Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor best known for his starring role as Det. Lennie Briscoe in the "Law & Order" television series and for his musical theater roles. Wikipedia
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Jerry was born in the Bronx. His father, Leon, was a former vaudevillian actor and his mother, Emily, was a radio singer. His family moved frequently and eventually settled in Waukegan, Illinois where he went to high school. The constant moving made him t www.imdb.com/name/nm0001583/
Orbach was an actor and singer who created a handful of important roles for the Broadway musical theater, before turning mostly to films and television. www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/orbach_j.html
Beyond his TV experience, Orbach is a veteran actor of both the stage and the big screen. Orbach won a Tony award for Best Actor in a Musical for "Promises, Promises" in 1969 and was nominated for Tonys for his performances in "Guys and Dolls" in 1965 an www.10news.com/entertainment/4032292/detail.html
Orbach was born in the Bronx, a borough of New York City, to Emily Olexy (a Polish American Roman Catholic) and Leon Orbach , a German Jew of Sephardic descent. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. ... In early December 2004, it was announced that Orbac filmguide.wikia.com/wiki/Jerry_Orbach
Jerry Orbach was born on October 20, 1935 in New York City. On December 28, 2004 Jerry Orbach passed away in Manhattan, New York from prostate cancer. ... In 1976, Jerry Orbach was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his perfo www.movieactors.com/actors/jerryorbach.htm
