Bernard Sauer
Bernard Sauer (1924 – February 13, 1991) was an American stage actor, most prominently starring in Yiddish theater during the 1960s and 70s.
Sauer was born into a family of six in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studied acting there before making his theatrical debut in the 1945 play, Yoshke, the Musician directed by Joseph Buloff. By the mid-1960s, Sauer had begun appearing on Broadway where he co-starred with Ben Bonus in the 1966 play Let's Sing Yiddish. He went on to appear in Sing Israel Sing (1967) and Light, Lively and Yiddish (1970).[1][2]
In 1971, he toured with a Yiddish repertory company performing at the Anderson Theater in Manhattan. Sauer went into semi-retirement during the 1980s, although he worked behind the scenes on the 1985 musical "A Match Made in Heaven".[3] He served as a board member of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance as well as the president of the Hebrew Actors' Union from 1986 until his death. He died in New York from a heart attack on February 13, 1991, aged 67.[1]
References
- ^ a b Bernard Sauer, Actor, 67 (New York ed.), New York Times, February 15, 1991, p. D16
- ^ Bernard Sauer, Internet Broadway Database (IBDB)
- ^ Shepard, Richard F. (November 1, 1985), Yiddish Musical, 'Match Made in Heaven', New York Times