Changed Names
Public Name Real Name
Don Adams ----------------------------------------------------------Donald Varmy
Edie Adams ----------------------------------------------------------Edith Enke
Jason Alexander -----------------------------------------------------Jay Greenspan
Mel Allen ---------baseball announcer----------------------------Israel
Woody Allen -------------------------------------------------------- Allen Konigsberg
Bronco Billy Anderson ---------------------------------------------Max Aronson
Harold Arlen---------------------------------------------------------Arluck
Francois Marie Arouet --------------------------------------------Voltaire'
Fred Astaire --------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Austerlitz
Mischa Auer ---------------------------------------------------------Mischa Ounskowski
Jean Pierre Aumont ------------------------------------------------Solomons
Lauren Bacall -------------------------------------------------------Betty Bernstein
Benny Baker --------------------------------------------------------Benjamin Zifkin
Theda Bara ----------------------------------------------------------Theodosia Goodman
Binnie Barnes -------------------------------------------------------Gittel
Jack Benny ----------------------------------------------------------Benny Kubelsky
Busby Berkeley -----------------------------------------------------William Berkely Enos
Milton Berle ---------------------------------------------------------Berlinger
Irving Berlin ---------------------------------------------------------Isadore Baline
Ben Bernie -----------------------------------------------------------Benjamin Anzelovitz
Joey Bishop ----------------------------------------------------------Joseph Lieberman
Ben Blue --------------------------------------------------------------Ben Bernstein
Ray Bolger -----------------------------------------------------------Raymond Bulcao
Victor Borge ---------------------------------------------------------Borg Rosenbaum
Ernest Borgnine -----------------------------------------------------Ermes Effron Borgnine
Bobbie Breen --------------------------------------------------------Borsack
Fannie Brice (Baby Snooks) --------------------------------------Borach
J. Edward Bromberg -----------------------------------------------Bromberger
Albert Brooks ------------------------------------------------------- Einstein
Pearl S. Buck -------------------------------------------------------Sydenstricker
George Burns -------------------------------------------------------Nathan Birnbaum
George Herbert Walker Bush ------------------------------------Rothschild (Grandmother's side)
Prescott Bush -------------------------------------------------------Rothschild (mother's side)
Bruce Cabot ---------------------------------------------------------Jacques de Bujac
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro ----------------------------------Giuseppe Balsamo
Louis Calhern -------------------------------------------------------Carl Henry Vogt
John Calvin ---[famous Christian? theologian] ----------------Cohen
Eddie Cantor --------------------------------------------------------Isador "Izzie" Iskowitch
Sue Carol ------------ Alan Ladd’s wife -------------------------Evelyn Lederer
Sam Carr ----- Fred Rose spy ring -------------------------------Cohen
Jeff Chandler --------------------------------------------------------Ira Grossel
Charlie Chaplin -----------------------------------------------------Israel Thonstein
Ina Claire ------------------------------------------------------------Fagan
June Clayworth -----------------------------------------------------Cantor
Lee J. Cobb ----------------------------------------------------------Jacob
Claudette Colbert ---------------------------------------------------Claudette Lily Chauchoin
Jackie Coogan -------------------------------------------------------Cohn
Aaron Copeland -----------------------------------------------------Kaplan
Ricardo Cortez ------------------------------------------------------Kaplan
Howard Cosell -----[wife - Abrams- also Jewish] ------------Cohen
Lou Costello ---------------------------------------------------------Louis Francis Cristillo
Tony Curtis ----------------------------------------------------------Bernard Schwartz
Howard DaSilva ----------------------------------------------------Silverblatt
Marion Davies -------------------------------------------------------Douras
Doris Day --married Jew producer Martin Melcher-----------Georgia von Koppelhoff
John Denver --------------------------------------------------------John Greshendeutch, Jr.
Kirk Douglas --------------------------------------------------------Isadore Demsky
Melvyn Douglas ----------------------------------------------------Hesselberg
Charles Dubin -------------------------------------------------------Dubronofsky
Vernon Duke --------------------------------------------------------Vladimir Dukelsky
Bob Dylan -----------------------------------------------------------Robert Zimmerman
Patricia Ellis ---------------------------------------------------------Leftwich
Clifton Fadiman -----------------------------------------------------Isadore Fadiman
Douglas Fairbanks --------------------------------------------------Ullman
Alice Faye -----------------------------------------------------------Alice Jeanne Leppert
James Garner --------------------------------------------------------Baumgarner
Mark Gayn ------------a writer ------------------------------------Julius Ginzberg
William S. Gailmore -----------------------------------------------Margolis
John Garfield --------------------------------------------------------Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland --------------------------------------------------------Gumm
John Gates -----Editor in chief of the Daily Worker ---------Israel Regenstreif
George Gershwin ---------------------------------------------------Gershowitz
Paulette Goddard ---------------------------------------------------Levy
Harry Gold ----------------------------------------------------------Golodnitsky
Samuel Goldwyn ---------------------------------------------------Shmuel Geldfish
Dorothy Gordon --Russian born NY Times Moderator-------Lerner
Katherine Graham --[owner -Washington Post] ---------------Meyer
Barry Gray --------Radio--------------------------------------------Benjamin Yaroslavsky
Kathryn Grayson ----------------------------------------------------Zelda Hednick
Gus Hall ---once head of western U.S. communist party ----Arvo Mike Hallberg
Laurence Harvey ----------------------------------------------------Larushka Mischa Skikne
Paul Harvey ----------------- radio talk show host --------------Paul Harvey Aurandt
June Havoc ----------------------------------------------------------Hovick
Melissa Hayden --------------Ballet--------------------------------Mildred Herman
Susan Hayward -----------------------------------------------------Edythe Marrener
Rita Hayworth ------------------------------------------------------Margarita Carmen Cansino
Audrey Hepburn ----------------------------------------------------Edda van Heernstra Hepburn-Ruston
Judy Holliday -------------------------------------------------------Judith Tuvim
Harry Houdini -------------------------------------------------------Eric Weiss
Al Jolson -------------------------------------------------------------Asa Yoelson
Sybil Jason -----------------------------------------------------------Jacobs
Jennifer Jones -Married Jew movie producer David O. Selznick - Selznick
Danny Kaye ----------------------------------------------------------David Kaminsky
April Kent ------------------------------------------------------------Hovick
Ted Knight -----------------------------------------------------------Tadeus Konopka
Bert Lahr -------------------------------------------------------------Larrheim
Veronica Lake -------------------------------------------------------Constance Ockelman
Hedy Lamarr --------------------------------------------------------Hedwig Kiesler
Ann Landers -advice columnist ----------------------------------Eppie Lederer
Michael Landon ----------------------------------------------------Horowitz
Piper Laurie ---------------------------------------------------------Rosetta Jacobs
Marc Lawrence -----------------------------------------------------Goldsmith
Steve Lawrence -----------------------------------------------------Sidney Liebowitz
Gypsy Rose Lee ----------------------------------------------------Hovick
Madeline Lee --------------------------------------------------------Letterman
Will Lee -------------------------------------------------------------William Lubovsky
Janet Leigh --------------------------------------------------------- Jeannette Morrison
Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) Russian Ruler --------------Chaim Goldman
Miss Ray Lev -------------------------------------------------------Elihu
Jerry Lewis ----------------------------------------------------------Levitch
Sinclair Lewis -------------------------------------------------------Levy
Ted Lewis -----------------------------------------------------------Theo. L. Friedman
Arthur Lief ----------------------------------------------------------Abraham Lipschutz
Roberta Linn --------------------------------------------------------Dubin
Mary Livingston --------Jack Benny's wife----------------------Sadye Marks
Emil Ludwig --------------------------------------------------------Cohn
Paul Lucas -----------------------------------------------------------Lukacs
Eugene Lyons -------------------------------------------------------Morris Gobelow
Kenneth MacKenna ------------------------------------------------Mielziner
Noel Madison -------------------------------------------------------Moscovitch
Marjorie Main -------------------------------------------------------Marie Tomlinson Krebs
Paul Mann -----------Actor's Workshop--------------------------Yisol Libmann
Karl Malden ---------------------------------------------------------Mladen Sekulovich
Frederic March ------------------------------------------------------Frederick Bickel
Karl Marx -------son of Jewish Rabbi----------------------------Moses Mordecai Levy
Walter Matthau -----------------------------------------------------Walter Matasschanskayasky
Mitzi McCall --------------------------------------------------------Steiner
Ethyl Merman -------------------------------------------------------Zimmerman
Lita Milan ------------------------------------------------------------Menshell
Marilyn Monroe -----------------------------------------------------Norma Jean Mortenson
Paula Morgan --------------------------------------------------------Miriam Spiegelman
Buddy Morrow ------------------------------------------------------Muni Zudecoff
Paul Muni ------------------------------------------------------------Muni Weisenfreund
Jan Murray -----------------------------------------------------------Murray Janofsky
Gene Nelson ---------------------------------------------------------Eugene Berg
Steve Nelson ---------------------------------------------------------Mesarosh
Kim Novak -----------------------------------------------------------Gross
Jack Palance ---------------------------------------------------------Vladimir Palanuik
William Paley -----former Head of CBS ------------------------Palinsky
NOTE: Sarnoff (head of NBC) Goldenson (head of ABC)
Joseph Papp --------------------------------------------------------- Papirofsky
Dorothy Parker ------------------------------------------------------Rothschild
Parkyakarkus --------------------------------------------------------Harry Einstein
Jan Peerce -----------opera tenor ----------------------------------Pincus Perelmuth
Roberta Peters -------opera soprano-------------------------------Peterman
John Randolph -------------------------------------------------------Mortimer Lippman
Erich Maria Remarque -------------------------------------------- Kramer
Elmer Rice -----------------------------------------------------------Reizenstein
Harry Richman ------------------------------------------------------Henry Reichman
Geraldo Rivera ---(Mother=Lillian Friedman [Jew]. Father=Cruz Rivera
Cruz, a Mexican who was a converted Jew).
Edward G. Robinson -----------------------------------------------Emanual Goldenberg
Richard Rogers ------------------------------------------------------Abrams
Roy Rogers ---------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Sly
Mickey Rooney -----------------------------------------------------Joe Yule Jr.
Andy Rooney --------------------------------------------------------Yule
Franklin Delano Roosevelt ---------------------------------------- Rosenfeld
Theodore Roosevelt ------------------------------------------------ Rosenfeld
Billy Rose ------------------------------------------------------------William Samuel Rosenberg
Fred Rose -------------Atomic Spy Ring -------------------------Rosenberg
Michael Savage --------Radio talk show host -------------------Michael Weiner
Artie Shaw -----------------------------------------------------------Strauss
Sylvia Sidney --------------------------------------------------------Sophie Koskow
Beverly Sills ---------------------------------------------------------Silverman
Sid Silvers -----------------------------------------------------------Silverstein
Joseph Stalin --------------------------------------------------------Iosif Vissarionevich Dzhugashvili
Elaine Stewart -------------------------------------------------------Steinberg
John Stewart ---------------------------------------------------------John Stewart Liebowitz
Elliott Sullivan ------------------------------------------------------Eli Solomon
Robert Taylor -------------------------------------------------------Spangler Arlington Brugh
Three Stooges
Shemp -------------------------------------------------------------Samuel Horwitz
Moe ----------------------------------------------------------------Moses Horwitz
Curly --------------------------------------------------------------Jerome Horwitz
Mike Todd -----------------------------------------------------------Avrom Hirsch Goldbogen
Trotsky ----of Russian revolution fame was a NY Jew ------Leib Davydovich Bronstein
George Tyne ---------------------------------------------------------Martin Yarus
Sophie Tucker -------------------------------------------------------Abuza Kalish
Abigail Van Buren ---advice columnist -------------------------Pauline Friedman
Walter Wanger ------------------------------------------------------Feuchtwanger
Chris Wallace -------------------------------------------------------Wallik
Mike Wallace --------------------------------------------------------Myron Wallik
John Wayne ----------------------------------------------------------Marion Michael Morrison
Clifton Webb --------------------------------------------------------Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
Nathanial West ------------------------------------------------------Nathan Weinstein
Walter Winchell -----------------------------------------------------Isadore Lipschitz
Carl Winter -----------------------------------------------------------Philip Carl Weissberg
Shelly Winters -------------------------------------------------------Silverstein
Natalie Wood --------------------------------------------------------Natasha Gurdin
Ed Wynn -------------------------------------------------------------Israel Edwin Leopold
Keenan Wynn -------------------------------------------------------Frank Leopold
Gig Young -----------------------------------------------------------Rosenstein