George Jessel

George Jessel was born on Apr 03, 1898 in USA. George Jessel's big-screen debut came with The Other Man's Wife directed by Carl Harbaugh in 1919, strarring Davy Simon. George Jessel is known for Reds directed by Warren Beatty, Warren Beatty stars as John Reed and Diane Keaton as Louise Bryant. The most recent award George Jessel achieved is Academy Awards, USA. The upcoming new movie George Jessel plays is Reds which will be released on Dec 25, 1981.

George Jessel gained fame in vaudeville, where it was not uncommon for him--and other performers, such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor--to perform in blackface, and in fact at age 11 Jessel was Cantor's vaudeville partner. Jessel acted in several movies in the '30s and became a respected film producer. He was also a prolific songwriter, and was noted for his renditions of "Sonny Boy" and "My Yiddishe Mama". In his later years he made many guest appearances (always as himself) on radio, in occasional movies and on TV. He was nicknamed "The Toastmaster General" due to his appearances at many testimonial functions and dinners for various celebrities.