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- Birth nameJoseph John Baltake Jr.
- Joe Baltake has been first-string film critic for The Philadelphia Daily News and The Sacramento Bee, among other publications, and has contributed movie-related essays to The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post and US Magazine. He is also the author of two books on the actor Jack Lemmon - "The Films of Jack Lemmon" and "Jack Lemmon: His Films and Career," and edits the movie site, The Passionate Moviegoer, which is devoted to neglected and underrated films. He has contributed on-camera commentaries to DVD sets, including Sony Entertainment's "The Jack Lemmon Film Collection" and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's "The Apartment," collector edition, and to the documentary, "Inside 'The Apartment'" (2008). He is married to Susan Baltake.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Philippe Devereaux
- SpouseSusan Hale Shapiro(April 10, 1984 - March 26, 2020) (his death)
- Contributor to "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives" (Volume Six, 2000-2002).
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