Leon Liebgold (July 31, 1910, Kraków – September 3, 1993, New Hope, Pennsylvania) was an actor in the Yiddish theatre and Holocaust survivor.
He is best known for his roles in the Yiddish films Tevye and The Dybbuk.
Aside from working in his youth as a vaudeville performer and actor on stages in Poland, Liebgold gained fame by acting in several Yiddish language films including Yidl Mitn Fidl and The Dybbuk. After completing The Dybbuk, Liebgold and his wife, former co-star Lili Liliana, left Poland for the United States escaping the Holocaust. After serving in the United States Army as a sergeant during World War II, Mr. Liegbold performed as a stage actor in Yiddish theaters in America for decades, including the Folksbiene Theater. In the late 1970s, he once served as president of the Hebrew Actors' Union in Manhattan, New York.
Liebgold possessed both a resonant and fine melodic, cantorial-type voice which embellished both his speaking and singing on stage.
The name Liebgold literally translates from German or Yiddish into "love gold."
In 1993, Leon Liebgold died at age 83 - surviving his wife by a few years. He is buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery.