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Bucky

(53,985 posts) Wed Jun 14, 2017, 10:11 PM Jun 2017

TIL Nehemiah Persoff is still alive

97 and still kickin'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemiah_Persoff

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TIL Nehemiah Persoff is still alive (Original Post) Bucky Jun 2017 OP

Wonderful to hear. His best work was in The Untouchables. Sneederbunk Jun 2017 #1

...and *On the Waterfront*...remember him as the taxi driver, during the famous "contender" scene... First Speaker Jun 2017 #2

Nehemiah Persoff - No word Jenifer Jun 2017 #3

Sneederbunk

(14,286 posts)

1. Wonderful to hear. His best work was in The Untouchables.

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 10:45 PM

Jun 2017

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

2. ...and *On the Waterfront*...remember him as the taxi driver, during the famous "contender" scene...

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 10:59 PM

Jun 2017

...the look on his face, after Rod Steiger agrees to "forget" about seeing Brando...I've never forgotten him in that film...

Jenifer

(1 post)

3. Nehemiah Persoff - No word

Reply to Bucky (Original post)

Thu Jun 15, 2017, 12:06 AM

Jun 2017

Nehemiah Persoff and I used to correspond regularly by email, but neither he (nor his wife) have replied in over a year.

Very sad about this.

Would love to know how to determine if Nehemiah Persoff is alive and well. Any tips?

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