Name Hy Anzell | Role Theater Actor | |
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Occupation Television, film, stage actor Movies Annie Hall, Bananas, Dead Bang, Crossing the Bridge, The Cemetery Club Similar People Woody Allen, John Frankenheimer, Michael Winner, Mike Binder, Bill Duke |
Hy Anzell (September 7, 1923 – August 23, 2003) was a Yiddish-speaking American theater, television, and movie actor. He originated the role of the flower shop owner, "Mr. Mushnik", in the original off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors with Ellen Greene and Lee Wilkof. He was also in the original 1976 Broadway cast of Checking Out.
He appeared in dozens of films and television programs. He had roles in a number of films directed by Woody Allen, beginning with Bananas, and notably including Annie Hall (in which he had his best-known movie role as Uncle Joey Nichols).
He died of natural causes at age 79.
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