Tenen Holtz
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-02-17 (84 years old)
Deathday
1971-07-01
Place of Birth
Volin - Russia
Also known As
Alexander Elihu Tenenholtz
Tenen Holtz
Biography
Elihu "Elye" Tenenholtz was born in the Russian hamlet of Azran, near the city of Rovne, in 1887 and came to the US at the age of ten. His first appearance in amateur Yiddish theatricals occurred in 1903, in staged readings of the works of Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem, the first person to do that. He augmented his theater appearances by writing for and editing a Yiddish satirical magazine under the pen-name "Moishe McCarthy". In 1916 he made the leap to the professional Yiddish stage and, befriended by the great doyenne Bessie Thomashevsky, helped her pen her memoirs, the first publication documenting a Yiddish actor's life. By 1920 he was ...
Acting
1933
as White - Lola's Agent (uncredited)
1927
as Gaston
1927
as Isaac Solomon Lapidowitz
1933
as Butler (uncredited)
1931
as Gus, Bald Gambling Mobster (uncredited)
1938
as Starkhov
1928
as Man with Sooty on Face
1926
as Sam Davis
1933
as Tailor (uncredited)
1931
as Poker-Playing Salesman
1931
as Waiter
1934
as Lenin
1931
as Tony
1932
as Tall Waiter
1928
as Albine
1934
as Mr. Silverman
1928
as Headwaiter at Palais de Paris (uncredited)
1934
as Benjamin Vogel
1928
as Cohen
1930
as Meyer
1928
as Orloff
1926
as Tod Powell
1933
as Herman
1933
as Booking Agent
1939
as Hunky (uncredited)
1939
as Boris - a Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1928
as Mr. Bulkey
1928
as Ginsberg Feitelbaum
1939
as Hotel Runner at Train Station
1938
as Simon Herrick
1930
as Senator Brown
1928
as Casting Director
1937
as Tearful Waiter (uncredited)
1929
as Jake, Duke's manager
1933
as Bald Henchman at Cabin
1929
as Brown
1928
as Abe Littauer
1925
as Banker Ben (as Elihu Tenenholz)
1930
as Mr. Holtz
1932
as Diner Proprietor
1933
as Pawnbroker
1930
as Paymaster
1934
as Bystander (uncredited)
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