{{Short description|Yiddish theater actor}} {{Infobox person | name = Yakov Fuchs | birth_date = 1880 | birth_place = Lemburg, Galitsia (now Ukraine) | death_date = 1921 | death_place = Lemburg | occupation = theater actor | spouse = Ruzha Fuchs | children = Leo Fuchs }}
'''Yakov Fuchs''' (1880–1921) was a Yiddish theater actor. Born in Lemburg (Lviv), Galitsia, he joined a Yiddish theater chorus at the age of 17 and after singing in Lemburg and Rumania for a short time, he became a soloist and then starred in Professor Hurvitz's operetta ''Jacob and Esau''. Yakov's voice deteriorated due to lung disease and he became a character actor.<ref name="zalmen">Zalmen Zylbercweig, ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', Book six, 1133-4921</ref> He played both comedies and serious dramas. He died of lung disease in Lemburg.
His wife Ruzha Fuchs was a beloved and successful Yiddish theater star; their son Leo Fuchs was a famous actor.
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