Harry Siegenberg

(b. London, **/**/1867 - d. Johannesburg, 28/01/1931). Harry (Henry) Siegenberg came to South Africa in 1889 where he married Hannah Mendoza in 1901. He became a well-known bookmaker in Johannesburg and appeared as one in Joseph Albrecht's horse racing drama The Stolen Favourite (1919). The South African Jewish Year Book of 1929 described him as a “turf accountant and licensed victualler.” (FO)

Sources

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm

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