Movie and TV Stars who changed their names
Adopted Anglo-Name ............ Real Name
Joey Adams ......................................Joseph Abramowitz
Eddie Albert ........................................Eddie Heimberger
Woody Allen....................................... Allen Konigsberg
Lauren Bacall .................................... Betty Joan Perske
Jack Benny ........................................ Benny Kubelsky
Milton Berle ...................................... Milton Berlinger
Ernest Borgnine ..................................Effron Borgnine
George Burns .................................... Nathan Birnbaum
Joan Blondell...................................... Rosebud Blustein
Joyce Brothers ...................................Joyce Bauer
Mel Brooks ....................................... Melvin Kaminsky
Joey Bishop ....................................... Joey Gottlieb
Charles Bronson ................................ Charles Buchinsky
Rona Barrett .......................................Rona Burnstein
Cyd Chrisse .......................................Tula Finklea
Tony Curtis............................... Bernhard Schwartz
(daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis)
Joan Crawford ................................... Lucille Le Sueur
Dyan Cannon ..................................... Samile Diane Friesen
Kirk Douglas ............. .......Issur Danilovich Demsky
(son is Michael Douglas)
Bob Dylan ........................................Robert Zimmerman
Rodney Dangerfield ............................Jacob Cohen
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ........................ Douglas Ullman
Joel Grey (father of Jennifer Grey)................... Joel Katz
Zsa Zsa Gabor ....................................Sara Gabor
John Garfield ...................................... Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland ....................................... Frances Gumm
Paulette Goddard ................................ Pauline Levee
Eydie Gorme........................................ Edith Gormezano
Elliott Gould ........................................Elliott Goldstein
Cary Grant ......................................... Larry Leach
Lorne Green ........................................Chaim Leibowiz
Judy Holliday ....................................... Judith Tuvim
Leslie Howard ...................................... Leslie Stainer
Buddy Hackett ..................................... Leonard Hacker
Jill St. John ........................................... Jill Oppenheim
Danny Kaye........................................ David Kaminsky
Alan King ............................................Irwin Kniberg
Larry King............................................Larry Zeiger
Tina Louise..........................................Tina Blacker
Ann Landers ....................................Esther Friedman
(Abigail Van Buren is her sister)
Dorothy Lamour .............................. Dorothy Kaumeyer
Michael Landon ............................... Mike Horowitz
Steve Lawrence ............................... .Sidney Leibowitz
Hal Linden..................................... Hal Lipshitz
Jerry Lewis ........................................Joseph Levitch
Karl Maiden .....................................Maiden Sekulovitch
Paul Muni ...........................................Muni Weisenfreund
Ethel Merman .....................................Ethel Zimmerman
Jan Murray ......................................Murray Janofsky
Walter Matthau ..............................Walter Matasschanskayasky
Lilly Palmer ...................................Maria Peiser
Jan Peerce......................................Jacob Pincus Perelmuth
Roberta Peters..................................... Roberta Peterman
Eleanor Parker.....................................Ellen Friedlob
Joan Rivers ........................................Joan Molinsky
Tony Randall ....................................Leonard Rosenberg
Edward G. Robinson ........................Emmanuel Goldberg
Dinah Shore ......................................Francis Rose Shore
Shelly Winters ..................................Shirley Schrift
Gene Wilder......................................Eugene Silverstein
Winona Ryder.................................... Laura Horowitz
Movie and TV Stars who changed their names
Adopted Anglo-Name ............ Real Name
Joey Adams ......................................Joseph Abramowitz
Eddie Albert ........................................Eddie Heimberger
Woody Allen....................................... Allen Konigsberg
Lauren Bacall .................................... Betty Joan Perske
Jack Benny ........................................ Benny Kubelsky
Milton Berle ...................................... Milton Berlinger
Ernest Borgnine ..................................Effron Borgnine
George Burns .................................... Nathan Birnbaum
Joan Blondell...................................... Rosebud Blustein
Joyce Brothers ...................................Joyce Bauer
Mel Brooks ....................................... Melvin Kaminsky
Joey Bishop ....................................... Joey Gottlieb
Charles Bronson ................................ Charles Buchinsky
Rona Barrett .......................................Rona Burnstein
Cyd Chrisse .......................................Tula Finklea
Tony Curtis............................... Bernhard Schwartz
(daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis)
Joan Crawford ................................... Lucille Le Sueur
Dyan Cannon ..................................... Samile Diane Friesen
Kirk Douglas ............. .......Issur Danilovich Demsky
(son is Michael Douglas)
Bob Dylan ........................................Robert Zimmerman
Rodney Dangerfield ............................Jacob Cohen
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ........................ Douglas Ullman
Joel Grey (father of Jennifer Grey)................... Joel Katz
Zsa Zsa Gabor ....................................Sara Gabor
John Garfield ...................................... Julius Garfinkle
Judy Garland ....................................... Frances Gumm
Paulette Goddard ................................ Pauline Levee
Eydie Gorme........................................ Edith Gormezano
Elliott Gould ........................................Elliott Goldstein
Cary Grant ......................................... Larry Leach
Lorne Green ........................................Chaim Leibowiz
Judy Holliday ....................................... Judith Tuvim
Leslie Howard ...................................... Leslie Stainer
Buddy Hackett ..................................... Leonard Hacker
Jill St. John ........................................... Jill Oppenheim
Danny Kaye........................................ David Kaminsky
Alan King ............................................Irwin Kniberg
Larry King............................................Larry Zeiger
Tina Louise..........................................Tina Blacker
Ann Landers ....................................Esther Friedman
(Abigail Van Buren is her sister)
Dorothy Lamour .............................. Dorothy Kaumeyer
Michael Landon ............................... Mike Horowitz
Steve Lawrence ............................... .Sidney Leibowitz
Hal Linden..................................... Hal Lipshitz
Jerry Lewis ........................................Joseph Levitch
Karl Maiden .....................................Maiden Sekulovitch
Paul Muni ...........................................Muni Weisenfreund
Ethel Merman .....................................Ethel Zimmerman
Jan Murray ......................................Murray Janofsky
Walter Matthau ..............................Walter Matasschanskayasky
Lilly Palmer ...................................Maria Peiser
Jan Peerce......................................Jacob Pincus Perelmuth
Roberta Peters..................................... Roberta Peterman
Eleanor Parker.....................................Ellen Friedlob
Joan Rivers ........................................Joan Molinsky
Tony Randall ....................................Leonard Rosenberg
Edward G. Robinson ........................Emmanuel Goldberg
Dinah Shore ......................................Francis Rose Shore
Shelly Winters ..................................Shirley Schrift
Gene Wilder......................................Eugene Silverstein
Winona Ryder.................................... Laura Horowitz
