Individual Details
Louis I "Studs" Terkel
(16 May 1912 - 31 Oct 2008)
http://www.nndb.com/people/640/000022574/
Education.. University of Chicago, Ph.B., 1932, J.D., 1934.
CAREER.. Worked as a civil service employee in Washington, DC, and as a
stage actor and movie house manager during the 1930s and 1940s; host of
interview show Wax Museum on radio station WFMT, Chicago, IL, 1945--.
Moderator of television program Studs' Place, Chicago, 1950-53. Actor in
stage plays, including Detective Story, 1950, A View from the Bridge, 1958,
Light Up the Sky, 1959, and The Cave Dwellers, 1960. Master of ceremonies at
New-port Folk Festival, 1959 and 1960, Ravina Music Festival, Ravina, IL,
1959, University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1961, and others. Also columnist
and narrator of films.
see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel
Education.. University of Chicago, Ph.B., 1932, J.D., 1934.
CAREER.. Worked as a civil service employee in Washington, DC, and as a
stage actor and movie house manager during the 1930s and 1940s; host of
interview show Wax Museum on radio station WFMT, Chicago, IL, 1945--.
Moderator of television program Studs' Place, Chicago, 1950-53. Actor in
stage plays, including Detective Story, 1950, A View from the Bridge, 1958,
Light Up the Sky, 1959, and The Cave Dwellers, 1960. Master of ceremonies at
New-port Folk Festival, 1959 and 1960, Ravina Music Festival, Ravina, IL,
1959, University of Chicago Folk Festival, 1961, and others. Also columnist
and narrator of films.
see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel
Events
Families
Spouse | Ida E Goldberg (1912 - 1999) |
Child | Dan Terkell |
Father | Szmuel Jankelewicz "Samuel" Terkel (1876 - 1931) |
Mother | Chanah Sora Szmuelewna "Anna" Finkel (1875 - 1963) |
Sibling | Chackel Terkel (1900 - ) |
Sibling | Meir Terkel (1905 - 1958) |
Sibling | Ben Terkel (1907 - 1965) |
Sibling | Fanny Terkel (1910 - 1924) |
Endnotes
1. Internet pages.
2. Census 1920.