Joshua Shelley

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Biography: Joshua Shelley (born Joshua Kurzweil; January 27, 1920 – February 16, 1990) was one of the actors blacklisted by movie studios as a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee's (HUAC) investigation of the Communist Party in Hollywood in 1952. He did not begin to again work regularly in Hollywood until 1973 when his career restarted. A member of The Actors Studio from its inception in 1947, Shelley worked frequently on stage, both on and off Broadway, during his Hollywood exile. Shelley's onscreen work, both pre- and post-blacklist, was confined primarily to television. Nonetheless, two career highlights remain Shelley's enthusiastically received 1949 feature film debut in City Across the River, as well as the blacklist-related 1976 film, The Front, notable for reuniting Shelley with several fellow blacklistees, including cast members Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Martin Ritt, the latter also a fellow Actors Studio member. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: New York, New York, USA

Birthday: January 27, 1920

Deathday: February 16, 1990

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Gender: Male

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Known For:

Ring of Passion
Firehouse
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Front
Loose Change
Switch [Pilot]
City Across the River
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
All the President's Men
The Front Page
Little Miss Marker
Funny Lady
Crackle of Death