Meier Tzelniker: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
The Killing of Sister George (film)| |
Tobyhoward (talk | contribs) m Changing short description from "British actor" to "British actor (1894–1980)" |
||
| (11 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|British actor (1894–1980)}} |
|||
'''Meier Tzelniker''' (1894–1982) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f16782c|title=Meier Tzelniker|publisher=}}</ref> |
|||
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} |
|||
'''Meier Tzelniker''' (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980)<ref>[https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Cemeteries/Federation/Rainham/iinntz.htm Grave listing at jewishgen.org]</ref> was a [[Yiddish]]-speaking [[actor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f16782c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203082812/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f16782c|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2017|title=Meier Tzelniker|publisher=}}</ref> born in [[Hotin County]], Romania.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meier Tzelniker |url=https://www.jewishlivesproject.com/profiles/meier-tzelniker |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Jewish Lives Project |language=en}}</ref> He appeared mainly in [[Yiddish theatre]], but was sometimes a character actor in English-language plays and films, such as ''[[It Always Rains On Sunday]]'' (1947) and ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1959).<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946 |url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/photographs-of-yiddish-production-of-the-merchant-of-venice-in-1946 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/meier-tzelniker-p126436 |publisher=}}</ref> |
|||
== Biography == |
|||
He appeared mainly in [[Yiddish]] theatre, but was sometimes a character actor in English language plays and films, such as ''[[It Always Rains On Sunday]]'' (1947) and ''[[Expresso Bongo]]'' (1959).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/photographs-of-yiddish-production-of-the-merchant-of-venice-in-1946|title=Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/meier-tzelniker-p126436|title=Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref> |
|||
Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son of a yeast manufacturer. Meier was a boy chorister in a synagogue when he got his first stage role in Yiddish theatre, and toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company. |
|||
==Selected filmography== |
==Selected filmography== |
||
| Line 34: | Line 37: | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzelniker, Meier}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tzelniker, Meier}} |
||
[[Category:1894 births]] |
[[Category:1894 births]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1980 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:British male film actors]] |
[[Category:British male film actors]] |
||
[[Category:British male stage actors]] |
[[Category:British male stage actors]] |
||
[[Category:Jewish British male actors]] |
[[Category:Jewish British male actors]] |
||
[[Category:20th-century British male actors]] |
[[Category:20th-century British male actors]] |
||
[[Category:Yiddish theatre performers]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 10:25, 2 July 2024
Meier Tzelniker (1 January 1894 – 8 October 1980)[1] was a Yiddish-speaking actor[2] born in Hotin County, Romania.[3] He appeared mainly in Yiddish theatre, but was sometimes a character actor in English-language plays and films, such as It Always Rains On Sunday (1947) and Expresso Bongo (1959).[4][5]
Biography
[edit]Meier Tzelniker was born in Hotin-Bessarabia, Romania, the son of a yeast manufacturer. Meier was a boy chorister in a synagogue when he got his first stage role in Yiddish theatre, and toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Mr. Emmanuel (1944) - Mr. Silver
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) - Solly, his father
- Last Holiday (1950) - Baltin
- Venetian Bird (1952) - Mayor of Mirave
- The Teckman Mystery (1954) - John Rice
- Make Me an Offer (1954) - Wendl
- The Woman for Joe (1955) - Sol Goldstein
- The Extra Day (1956) - Lou Skeat
- Stars in Your Eyes (1956) - Maxie Jago
- The Long Haul (1957) - Nat Fine
- A Night to Remember (1958) - Mr. Isador Straus
- Expresso Bongo (1959) - Mayer
- Jungle Street (1960) - Mr. Rose
- Let's Get Married (1960) - Schutzberger
- A Circle of Deception (1960) - Barman
- His and Hers (1961) - Felix McGregor
- The 25th Hour (1967) - Abramovici
- The Sorcerers (1967) - The Jewish Baker
- The Killing of Sister George (1968) - Mr. Katz
References
[edit]- ^ Grave listing at jewishgen.org
- ^ "Meier Tzelniker". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Meier Tzelniker". Jewish Lives Project. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- ^ "Photographs of Yiddish production of The Merchant of Venice in 1946".
- ^ "Meier Tzelniker - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
 | This article about a British stage actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |