Spotlight on: Alfred White

Name: Alfred White

Alternate Name: Alfred Weisman

Date of Birth: 21 November 1882

Date of Death: 22 August 1972, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Soap Opera Occupation: actor

Soap Opera Roles:

• Solomon Levy, Abie's Irish Rose

Trivia:

• Changed his name from Alfred Weisman to Alfred White during his Broadway run of Abie's Irish Rose in the 1920's which was the tradition of many Jews during this time who changed their names to hide their ethnicity
• Had originated the role of Solomon Levy on Broadway before portraying the character on the radio soap opera

More Info:

• IMDb
• IBDb