Leonard Simon Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931 in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine.

His parents left Iziaslav separately—his father first walking over the border into Poland—and reunited in the United States.Leonard and older brother Melvin—were neighborhood fixtures and sold newspapers in Boston Common. Nimoy submitted an application to California's Pasadena Playhouse. He made his way out to the West Coast using money he earned by selling vacuum cleaners.

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