What is Szymon Szurmiej?
[[File:Szymon Szurmiej.jpg|thumb|Szymon Szurmiej in August 2007.]] '''Szymon Symcha Szurmiej''' (18 June 1923 &ndash; 16 July 2014) was a [[Jewish]]-[[Poles|Polish]] [[actor]], [[Theatre director|director]], [[singer]], [[activist]] and [[theatre]] [[manager]]. He was the general manager of the [[Jewish Theatre, Warsaw|Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska State Jewish Theater in Warsaw]]. He was also the director of the [[Jewish Theatre, Warsaw|Yiddish Theater of Warsaw]]. He was later an activist for Jewish causes. Szurmiej was born in [[Lutsk]], [[Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–39)|Volhynian Voivodeship]] (now [[Ukraine]]). He was a member of the [[World Jewish Congress]]. He was married to actress [[Gołda Tencer]] and had four children. Szurmiej died from [[natural causes]] on 16 July 2014 in [[Warsaw]], aged 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jta.org/2014/07/16/news-opinion/world/szymon-szurmiej-jewish-actor-and-polish-leader-dies|title=Szymon Szurmiej, Jewish actor and Polish leader, dies|publisher=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|date=16 July 2014|accessdate=17 July 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0844345}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Szurmiej, Szymon}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Jewish activists]] [[Category:Jewish actors]] [[Category:Jewish musicians]] [[Category:Polish filmmakers]] [[Category:Polish Jews]] [[Category:Polish movie actors]] [[Category:Polish singers]] [[Category:Polish stage actors]] [[Category:Polish television actors]] {{Actor-stub}}