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Yakov Fuchs

b. 1880

Polish actor

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About Yakov Fuchs

Born 1880. Yakov Fuchs was an actor.

Yakov Fuchs (1880–1921) was a Yiddish theater actor. Born in Lemburg (Lviv), Galitsia, he joined a Yiddish theater chorus at the age of 17 and after singing in Lemburg and Rumania for a short time, he became a soloist and then starred in Professor Hurvitz's operetta Jacob and Esau. Yakov's voice deteriorated due to lung disease and he became a character actor. He played both comedies and serious dramas. He died of lung disease in Lemburg.

His wife Ruzha Fuchs was a beloved and successful Yiddish theater star; their son Leo Fuchs was a famous actor.

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Who was Yakov Fuchs?

Polish actor

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Yakov Fuchs was born in 1880.

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Yakov Fuchs was an actor.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yakov Fuchs

· Wikidata: Q8047155

· DBpedia: Yakov Fuchs

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