"When Ms. Streisand was honored with a Life Achievement Award by The American Film Institute, Nehemiah Persoff rose memorably from his table, smiled sweetly at the actress, and said “Barbara, you’re just like a daughter to me … You never phone … You never write.”
Happy 102nd birthday to the only actor who guest starred on all four seasons of "The Untouchables" (including three as Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik) and was the cab driver in the legendary "I could've been a contender" scene with Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in "On The Waterfront".
Yes, he's been mentioned in threads over the past several months. He was born a month before my Dad! Love him giving George Raft hell in Some Like It Hot.