# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pesach-burstein
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:07:42.374Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pesach-burstein"
name: "Pesach Burstein"
slug: "pesach-burstein"
description: "Pesach \"Peishachke\" Burstein was a Polish-born American comedian, singer, coupletist, and director of Yiddish vaudeville/theater. He was honored with the Itzik Manger Prize in 1986. His wife Lillian Lux, and son Mike Burstyn are also actors."
tagline: "Polish-born American comedian, singer, coupletist, and vaudeville/theater director (1896-1986)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Lillianloxpesachburstein.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1896-04-15"
deathDate: "1986-04-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.37
  momentum:             8.172043010752688
  historical:           5.072750666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123393/"
    handle:    "nm0123393"
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_(%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%9F)"
    title: "פסח בורשטיין (שחקן)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach_Burstein"
    title: "Pesach Burstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach_Burstein"
    title: "Pesach Burstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesach_Burstein"
    title: "Pesach Burstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8f2dec91-97e1-4e12-a882-560be839a7a4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7171316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1439822"
    title: "Pesach Burstein"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations