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>Lumet was born in Philadelphia and grew up in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan.[4] He studied theater acting at the Professional Children's School of New York and Columbia University.[5][6]
>Lumet's parents, Baruch and Eugenia (née Wermus) Lumet, were Jewish and veterans of the Yiddish theatre;[7] they had immigrated to the United States from Poland. His father, an actor, director, producer and writer, was born in Warsaw.[8] Lumet's mother, who was a dancer, died when he was a child. He had an older sister.[9] Lumet made his professional debut on the radio at age four and his stage debut at the Yiddish Art Theatre at age five.[10] As a child he also appeared in many Broadway productions,[7] including 1935's Dead End and Kurt Weill's The Eternal Road.
>Sidney Chayefsky was born in the Bronx, New York City, to Russian-Jewish immigrants Harry and Gussie (Stuchevsky) Chayefsky. Harry Chayefsky's father served for twenty-five years in the Russian army so the family was allowed to live in Moscow, while Gussie Stuchevsky lived in a village near Odessa. Harry and Gussie emigrated to the United States in 1907 and 1909 respectively.[8]
>Howard Kenneth Gottfried (November 13, 1923 – December 8, 2017) was an American film producer. He produced many films, including The Hospital, Network, Torch Song Trilogy and Suburban Commando.[1]