Featuring over one hundred major portraits and two hundred thumbnail
sketches, Great Jews in Entertainment is a glorious
celebration of Jews in the performing arts. Darryl Lyman, author of
the acclaimed biographical works Great Jews in Music and
Great Jewish Families, salutes outstanding actors, singers,
comedians, and musicians whose contributions to the world of
entertainment have been truly extraordinary.
Great
Jews in Entertainment pays tribute to such charismatic personalities
as
· Billy Crystal, that "MAHvelous" comedic actor whose
hilarious yet poignant impressions and warm, gentle style have
endeared him to fans of all ages.
· Bette Midler, the self-styled Divine Miss M, who overcame
her sensitivity about being "a fat little Jewish girl with problems"
to become one of the greatest singing and acting sensations of all
time.
· Jerry Seinfeld, who after many lean years as a standup
comic went on to create and star in his own highly successful
situation comedy "about nothing."
· Barbra Streisand, a Brooklynite who landed the role of
Fanny Brice in the Broadway musical Funny Girl and soared to
stardom virtually overnight.
· Bob Dylan, the "on-the-edge" singer/songwriter who rose to
the head of the 1960s folk movement and later went on to spark the
creation of a new musical genre called folk-rock.
From such legendary stars as Luther Adler, Lauren Bacall,
Morris Carnovsky, Lee J. Cobb, and Zero Mostel to such "hot"
contemporary celebrities as Natalie Portman, Adam Sandler, Ben
Stiller, and Lisa Kudrow, this delightful volume informs and
entertains as it applauds the work of Jewish artists who have given
us countless hours of pleasure.
About the Author
Darryl
Lyman's biographical works include Great Jewish Families, Jewish
Heroes and Heroines: Their Unique Achievements, Great
African-American Women, and Great Jews in Music. Among
his other titles are Dictionary of Animal Words and Phrases;
Civil War Quotations; and Civil War Wordbook, which was
nominated for the prestigious Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College.
Mr. Lyman has contributed film reviews to Magill's Cinema Annual
and coedited Fifty Years of Oscar, the Official History of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Darryl
Lyman resides in San Jacinto, California.
