every once and a while I reflect, in the Golden Girls Betty White and Rue McClanahan's characters closely reflect the actors real lives, White was from the midwest, McClanahan was southern but Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty were both Jewish, playing Italians...
Tikkun Olamunist - ירמל גרױסI write in my book about the phenomenon where so many Jewish celebrities in the mid-20th century chose non-Jewish names even though their deal was very Jewish. Mel Brooks and Lenny Bruce each explained why: having a Jewish-sounding name meant that booking agents wouldn't book you.