Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Oscar nominee, dies at 81
Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who performed a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years within the enterprise, together with monologuing film mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” the crooked membership proprietor Bugsy Calhoun in “Harlem Nights” and an offended publishing government in “Elf” has died. He was 81.
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