1. Snitz Edwards acted alongside popular screen actors including Rudolph Valentino, Clara Kimball Young, Douglas Fairbanks, and many others.
14 Facts About Snitz Edwards
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Snitz Edwards was born Edward Neumann into a Jewish household on New Year's Day 1868 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Snitz Edwards's first show was the musical comedy Little Red Riding Hood, which opened on January 8,1900.
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Snitz Edwards often appeared in the first decade of the 20th century on Broadway in productions for such prominent stage directors as Arthur Hammerstein and Charles Frohman.
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Snitz Edwards traveled with touring companies across the United States and South America.
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In later years, Snitz Edwards told of touring cow towns in the American West where boardinghouses had signs saying that Jews, Indians and Irish were acceptable, but not actors.
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Snitz Edwards transitioned to films rather easily and was quickly lauded as a talented character actor.
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At his peak in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Snitz Edwards appeared with some of the most famous actors of the era, including Mary Pickford, Clara Kimball Young, Barbara La Marr, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
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Snitz Edwards was personally chosen by actor and director Buster Keaton to act in three of Keaton's films: 1925's Seven Chances, 1926's Battling Butler, and the extremely popular 1927 film College.
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Originally, the part was a significant one, but the first scenes shot were in driving rain, causing Snitz Edwards to become severely ill.
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Snitz Edwards was married to actress Eleanor Taylor, and the couple had three daughters: Cricket, Evelyn and Marian.
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Snitz Edwards was a popular Hollywood personality, and he and Eleanor hosted lively parties and were guests of Marion Davies at San Simeon Castle.
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Snitz Edwards died of natural causes on May 1,1937, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 69.
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Snitz Edwards's and Eleanor's three daughters continued careers in the movie industry: Cricket was an executive for Carl Foreman and Columbia Pictures; Evelyn was a writer, story analyst, and story editor for MGM and CBS; and Marian produced numerous plays in Europe.