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'''Alan Mandell''' (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the [[Coen Brothers]]' 2009 film [[A Serious Man]]. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of [[Samuel Beckett]].<ref name= "endgame">{{cite news |last=Byrd |first=Craig |url= http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/alan-mandell-will-finish-his-stage-career-the-way-he-started-it-with-a-performance-of-endgame/ |title=Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of ''Endgame'' |work=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |date=April 20, 2016 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
'''Alan Mandell''' (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the [[Coen Brothers]]' 2009 film ''[[A Serious Man]]''. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of [[Samuel Beckett]].<ref name= "endgame">{{cite news |last=Byrd |first=Craig |url= http://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/alan-mandell-will-finish-his-stage-career-the-way-he-started-it-with-a-performance-of-endgame/ |title=Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of ''Endgame'' |work=[[Los Angeles (magazine)|Los Angeles]] |date=April 20, 2016 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> |
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Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in [[Toronto]] in 1927.<ref name= "ampapers">{{cite news |last= |first= |url= https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j38txk/ |title=Alan Mandell papers, 1950-2012 |work=[[Online Archive of California]] |date= |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in [[San Francisco]]'s theater scene in the 1950's.<ref name= "veins">{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Charles |url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-alan-mandell-20150215-column.html |title=Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 13, 2015 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan.<ref name= "ampapers"></ref> |
Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in [[Toronto]] in 1927.<ref name= "ampapers">{{cite news |last= |first= |url= https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8j38txk/ |title=Alan Mandell papers, 1950-2012 |work=[[Online Archive of California]] |date= |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in [[San Francisco]]'s theater scene in the 1950's.<ref name= "veins">{{cite news |last=McNulty |first=Charles |url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-alan-mandell-20150215-column.html |title=Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 13, 2015 |accessdate=June 5, 2018}}</ref> In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan.<ref name= "ampapers"></ref> |
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Revision as of 18:54, 5 June 2018
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell on December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 film A Serious Man. With several decades of experience as a stage actor, he is especially acclaimed as an interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett.[1]
Albert Mandell was born to a Jewish family in Toronto in 1927.[2] He acted on stage in both Canada and the United States, building a reputation in San Francisco's theater scene in the 1950's.[3] In 1968 he legally changed his given name to Alan.[2]
Mandell's association with Beckett began in 1957, with a production of Waiting for Godot at San Francisco's Actor's Workshop. He subsequently played Lucky in a production of Godot directed by Beckett himself.[4]
Outside of Beckett, Mandell has acted in productions of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Arthur Miller's The Price.[3] In 2007 he appeared as Juror #9 in a Los Angeles production of Twelve Angry Men, directed by Scott Ellis and costarring Richard Thomas and George Wendt.[5]
References
- ^ Byrd, Craig (April 20, 2016). "Alan Mandell Will Finish His Stage Career the Way He Started It: with a Performance of Endgame". Los Angeles. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "Alan Mandell papers, 1950-2012". Online Archive of California. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ a b McNulty, Charles (February 13, 2015). "Theater pulses in Alan Mandell's veins". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Rampell, Ed (April 11, 2012). "Q&A: Actor Alan Mandell on Samuel Beckett". The Forward. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ^ Verini, Bob (March 30, 2007). "Twelve Angry Men". Variety. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
External links
- Alan Mandell at IMDb
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