Sam Sidman

Sam Sidman (1871 – 3 January 1948) was an American actor. Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he appeared in films such as The Daring Years (a lost film released in 1923), The Show Girl (1927),^[1] and Better Days (1927). Sidman was also a well-known comedian, imitated by Eddie Cantor for example.^[2]^[3]

At the time of his death in Pinewald, New Jersey, he was a resident of the Actors' Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey.^[4]

Selected filmography edit

The Show Girl (1927)

References edit

^ "Show girl (Motion picture : 1927)", UCLA Film & Television Archive.
^ Goldman, Herbert. Banjo eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom, p. 21 (Oxford University Press, 1997).
^ Cantor, Eddie and Ardmore, Jane. Take My life, p. 21 (Doubleday, 1957).
^ "Obituary - Sam Sidman". The New York Times. January 4, 1948. p. 52. Sam Sidman, a retired actor, died yesterday in...Pinewald, N.J., at the age of 77...Born in Austria-Hungary...Mr. Sidman resided in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J.

External links edit

Sam Sidman at IMDb
Sam Sidman at the Internet Broadway Database
Media related to Sam Sidman at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] "Show girl (Motion picture : 1927)", UCLA Film & Television Archive.

[2] Goldman, Herbert. Banjo eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom, p. 21 (Oxford University Press, 1997).

[3] Cantor, Eddie and Ardmore, Jane. Take My life, p. 21 (Doubleday, 1957).

[4] "Obituary - Sam Sidman". The New York Times. January 4, 1948. p. 52. Sam Sidman, a retired actor, died yesterday in...Pinewald, N.J., at the age of 77...Born in Austria-Hungary...Mr. Sidman resided in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J.

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