Birth Name: Harvey Forbes Fierstein
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 6, 1954
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Harvey Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. He is the son of Jacqueline Harriet (Gilbert) and Irving Fierstein. Harvey has a brother, Ronald. They were raised in Conservative Judaism. He is of Eastern European Jewish descent.
Harvey’s maternal grandmother was Bertha Schatzberg (the daughter of Abraham Schatzberg and Rose).
Sources: http://www.cjnews.com
Genealogy of Harvey Fierstein (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
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