Bel Kaufman(1911-2014)

Actress
Writer

Bel Kaufman was born on 10 May 1911 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Up the Down Staircase (1967), Bookmark (1983) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). She was married to Sydney A. Goldstine and Sidney J. Gluck. She died on 25 July 2014 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Up the Down Staircase

7.3

Teacher Talking to Mr. McHabe(uncredited)

1967

Bookmark

5.5

TV Series

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

7.1

TV Series

Self - Author

ABC's Nightlife

2.6

TV Series

Self

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Actress

Up the Down Staircase
7.3
- Teacher Talking to Mr. McHabe (uncredited)
- 1967

Writer

Up the Down Staircase
7.3
- based on the novel by
- 1967

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Born
- May 10, 1911
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- July 25, 2014
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Other works
Authored "Love, etc." (1979)
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- 1 Interview
- 5 Articles

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Trivia
She is the granddaughter of Sholom Aleichem, the greatest of all Yiddish authors, whose stories about Tevya (1939) the dairyman were made into the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1971).

Quotes
[on teaching a course on Jewish humor at Hunter College] We were not just telling jokes. We were investigating why so many comedians are Jewish and so many Jewish jokes are so self-accusing. It goes back to immigration from the shtetl, from that poverty, and because the Jew was the object of so much opprobrium and hatred. The jokes were a defense mechanism: 'We're going to talk about ourselves in a more damaging way than you could.'