Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet and photographer best known for playing the character Spock in the Star Trek television and movie series.

Life

Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Nimoy spent much of his early career in the 1950s doing small parts in B-movies and in TV shows such as Dragnet.

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Boston, Massachusetts - Ukrainian - Jewish - 1950s - B-movies - TV - Dragnet

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Nimoy served in the U.S. Army Reserve, receiving final discharge in November, 1955 as a Sergeant. According to the National Archives and Records Administration, Nimoy's U.S. Army service record was destroyed in the 1973 National Archives Fire.

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U.S. Army Reserve - 1955 - Sergeant - National Archives and Records Administration - 1973 National Archives Fire

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Nimoy has long been active in the Jewish community, and is an adherent of Reform Judaism. One of his better-known roles was that of Tevye the milkman, in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on the series of short stories by Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. In 1997 he narrated the documentary A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. In October 2002 Nimoy published Shekhina, a photographic study of women intended to visualize the feminine aspect of God's presence, inspired by Kabbalah (esoteric Jewish mysticism.)

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Jew - Reform Judaism - Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof - Yiddish - Sholom Aleichem - 1997 - Documentary - Hasidic - October 2002 - Shekhina - God - Kabbalah

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