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To: Revolting cat!

He changed his name because Jews were/are persecuted.
Most stars changed their names to more glamorous ‘Americanized’ names.

A small sampling:

Joey Adams ............................. Joseph Abramowitz
Eddie Albert ............................Eddie Heimberger
Woody Allen............................. Allen Konigsberg
Lauren Bacall .......................... Joan Perske
Jack Benny ............................. Benny Kubelsky
Milton Berle ........................... Milton Berlinger
Ernest Borgnine .........................Effron Borgnine
George Burns ........................... Nathan Birnbaum
Joan Blondell........................... Rosebud Blustein
Joyce Brothers ..........................Joyce Bauer
Mel Brooks ............................. Melvin Kaminsky
Joey Bishop ............................ Joey Gottlieb
Charles Bronson ........................ Charles Buchinsky
Rona Barrett ............................Rona Burnstein
Cyd Chrisse .............................Tula Finklea
Tony Curtis ............................ Bernie Schwartz
Joan Crawford .......................... Lucille Le Sueur
Dyan Cannon ............................ Samile Friesen
Kirk Douglas ........................... Isadore Demsky
Bob Dylan ...............................Robert Zimmerman
Rodney Dangerfield ......................Jacob Cohen
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ................. Douglas Ullman
Joel Grey .............................. Joel Katz
Elliott Gould ...........................Elliott Goldstein
Zsa Zsa Gabor ...........................Sara Gabor
John Garfield .......................... Jules Garfinkle
Judy Garland ........................... Frances Gumm
Paulette Goddard ....................... Paulette Levy
Eydie Gorme............................. Edith Gormezano
Cary Grant ............................. Larry Leach
Lorne Green .............................Chaim Leibowiz
Judy Holliday .......................... Judith Tuvin
Leslie Howard .......................... Leslie Stainer
Buddy Hackett .......................... Leonard Hacker
Jill St. John .......................... Jill Oppenheim
Danny Kaye.............................. David Kominsky
Alan King .............................. Irwin Kniberg
Larry King...............................Larry Zeiger
Tina Louise............................. Tina Blacker
Ann Landers..............................Esther Friedman
Dorothy Lamour ......................... Dorothy Kaumeyer
Miehael Landon ......................... Mike Orowitz
Steve Lawrence ......................... Sidney Leibowitz
Jerry Lewis ............................ Joseph Levitch
Karl Maiden .............................Maiden Sekulovitch
Ethel Merman ........................... Ethel Zimmerman
Jan Murray ............................. Murray Janofsky
Walter Matthau ......................... Walter Matasschanskayasky
Lilly Palmer ........................... Maria Peiser
Jan Pierce.............................. Pincus Perelmuth
Roberta Peters...........................Roberta Peterman
Eleanor Parker.......................... Ellen Friedlob
Joan Rlvers .............................Joan Molinsky
Tony Randall ........................... Sidney Rosenberg
Edward G. Robinson ..................... Emanuel Goldenberg
Dinah Shore ............................ Fanny Rose
Shelly Winters ......................... Shirley Schrift
Gene Wilder............................. Jerome Silberman


108 posted on 06/06/2013 9:05:01 PM PDT by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: patriot08
Kirk Douglas ........................... Isadore Demsky

False.

109 posted on 06/06/2013 9:10:12 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: patriot08
Walter Matthau ......................... Walter Matasschanskayasky

Don't blame him one damn bit!

117 posted on 06/06/2013 9:23:17 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Ted Cruz, Trey Gowdy......Nuff said.)
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To: patriot08

Julie Newmar - Julia Neumeyer


133 posted on 06/06/2013 10:26:42 PM PDT by bannie
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