List of Borscht Belt comedians

Comedians who got their start or regularly performed in Borscht Belt resorts include:

• Abbott & Costello
• Joey Adams
• Woody Allen
• Morey Amsterdam
• Bea Arthur
• Sandy Baron
• Benny Bell
• Jack Benny
• Milton Berle
• Shelley Berman
• Joey Bishop
• Mel Blanc
• Victor Borge
• Mel Brooks
• Lenny Bruce
• Burns & Allen
• Pesach Burstein
• Red Buttons
• Sid Caesar
• Jean Carroll
• Jack Carter
• Myron Cohen
• Billy Crystal
• Bill Dana
• Rodney Dangerfield
• Phyllis Diller
• Totie Fields
• Mickey Freeman
• Betty Garrett
• Estelle Getty
• George Gobel
• Shecky Greene
• Buddy Hackett
• George Jessel
• Mickey Katz
• Danny Kaye
• Alan King
• Robert Klein
• Harvey Korman
• Jack E. Leonard
• Mal Z. Lawrence
• Sam Levenson
• Jerry Lewis
• Richard Lewis
• The Marx Brothers
• Jackie Mason
• Lou Menchell
• Corbett Monica
• Howard Morris
• Zero Mostel
• Jan Murray
• Freddie Prinze Sr.
• Carl Reiner
• Don Rickles
• Joan Rivers
• Freddie Roman
• Rowan & Martin
• Mort Sahl
• Soupy Sales
• Dick Shawn
• Allan Sherman
• Phil Silvers
• Arnold Stang
• David Steinberg
• Jerry Stiller
• The Three Stooges
• Jackie Vernon
• Gene Wilder
• Jonathan Winters
• Ed Wynn
• Henny Youngman

See also

• Borscht Belt

References