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Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan. He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives , representing the state of New York . [ 2 ]
Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blün; February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) was a German-American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus, U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. She and her husband died during the sinking of the Titanic .
[7] [8] Apart from playing Isidor Straus in Titanic, [9] [10] Palter appeared in other films, such as The Steagle [1] and First Monday in October. [11] Having started teaching acting at the CalArts School of Theater in 1971, Palter remained a faculty member there until his retirement in 2013.
Lew Palter, the actor best known for his role as Isidor Straus in James Cameron’s 1997 epic Titanic, has died aged 94.. The Brooklyn-born actor was also a longtime theatre teacher at the CalArts ...
Lew Palter, a veteran character actor and celebrated drama teacher, died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 94.Palter died at his home in Los Angeles on May 21, after a long battle with cancer.
In Titanic, Palter played a fictionalized version of Isidor Straus, a department store magnate who died on the ship in 1912 with his wife, Ida Straus. When it became clear the ship was sinking ...
Ida Straus, 63, American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus. [65] Isidor Straus, 67, German-American businessman and politician. [66] John Thayer, 49, American ...
After the death of his first wife, he married her sister Sara Levi (1823–1876) in 1844, with whom he had four sons and a daughter; including the entrepreneur and US Congressman (serving in the United States House of Representatives), Isidor Straus (1845–1912), who died with his wife Ida Straus in the sinking of the Titanic, [2] entrepreneur ...