Maurice Schwartz
American actor and director
Died when: 70 years 330 days (850 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 18, 1890 – May 10, 1960), born in the Volhynia province of the Russian Empire, was a stage and film actor active in the United States.
He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director.
He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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