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Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 – December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. According to YIVO, born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Schechter, born in Lwów, Galicia, then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine).
Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely.
Fuchs was born into a Yiddish theatrical family: his father, Yakov Fuchs, was a character actor; his mother, Róża Fuchs (Ruzha Fuchs), was "a leading lady of the musical theatre who perished in the Holocaust of the 1940s," shot dead by Nazi Germans. He began acting (in Polish) when he was five years old, and was praised when he performed at the Warsaw cabaret Qui Pro Quo when he was 17.
His American debut was at the Second Avenue Theater in the Yiddish Theater District in Lucky Boy with Moishe Oysher in 1929. He moved to New York City in 1935, In his prime, he was known as "The Yiddish Fred Astaire", appearing both on Broadway and in film. In 1936, he married fellow actor Mirele Gruber and toured with her through Poland for a year next year. In 1937 he made two movies, the short I Want to Be a Boarder (in which he sang his famous song Trouble) and I Want to Be a Mother with Yetta Zwerling. In 1940 he starred in Americaner Shadchen (American Matchmaker). He divorced in 1941 and later married Rebecca Richman.
Also spelled "Az men farzikht in s'iz git" "Az Men Farzijt" and "Az men farzucht un s'is gut." This is a ruder (more politically incorrect) version than Lebedeff's. See http://polishjewishcabaret.com for more.
Bruno ficou chateado por Leo Fuchs dar beijo em sua esposa Giovana Ewbank
Лео Фукс Хочу жену (только срочно, и он очень хорошо описывает прелести семейной жизни в будущем, а теперь: "Ой гвалт, дайте же мне жену!") Leo Fuchs Ich Vil a Weib I Want a Wife
Leo Fuchs (May 15, 1911 – December 31, 1994) was a Polish-born Jewish American actor. According to YIVO, born Avrum Leib Fuchs in Warsaw; according to Schechter, born in Lwów, Galicia, then Poland, now Lviv, Ukraine).
Fuchs performed in many Yiddish and English plays and movies throughout the mid-twentieth century, and was famed as a comic, a dancer, and a coupletist. He wrote much of his own material and toured widely.
Fuchs was born into a Yiddish theatrical family: his father, Yakov Fuchs, was a character actor; his mother, Róża Fuchs (Ruzha Fuchs), was "a leading lady of the musical theatre who perished in the Holocaust of the 1940s," shot dead by Nazi Germans. He began acting (in Polish) when he was five years old, and was praised when he performed at the Warsaw cabaret Qui Pro Quo when he was 17.
His American debut was at the Second Avenue Theater in the Yiddish Theater District in Lucky Boy with Moishe Oysher in 1929. He moved to New York City in 1935, In his prime, he was known as "The Yiddish Fred Astaire", appearing both on Broadway and in film. In 1936, he married fellow actor Mirele Gruber and toured with her through Poland for a year next year. In 1937 he made two movies, the short I Want to Be a Boarder (in which he sang his famous song Trouble) and I Want to Be a Mother with Yetta Zwerling. In 1940 he starred in Americaner Shadchen (American Matchmaker). He divorced in 1941 and later married Rebecca Richman.
I'm up against the best
'Cause whenever she is near
I'm my own worst enemy
Forbidden and so dangerous
But in spite of all we've been through I can't flee
IGNITE
I'm about to hit the floor
RIGHT NOW
I shouldn't have begged for more
THIS FIGHT
I fight against myself
THIS TIME
I'm gonna lose so
Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of
Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So take me out of here
Somebody help me awake
I know this is surreal
And she makes me feel
Subconsciously self-destructive
'Cause her lies are lethal but insanely seductive
THIS FIGHT
I fight against myself
THIS TIME
I'm gonna lose so
Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of
Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So take me out of here
Hold me down
I can't trust myself
If she's near
So please take me out of
Here right now
I can't trust myself
If she's near
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