkler, Tom Bosley, Anson Williams, Don Most
- Homicide: Life on the Street - Yaphet Kotto, Richard Belzer
- Hogan's Heroes - Leon Askin, Werner Klemperer, Howard Caine, John Banner & Robert Clary
- House, M.D. - Lisa Edelstein
- The Howard Stern Show & The Howard Stern Radio Show - Howard Stern
- Jack & Jill - Amanda Peet, Simon Rex (Jewish mother)
- Joey - Paulo Costanzo (Jewish mother)
- Judge Judy - Judge Judy Sheindlin
- Just Shoot Me! - George Segal, Rena Sofer
- King of Queens - Jerry Stiller, Leah Remini (Jewish mother)
- Knots Landing - Michele Lee, Claudia Lonow
- L.A. Law - Michael Tucker, Alan Rachins, Corbin Bernsen (Jewish father)
- The Larry Sanders Show - Garry Shandling, Jeffrey Tambor
- Las Vegas - James Caan
- Late Night with David Letterman - Paul Shaffer
- Law & Order - Steven Hill, Jerry Orbach (Jewish father), Recurring character: Lynn Cohen
- Let's Make a Deal - Monty Hall
- Life As We Know It - Jon Foster, Kelly Osbourne (Jewish maternal grandfather)
- Little House on the Prairie - Melissa Gilbert, Michael Landon (Jewish father; raised Jewish)
- Live with Regis and Kelly - Michael Gelman
- Lizzie McGuire - Adam Lamberg
- Lost In Space - Jonathan Harris
- Lou Grant - Ed Asner, Mason Adams
- The Love Boat - Bernie Kopell
- The L Word - Mia Kirshner, Erin Daniels
- Mad About You - Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt (Jewish paternal grandmother), Richard Kind
- Malcolm In The Middle - Justin Berfield, Kenneth Mars
- Married... with Children - Katey Sagal (Jewish father)
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Ed Asner, Mary Tyler Moore (Jewish paternal grandfather)
- Maude - Bea Arthur, Bill Macy
- Miss Match - Alicia Silverstone
- Mission Impossible - Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Steven Hill
- The Mod Squad - Peggy Lipton
- Modern Men - Max Greenfield, Marla Sokoloff
- Monk - Bitty Schram, Ted Levine
- The Munsters - Al Lewis
- My Two Dads - Paul Reiser, Florence Stanley
- The Nanny - Fran Drescher, Renee Taylor, Rachel Chagall
- Night Court - Selma Diamond, Florence Halop
- Nip/Tuck - Jessalyn Gilsig (Jewish father)
- Northern Exposure - Rob Morrow
- numb3rs - Judd Hirsch, Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz
- The O.C. - Rachel Bilson (Jewish father), Adam Brody, Guest star: Linda Lavin
- The Odd Couple - Jack Klugman, Tony Randall
- Once and Again - Evan Rachel Wood (Christian father, mother who converted to Judaism)
- One Day at a Time - Bonnie Franklin
- One Tree Hill - Bryan Greenberg
- Party of Five - Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell (Jewish mother)
- Passions - Galen Gering, Lindsay Hartley (both Jewish father)
- The People's Court - Judge Gerald Sheindlin
- Phil of the Future - Ricky Ullman
- The Phil Silvers Show - Phil Silvers
- The Practice - Camryn Manheim, Marla Sokoloff
- The Pretender - Michael T. Weiss
- Punky Brewster - Soleil Moon Frye (Jewish mother; raised Jewish)
- The Real World - Rachel
- Rhoda - David Groh, Julie Kavner, Harold Gould
- Roseanne - Roseanne Barr, Sandra Bernhard, Sara Gilbert, Tom Arnold (convert to Judaism), Michael Fishman , Estelle Parsons, Shelley Winters, John Randolph
- Roswell - Shiri Appleby, Brendan Fehr
- St. Elsewhere - Howie Mandel, Stephen Furst, Florence Halop
- Santa Barbara - Steve Bond, Nancy Lee Grahn (Jewish mother)
- Saturday Night Live (original cast) - Laraine Newman, Gilda Radner
- Saved by the Bell - Dustin Diamond, Elizabeth Berkley
- Scrubs - Zach Braff
- Seinfeld - Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Jewish paternal grandfather), Jerry Stiller, Estelle Harris
- Sex and the City - Sarah Jessica Parker (Jewish father), David Eigenberg (Jewish father), Recurring characters: Lynn Cohen, Evan Handler
- The Simpsons (animated series) - Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer
- Sixty Minutes (original) - Mike Wallace, Morley Safer
- Smallville - Michael Rosenbaum
- South Park - Matt Stone (Jewish mother), Mary Kay Bergman, Eliza Schneider
- The Sopranos - Jamie-Lynn DiScala
- Space: 1999 - Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Joan Collins (Jewish father)
- Spin City - Richard Kind
- Sports Night - Josh Charles, Joshua Malina
- Starsky and Hutch - Paul Michael Glaser
- Star Trek - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Brent Spiner
- Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - Armin Shimerman
- Sunset Beach - Sean Kanan, Randy Spelling, Bernie Kopell
- Taxi - Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane, Andy Kaufman
- That '70s Show - Mila Kunis, Tanya Roberts, Laura Prepon (Roberts Jewish mother, Prepon Jewish father)
- thirtysomething - Ken Olin, Melanie Mayron
- Three's Company - Norman Fell, Richard Kline
- Today Show (NBC) - Matt Lauer, Katie Couric (Lauer Jewish father, Couric Jewish mother)
- Twins - Sara Gilbert, Mark Linn-Baker
- Welcome Back, Kotter - Gabe Kaplan, Marcia Strassman
- The West Wing - Richard Schiff, Joshua Malina
- What I Like About You - Amanda Bynes, Simon Rex (Bynes & Rex Jewish mother), Leslie Grossman
- Who's the Boss? - Judith Light
- The Wild Wild West - Ross Martin, Robert Conrad (Jewish mother)
- Will & Grace - Debra Messing, Shelley Morrison, Recurring characters: Harry Connick, Jr. (Jewish mother), Sydney Pollack, Lesley Ann Warren
- Wings - Steven Weber, Rebecca Schull
- The Wonder Years - Fred Savage, Josh Saviano, Jason Hervey, Ben Stein, Lindsay Sloane, Dustin Diamond, Daniel Stern
- The X-Files - David Duchovny (Jewish father)
- Your Show of Shows - Sid Caesar, Howard Morris
- Zoey 101 - Sean Flynn-Amir
TV and radio presenters
- Michael Savage, KNEW radio host
- Dan Abrams, MSNBC anchor
- Marv Albert, sportscaster
- Mel Allen, radio sportscaster
- Chuck Barris, presenter of Dating Game, Gong Show
- Wolf Blitzer, CNN reporter
- Kitty Carlisle, panelist on To Tell the Truth, arts advocate
- Connie Chung, news anchor (converted)
- Liz Claman, host of CNBC Morning Call
- Howard Cosell, sportscaster
- Katie Couric, presenter of The Today Show (Jewish mother)
- Jim Cramer, tv reporter
- Don Francisco, presenter of Sabado Gigante
- Allen Funt, presenter of Candid Camera
- Ira Glass, presenter of This American Life
- Amy Goodman, presenter of Democracy Now
- Daryn Kagan, host of CNN Live Today
- Larry King, CNN reporter, host of Larry King Live
- Ted Koppel, presenter of Nightline
- Ricki Lake, presenter of Ricki
- Dave Lieberman, presenter of Good Deal with Dave Lieberman
- Bill Maher, ex-presenter of Politically Incorrect (Jewish mother, raised Catholic, agnostic)
- Al Michaels, sportscaster
- Bill Nye, presenter of Bill Nye, the Science Guy
- Maury Povich, talk-show host
- Geraldo Rivera, news reporter (Jewish mother)
- Laura Schlessinger, radio talk-show host of Dr. Laura
- Daniel Schorr, tv reporter
- Dinah Shore, television host, singer
- Elliot Segal, host of popular radio show, Elliot in the Morning
- Richard Simmons, fitness guru, host of Lighten Up with Richard Simmons
- Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
- Bill Stern, radio sportscaster
- Howard Stern, radio shock jock
- Jon Stewart, comedian, presenter of The Daily Show
- Mike Wallace, correspondent for 60 Minutes
- Barbara Walters, presenter of Today Show, 20/20
Producers and creators
- Irwin Allen, producer & director
- Judd Apatow, screenwriter
- George Axelrod, screenwriter
- David Benioff, screenwriter
- Steven Bochco, creator of LA Law, Murder One
- Jerry Bruckheimer, producer
- James Burrows, director Will and Grace, Laverne & Shirley, created Cheers
- Seymore Butts, adult film producer & director
- Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter
- Norman Corwin, radio writer, producer
- David Crane, screenwriter, producer, co-creator of Friends
- Robert Evans, producer, studio executive
- William Goetz, producer
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Akiva Goldsman, Oscar-winning screenwriter, producer
- Carl Gottlieb, screenwriter
- Ben Hecht, screenwriter
- Don Hewitt, executive producer of 60 minutes
- Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter and director
- Marta Kauffman, producer, screenwriter, co-creator of Friends
- Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter
- David Kohan, executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami, Twins, Four Kings, screenwriter of The Wonder Years
- Jenji Kohan, screenwriter, creator of Weeds
- Ernest Lehman, screenwriter
- Bill Maher, creator and host of "Real Time" (Jewish mother, raised Catholic; agnostic)
- Max Mutchnick, executive producer of Will & Grace, Good Morning Miami, Twins, Four Kings, screenwriter of The Wonder Years
- Marc Platt, producer
- Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director
- Carl Reiner, comedian, creator of The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Leon Schlesinger, producer
- Josh Schwartz, screenwriter, creator of The OC
- Sherwood Schwartz, creator of Gilligan's Island, Brady Bunch
- David Selznick, producer
- Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone
- Joel Silver, producer and co-inventor of Ultimate Frisbee
- Aaron Sorkin, creator of West Wing
- Aaron Spelling, producer, Starsky & Hutch, Charlie's Angels, Beverly Hills, 90210, Vega$, Family, Dynasty, Melrose Place, Charmed, 7th Heaven, Summerland
- Darren Star, creator of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Sex and the City
- Matt Stone, creator of South Park (Jewish mother)
- Irving Thalberg, Oscar-winning producer
Comedians
- Bud Abbott, half of Abbott & Costello (Jewish mother)
- Woody Allen, comedian, director, actor
- Morey Amsterdam, comedian, actor
- Dave Attell, comedian
- Ike Barenholtz, comedian, cast member of 'MADtv'
- Roseanne Barr, comedian
- Jack Benny, entertainer
- Milton Berle, entertainer, actor
- Shelley Berman, comedian
- Sandra Bernhard, comedian
- Lewis Black, comedian
- Victor Borge, comedian, pianist
- Fanny Brice, entertainer
- Albert Brooks, comedian, actor
- Mel Brooks, comedian
- Lenny Bruce, comedian
- George Burns, entertainer, actor
- Red Buttons, comedian, actor
- Eddie Cantor, entertainer, actor
- Sid Caesar, actor, writer
- Andrew Dice Clay, comedian
- Myron Cohen, comedian
- David Cross, comedian, actor
- Rodney Dangerfield, comedian
- Larry David, comedian
- Larry Fine, the Three Stooges
- Al Franken, comedian, activist
- Elon Gold, comedian, actor
- Gilbert Gottfried, comedian, actor
- Shecky Greene, comedian
- Charles Grodin, comedian, actor
- Buddy Hackett, comedian
- Moe, Shemp & Curly Howard, the Three Stooges
- George Jessel, comedian
- Al Jolson, comedian
- Mickey Katz, comedian
- Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor
- Danny Kaye, entertainer, actor
- Alan King, comedian
- Robert Klein, comedian
- Tom Lehrer, satirist, musician
- Oscar Levant, comedian
- Jerry Lewis, comedian, actor
- Richard Lewis, comedian
- Marc Maron, comedian, radio host
- The Marx Brothers, (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo), comedians
- Jackie Mason, comedian
- Anne Meara, comedienne, actress
- Lorne Michaels, creator of Saturday Night Live
- Freddie Prinze, comedian, actor (Jewish father)
- Gilda Radner, comic actress
- Carl Reiner, comedian, actor
- Paul Reiser, comedian, actor
- Don Rickles, comedian, actor
- Joan Rivers, comedienne
- Rita Rudner, comedian
- Adam Sandler, comedian, actor
- Robert Schimmel, comedian
- Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor
- Al Shean, comedian, actor
- Allan Sherman, satirist, musician
- Pauly Shore, comedian
- Sarah Silverman, comic
- Jon Stewart, comic, TV host
- Ben Stiller, actor, camedian
- Barbra Streisand, comedian
- Rich Vos, Comic
- Henny Youngman, comedian
Theater
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are producers who have won the Tony Award for Best Musical and/or the Tony Award for Best Play. Those listed with a triple asteriks (***) have won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and/or Play. Those listed with a quadruple asteriks (****) have won the Tony Award for Best Actor or Best Actress in a Musical or Play.
- Jacob Pavlovitch Adler, actor
- Bud Abbott, actor (Jewish mother)
- Stella Adler, acting teacher & actress
- Woody Allen, actor
- Herb Alpert, producer *
- Morey Amsterdam, actor
- Boris Aronson, set designer, costume designer and lighting designer
- George Axelrod, producer & director
- Shoshana Bean, actress
- Julian Beck & Judith Malina, founders of Living Theatre
- David Belasco, producer & director
- Michael Bennett, director & producer (Jewish mother) **
- Jack Benny, actor
- Milton Berle, producer & actor
- Shelley Berman, actress
- Sarah Bernhardt, legendary French thespian (Jewish mother)
- Theodore Bikel, actor
- Victor Borge, actor & writer
- Fanny Brice, actress
- Mel Brooks, producer **
- Abe Burrows, director ***
- Red Buttons, actor
- George Burns, actor
- Sid Caesar, actor
- Eddie Cantor, actor & producer
- Kitty Carlisle, actress
- Joseph Chaikin & Peter Feldman, founders of Open Theatre
- Paddy Chayefsky, director
- Norman Corwin, director
- Billy Crystal, actor & writer
- Rodney Dangerfield, actor
- Clive Davis, producer
- Sammy Davis, Jr., actor (convert)
- Robert Evans, actor
- Cy Feuer, producer, director & theatre owner/operator **
- Ron Field, director ***
- Larry Fine, actor
- David Geffen, producer **
- Leonard Goldberg, producer
- Gilbert Gottfried, actor
- Charles Grodin, producer, director & actor
- Buddy Hackett, actor & producer
- Arthur Hammerstein, producer & director (uncle of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein I, producer & theater director/operator (grandfather of Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Oscar Hammerstein II, producer & director
- Ben Hecht, director
- Anna Held, stage performer
- Curly Howard, actor
- Moe Howard, actor
- Shemp Howard, actor
- Sidney Howard, producer & director
- George Jessel, producer and actor
- Al Jolson, performer & producer
- Mickey Katz, actor & director
- Andy Kaufman, actor
- George S. Kaufman, producer, director, and theater owner/operator
- Danny Kaye, actor
- Larry Kert, actor & singer
- Michael Kidd, director & producer
- Alan King, actor & producer
- Robert Klein, actor
- Richard Kline, actor
- Judy Kuhn, actress & singer
- Bert Lahr, actor ****
- James Lapine, director & librettist
- Norman Lear, producer
- Ernest Lehman, producer
- Sam Levene, director & actor
- Jerry Lewis, actor
- Judith Light, actress
- Lucille Lortel, Off-Broadway producer, Lucille Lortel Theatre named after her
- Craig Lucas, actor
- Joshua Malina, actor
- Ross Martin, actor
- The Marx Brothers, (Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo), actors
- Jackie Mason, actor
- Sanford Meisner, founder of Neighbourhood Playhouse
- Idina Menzel, actress, singer & songwriter
- David Merrick, producer & director **
- Lorne Michaels, producer & director
- Arthur Miller, playwright
- Mitch Miller, producer
- Minskoff family, producers & theater owners
- Howard Morris, actor
- Zero Mostel, actor ****
- Alla Nazimova, actress
- Nederlander family, producers & theater owners **
- Bebe Neuwirth, actress ****
- Mike Nichols, producer & director **, ***
- Joseph Papp a.k.a Joe Papp, founded the non-profit NYC Public Theater **
- Mandy Patinkin, actor & singer ****
- Jan Peerce, actor
- Marc Platt, producer
- Sydney Pollack, actor
- Harold Prince, director **, ***
- Gilda Radner, actress
- Tony Randall, actor, founder of National Actors Theatre
- Carl Reiner, director & actor
- Rob Reiner, actor
- Max Reinhardt, director
- Elmer Rice, director & producer
- Joan Rivers, actress & writer
- Jerome Robbins, producer & director ***
- Edward G. Robinson, actor & playwright
- Billy Rose, director, producer, & theater operator
- Rita Rudner, actress
- Morrie Ryskind, director
- Rebecca Schull, actress
- Maurice Schwartz, producer, director and actor
- Jerry Seinfeld, actor & writer
- Al Shean, actor
- Shubert family, producers & theater owners **
- Anna Sokolow, director
- Ben Stiller, actor
- Jerry Stiller, actor
- Lee Strasberg & Harold Clurman, co-founders of Group Theatre
- Barbra Streisand, actress
- Julie Taymor, director ***
- Bessie Thomashefsky, actress
- Boris Thomashefsky, actor
- Sophie Tucker, actress
- Mike Wallace, actor
- Barbara Walters, actress
- Lesley Ann Warren, actress
- Steven Weber, actor
- Bob Weinstein, producer
- Harvey Weinstein, producer
- Barry Weissler, producer
- Fran Weissler, producer
- Louis Wolheim, actor
- Ed Wynn, producer, director, actor, and librettist
- Henny Youngman, actor
- Harris Yulin, actor
- Florenz Ziegfeld, director and producer
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor and producer
- David Zippel, director
Magicians
- David Blaine, stunt performer (Jewish single mother)
- David Copperfield, illusionist
- Harry Houdini, escape artist
- Max Maven, mentalist
- Ricky Jay, card tricks
- Shari Lewis, ventriloquist
- (Raymond) Teller, half of Penn and Teller (Jewish father)
Dance
Persons listed with a double asteriks (**) are winners of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.
- Paula Abdul, dancer, choreographer, singer
- Michael Bennett, choreographer (Jewish mother) **
- Josephine Earp, wife of Wyatt Earp
- Eliot Feld, dancer and choreographer
- Ron Field, choreographer **
- Michael Kidd, choreographer **
- Lincoln Kirstein, dance impressario
- Bella Lewitzky, dancer, choreograher, & teacher
- Arthur Murray, dance instructor
- Jerome Robbins, choreographer **
- Anna Sokolow, dancer & choreographer
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