(1895-1944)
A beloved Yiddish theatre comedian, Ludwig Satz debuted in 1918 and was greatly admired for his skill creating diverse characters through mastery of makeup and improvisation. S. M. Melamed described him as the greatest Jewish comedian of his time in a 1925 New York Times article, but he made occasional departures from comedy, as in The Messiah Is Coming (1937). Satz appeared on Broadway in Potash and Perlmutter, Detectives (1926) and Money Mad (1937) and in a few motion pictures, including The Lunatic (1927), What a Mother-in-Law! (1934), and His Wife's Lovers (1931), billed as "the first Jewish musical comedy talking picture."
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.