Popeck

Popeck born Judka Herpstu 18 May 1936 is a French actor and standup comedian The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania Judka Herpstu was born in Paris He was among the children saved from the Holocaust by the OSE but his mother was murdered in Auschwitz He studied acting at the Cours Simon and started his career on stage under the name Jean Herbert In 1968 Herpstu created the character of Popeck a grumpy EasternEuropean immigrant dressed in a 3piece suit wearing a bowler hat and speaking French with a strong Yiddish accent Sketches featuring Popeck made Herpstu known to the larger public and the actor identified with his character so far as to finally adopt the name Popeck for himself in 1978 In addition to his work on stage Popeck has acted in movies He had a small role in Roman Polanskis The Pianist Source Article Popeck from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30