Alvin Myerovich

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Alvin Myerovich (born December 11, 1906 in Tula , Russia , † June 4, 1996 in Manchester Township , New Jersey ) was an American musician and actor .

Life

Alvin Myerovich was born in Russia in 1906 and immigrated to the United States in 1923. He earned a bachelor's degree in music from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a master's degree from Case Western Reserve University .

He later settled in Youngstown , Ohio . There taught from 1931 to 1963 as a professor of music and violin at Youngstown State University . During World War II, he served in the US Army and rose to the rank of technical sergeant .

In the mid-1960s he moved to Pikesville , Maryland. At the age of 60 he discovered acting for himself after students won him over as an actor for a play. At first he mainly appeared in the community theater before he got the role of the rabbi in the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof in 1980 . He later performed the piece on three tours across the United States.

He made his feature film debut in 1987 as the pickpocket Mr. Schumacher in the dance film Dirty Dancing . In 1990 he played a Jewish immigrant in Barry Levinson's Avalon .

Myerovich was since 1944 with Olga Myerovich (nee Parfenchuk, 1920-2003), the first violinist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , married. The marriage resulted in two children, the stage actress Kim Lynne Myerovich (1944-1991) and the son Gary Myerovich.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Alvin Myerovich, 89, actor in 'Avalon,' 'Dirty Dancing' at baltimoresun.com, accessed January 6, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Myerovich, Alvin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Tula , Russia
DATE OF DEATH June 4th 1996
Place of death Manchester Township , New Jersey , United States