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Jacob Mestel(1884-1959)

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  • Writer
  • Additional Crew
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Jacob Mestel was born on 25 February 1884 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Americaner Shadchen (1940), Tkies khaf (1924) and What a Mother-in-Law! (1934). He died on 6 August 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornFebruary 25, 1884
DiedAugust 6, 1959(75)
BornFebruary 25, 1884
DiedAugust 6, 1959(75)
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Known for

Americaner Shadchen (1940)
Americaner Shadchen
6.0
  • Undetermined Role(as J. Mestel)
  • 1940
Tkies khaf (1924)
Tkies khaf
5.8
  • Writer
  • 1924
What a Mother-in-Law!
  • Writer
  • 1934
A Daughter of Her People
  • Actor
  • 1933

Credits

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Actor

  • Gertrude Berg in The Goldbergs (1949)
    The Goldbergs
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Mr. Tobak
    • 1954
  • Americaner Shadchen (1940)
    Americaner Shadchen
    6.0
    • Undetermined Role (as J. Mestel)
    • 1940
  • Mirele Efros
    • Pogorelsky
    • 1939
  • The Wandering Jew
    6.1
    • Levi family valet
    • 1933
  • Yiskor
    • 1933
  • A Daughter of Her People
    • 1933
  • Uncle Moses (1932)
    Uncle Moses
    6.3
    • Berel
    • 1932

Writer

  • What a Mother-in-Law!
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • The Wandering Jew
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1933
  • A Daughter of Her People
    • writer
    • 1933
  • Tkies khaf (1924)
    Tkies khaf
    5.8
    • adaptation and scenario
    • 1924

Additional Crew

  • Mirele Efros
    • technical advisor
    • 1939
  • The Dybbuk (1937)
    The Dybbuk
    6.5
    • interpreter (US version)
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • J. Mestel
  • Born
    • February 25, 1884
    • Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Poland]
  • Died
    • August 6, 1959
    • New York City, New York, USA

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    A historian of Yiddish theater, contributed to the YIVO Pages and the Archive of the History of Yiddish Theater in America.

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