TV Actors
- Sacha Baron Cohen (1971 – ), comedian, notable for his comedy characters Ali G, Borat and Brüno; Borat is ironically portrayed as extremely anti-Semitic.
- Gina Bellman (1966 - ) actress
- Steven Berkoff (1937 – ) actor, writer and director
- Lionel Blair (1931 - ), TV entertainer
- Marty Feldman (1934–1982), television comedian (See "Film Actors" list, above.)
- Rebecca Front (1964 - ), Comedy actress
- Stephen Fry (1957 - ), comedian & actor (Jewish mother)
- Henry Goodman (1950 - ), actor
- Lesley Joseph (1945 - ), Dorian in Birds of a Feather
- Miriam Karlin (1925 – 2011) actress (The Rag Trade)
- Paul Kaye (1965 – ) comedian and writer
- Robert Kazinsky (1983 - ) television actor (EastEnders)
- Felicity Kendal (1946 - ), actress (convert to Judaism)
- Maureen Lipman (1946 – ) film, television & theatre actress
- Kay Mellor (1951 - ), actress & scriptwriter
- Warren Mitchell (1926 - ), Alf Garnett in Til Death Us Do Part
- Tracy-Ann Oberman (1966 - ), actress:
- Lara Pulver (1980 - ) actress in Spooks and Sherlock (Jewish father)
- Andrew Sachs (1930 – ) German-born English actor, Manuel in Fawlty Towers
- Emma Samms (1960 - )
- Georgia Slowe (1966 - ) actress Perdita in Emmerdale
- Sarah Solemani (1982 - ), actress in BBC series Him and Her
Read more about this topic: List Of British Jewish Entertainers
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