Hugo Peretti

Hugo Peretti

male, deceased (1986)
Maggie Flynn, Italian-American, Record producer, from New York City, Grammy Award winner, american civil war…BorschtBelt
Hugo Peretti (December 6 1916 - May 1 1986) was an American songwriter and record producer. Born in New York City, as a teenager, Hugo Peretti...

Irving Benson

male
comedian, American, vaudeville, Happy Days, BorschtBelt, The Hollywood Palace
Irving Benson was a standup comic in the Borscht Belt or Vaudeville tradition. He resembled Myron Cohen to some extent. He worked with fellow...
Peretz Hirshbein

Peretz Hirshbein

male, deceased (1948)
hebrew, Grodno, Yiddish-language writer, Yiddish language, Jacob Gordin, BorschtBelt
Peretz Hirshbein (born 7 November 1880 in Melnik, Grodno - died 16 August 1948 in Los Angeles) was a Yiddish-language playwright, instrumental in...

Joey Forman

male, deceased (1982)
film actor, television actor, American, Bill Dana, get smart, comedian…BorschtBelt
Joey Forman (November 18, 1929 - December 9, 1982) was an American comedian and comic actor. He appeared in a number of films, and performed...
Marty Goetz

Marty Goetz

male, 67 years old
psalmist, Carnegie Mellon University alumni, central park, bible, mister rogers, Catskill Mountains…BorschtBelt
"Marty Goetz" is a singer-songwriter and pianist of Jewish background. He is a Messianic Jew. Born in 1952, Marty soon developed a musical career...
Magda Rurac

Magda Rurac

female
tennis player, romanian, catskills, Cincinnati Master, Catskill Mountains, BorschtBelt
Magda Rura of Romania was an outstanding tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. Rurac was ranked in the top 10 in unofficial world rankings in 1948...