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2. Jewish father, non-Jewish mother.
3. Kreisler never acknowledged his Jewish background, but both of his parents came from Jewish families. Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) lists his religion as "israelitisch dann katholisch" ("Jewish, then Catholic"). Amy Biancolli's biography Fritz Kreisler: Love's Sorrow, Love's Joy (Amadeus Press, Portland Oregon, ) contains an extensive discussion of Kreisler's Jewish background (see Chapter 8: "Kreisler the Catholic, Kreisler the Jew"). She cites a interview with Franz Rupp, Fritz Kreisler's piano accompanist in the s, which was conducted by David Sackson. Rupp is quoted as stating that he once asked Kreisler's brother, the cellist Hugo Kreisler, about their Jewish background, to which Hugo responded simply, "I'm a Jew, but my brother, I don't know." Viennese Jewish communal archives contain the birth records of both Fritz and Hugo
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Anthony Newley
English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmskapare (–)
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| Born | Anthony Newley[1] ()24 September Homerton, London, England |
| Died | 14 April () (aged67) Jensen Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hills Memorial Park and Mausoleum |
| Almamater | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts |
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| Yearsactive | – |
| Spouses | Ann Lynn Joan Collins Dareth Rich |
| Partner | Gina Fratini |
| Children | 5, including Tara and Alexander |
Anthony Newley (24 September – 14 April )[2] was an English actor, singer, songwriter, and filmmaker. A "latter-day British Al Jolson", he achieved widespread success in song, and on stage and screen.[3] "One of Broadway's greatest leading men
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List of British Jewish entertainers
This list of British Jewish entertainers includes Jewish entertainers (actors, musicians and comedians) from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. Listed entertainers are ones who embrace Jewish culture or Judaism rather than simply having Jewish ancestry.
The number of Jews contributing to British cinema increased after , when Jews were prohibited from working in Nazi Germany.[1] In the early s, the Imperial Fascist League's anti-semitic newspaper The Fascist sought to isolate the Jews in British cinema.[2]
Stephen Brook wrote in The Club in that while there had been Jewish actors in British theatre, Jews had been more prominent as producers or agents.[3]The Independent observed that British-Jewish comedians had taken the lead from American-Jewish comedian Jackie Mason by laughing at their own Jewish neuroses, Jewish mothers, and their leaning towards chicken soup and chopped liver, which they