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Paul Jarrico

Paul JarricoAKA Israel Payssah Shapiro

Born: 12-Jan-1915 [1]
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA
Died: 28-Oct-1997
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Accident - Automobile

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Screenwriter

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Tom, Dick and Harry

[1] Birth on date certificate is 8 January 1915, but Jarrico's parents informed him this was incorrect. See Larry Ceplair, The Marxist and the Movies: A Biography of Paul Jarrico (2007), page 8.

Father: Aaron Gildenberg ("Aaron Shapiro", b. 18-Aug-1883, d. 31-Dec-1933 uremia)
Mother: Jennie Kraus (b. 15-Apr-1875)
Wife: Sylvia Rina Gussin (m. 1936, div. 1966)
Wife: Yvette Le Floch (div.)
Wife: Lia Benedetti (m. 1992, until his death)

    High School: Roosevelt High School, Los Angeles, CA (1932)
    University: University of Southern California
    University: BA, University of California at Los Angeles (1936)

    Communist Party USA (1937-52)
    Pi Epsilon Theta
    Young Communist League
    Hollywood Blacklist






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