Szymon Herman was born on February 23, 1923 in Stanislawów, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Austeria (1982), Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc' (1990) and Shtern oyfn dakh (1979). He died on November 2, 2001 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.