Baruch Lumet

Baruch Lumet
Born (1898-09-16)September 16, 1898
Warsaw, Russian Empire
Died February 8, 1992(1992-02-08) (aged 93)
Years active 1939–1980
Spouse(s) Eugenia Wermus
Children 2

Baruch Lumet (Burech Lumet;[1] 16 September 1898 – 8 February 1992) was a Polish Jewish actor best known for his work in the Yiddish theatre.

Early life

Lumet was born in Warsaw, Russian Empire, and immigrated to the United States with his wife Eugenia Gitl Lumet (née Wermus) and daughter Felicia (1920–1980) in 1922, where his son, film director Sidney Lumet (1924–2011) was born.

Career

Although he appeared alongside his son in the film ...One Third of a Nation... in 1939, the elder Lumet made few film appearances, though he played character roles in two of Sidney's films from the 1960s, The Pawnbroker (1964) and The Group (1966). He also appeared in Woody Allen's comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, improbably cast as an elderly rabbi with a bondage fetish.

From 1953 to 1960, Lumet was the director of the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater in Dallas.[2] Among his students there were Jayne Mansfield and Tobe Hooper.

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Immigration documents on Burech and Eugenia Gitl Lumet
  2. ↑ Finding Aid for the Baruch Lumet Papers, 1955-1983 Retrieved 2010-10-28.
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