Maurice Schwartz

Maurice Schwartz was born on Jun 18, 1890 in Russia [now Ukraine]. Maurice Schwartz's big-screen debut came with Uncle Moses directed by Sidney M. Goldin in 1932, strarring Moses.

Schwartz moved to the U.S. in 1902 and in 1926 founded the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. Also in 1926, Schwartz starred in and directed his first film,