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Lou Jacobi

Lou Jacobi
Lou Jacobi
Born: Dec 28, 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: Oct 23, 2009
Occupation: Actor
Active: '50s-'80s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Avalon, Irma La Douce, The Diary of Anne Frank
First Major Screen Credit: The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
8 Videos for Lou Jacobi
I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992) The Boss' Wife (1986) The Magician of Lublin (1979)
Avalon (1990) My Favorite Year (1982) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) Arthur (1981)
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Biography:

Bald-pated, mustachioed Canadian character actor Lou Jacobi began entertaining theatre audiences as a child. Though many of his characterizations were urban-American ethnic types, Jacobi was well into his career before ever setting foot on an American stage. Among his more memorable screen roles were the explosive Mr.

Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and the philosophical Parisian bartender Moustache in Irma La Douce (1963). After his cameo as a middle-aged transvestite in Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), the hapless Mr.

Jacobi found himself called upon to don women's garb on a nearly-weekly basis for the various TV variety series of the early 1970s. Lou Jacobi's other television work included supporting parts on The Dean Martin Show, Somerset and Melba, and the lead in the 1976 sitcom Ivan the Terrible.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.