Stanley Weiman, a longtime member of Baltimore’s theater community, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The Towson resident was 90.
A Baltimore native and 1951 graduate of Baltimore City College, Weiman was the former president of Drapery Contractors Inc., a manufacturer of high-end window and bed treatments for the interior design trade.
But the Baltimore Hebrew congregant was best known in the region for his more than three decades on local stages. Weiman was an Equity actor and a member of the resident company at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre.
“It is with a heavy heart and a deep well of gratitude that I must tell you that we lost a dear family member and pillar of Everyman Theatre last night,“ said Vince M. Lancisi, the theater’s founder and artistic director. “Stanley Weiman was a giant talent as an actor and a most kind, loving friend. When I first came to Baltimore to found Everyman Theatre, Stan was in the first play I directed here. It was a new play as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. Stan and Everyman connected right away. …
“When Everyman moved to its current location of 315 W. Fayette Street, the Stan and Martha Weiman Mezzanine was created to honor Stan’s and his wife Martha’s (Founding Board Member) many contributions to Everyman Theatre. In 2024, the Everyman Visual Arts Gallery was moved to The Stan and Martha Weiman Mezzanine. This gallery serves as a welcoming for theatregoers, art enthusiasts, students, and the public to experience art in a fresh way and will now serve as a space to keep Stan’s memory alive. “
Among the Everyman productions in which Weiman co-starred over the years were “Much Ado About Nothing,” “The Crucible,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Bus Stop.”
In a 2012 review of Everyman’s production of the comedic play “You Can’t Take It With You,” Amanda Gunther of DC Theater Arts singled out Weiman’s portrayal of the family’s patriarch, Grandpa Martin Vanderhof (played by Lionel Barrymore in the classic 1938 film of the same name).
“While eccentric in his own right, Weiman plays his character with a down-to-earth feel, letting the little quirks come and go, making him the voice of reason when the crazy family clashes with the normal one,” Gunther wrote. “Weiman is the perfect doddering old coot who has wisdom tucked up his sleeve and his performance is nothing short of enjoyable.”
Weiman also appeared at Baltimore Center Stage, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, Cockpit in Court, Theatre Hopkins and the Gordon Center for Performing Arts.
Weiman is survived by his wife of 71 years, Martha Weiman (nee Meier); his daughters, Robin Weiman, Judy (John) Moseley and Carol (David) Noel; his grandchildren, Mark (Jennifer) Moseley, Erin (Aji) Mussafeer, Rebecca (Max) Appelman, and Samuel Noel (fiance Tina Hayes); his great-grandchildren, Keira Moseley, Ethan Mussafeer, Logan Mussafeer, Olivia Appelman, Sadie Appelman; and his siblings, Sidney (Ronnye) Weiman and Ida Samet.
He was predeceased by his parents, Ida and Frank Weiman.
Services will be held on Friday, Jan. 10, at 2:30 p.m. at Sol Levinson’s Chapel, 8900 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville. Interment will be at Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery on Berrymans Lane Cemetery in Reisterstown.
Contributions in Stan Weiman’s memory may be sent to Everyman Theatre, 315 W Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21208
The family will be in mourning at Edenwald Senior Living, 800 Southerly Road in Towson. Family will receive guests in the Social Room after interment until 5 p.m., Saturday from 6-8 p.m., and on Sunday from11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The family requests that guests wear masks at the shiva. There will be masks provided at the shiva location.
“Baltimore Hebrew Congregation clergy, lay leaders and members offer their condolences to the family of Stan Weiman,” the synagogue posted on the website of Sol Levinson & Bros. “We hope that you are comforted by warm memories and support of family, friends and community. May his memory be forever a blessing.”
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