Bernard Sauer

Bernard Sauer (1924 — February 13, 1991) was an American stage actor, most prominently starring in Yiddish theater during the 1960s and 70s.

Sauer was born into a family of six in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and studied acting there before making his theatrical debut in the 1945 play, Yoshke, the Musician directed by Joseph Buloff.

By the mid-1960s, Sauer had begun appearing on Broadway where he co-starred with Ben Bonus in the 1966 play Let's Sing Yiddish.

[1][2] In 1971, he toured with a Yiddish repertory company performing at the Anderson Theater in Manhattan.

[3] He served as a board member of the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance as well as the president of the Hebrew Actors' Union from 1986 until his death.