Zero Mostel

AKA:
Samuel Joel Mostel
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/28/1915
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
Death Date:
09/08/1977
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biography
This volatile, stage-trained comic actor made his film debut playing dual roles in "Du Barry Was a Lady" (1943). Mostel's solid, bulky build and heavy-lidded eyes made him a convincing heavy, but his promising film career (e.g., "Panic in the Streets" 1950) was cut short when he was blacklisted following his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1951. His fortunes revived in the early 1960s with his maniacally comic Broadway performance in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962) and, as Tevye, in "Fiddler on the Roof" (1964). Mostel turned in a landmark Continued
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Milestone
 
Raised on NYC's Lower East Side
1937 
Hired by the Federal Arts Program to teach drawing and painting
 
In the early 1940s, began to be hired as an entertainer at private parties
1942 
Debut as a stand-up comic at Cafe Society in NYC; given nickname 'Zero' by club's press agent because he was "a guy starting from nothing"
1942 
Broadway debut in the revue "Keep 'Em Laughing"
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