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Sam Sidman (1871 – 3 January 1948) was an American actor. Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he appeared in films such as The Daring Years (a lost film released in 1923), The Show Girl (1927), and Better Days (1927). Sidman was also a well-known comedian, imitated by Eddie Cantor for example.

At the time of his death in Pinewald, New Jersey, he was a resident of the Actors' Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Selected filmography

• The Show Girl (1927)

References

1. "Show girl (Motion picture : 1927)", UCLA Film & Television Archive.
2. Goldman, Herbert. Banjo eyes: Eddie Cantor and the Birth of Modern Stardom, p. 21 (Oxford University Press, 1997).
3. Cantor, Eddie and Ardmore, Jane. Take My life, p. 21 (Doubleday, 1957).
4. "Obituary - Sam Sidman". The New York Times. January 4, 1948. p. 52. Sam Sidman, a retired actor, died yesterday in...Pinewald, N.J., at the age of 77...Born in Austria-Hungary...Mr. Sidman resided in the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, N.J.

External links

• Sam Sidman at IMDb
• Sam Sidman at the Internet Broadway Database
• [REDACTED] Media related to Sam Sidman at Wikimedia Commons

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