Editing Harvey Keitel (section)

==Early life==
Keitel was born in [[New York City]] on May 13, 1939,<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb1b395|title=Harvey Keitel|work=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127205736/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb1b395|archive-date=January 27, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7MS-9YC|title=Person details for Harvey Kutel|publisher=familyserarch.org|access-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> the youngest child in a [[Jewish]] family. His mother Miriam ({{née|Klein}}; 1911–1987) had immigrated from [[Romanian Jews|Romania]], and his father Harry from [[Polish Jews|Poland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Harvey Keitel Tries A Little Tenderness|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/movies/harvey-keitel-tries-a-little-tenderness.html|first=Karen|last=Schoemer|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 7, 1993|access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> His parents owned and ran a [[luncheonette]], and his father also worked as a [[hat maker]].

Keitel grew up in the [[Brighton Beach]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]],<ref name="tca">{{cite AV media |year=1998 |title= Inside the Actors Studio |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8US3Zo-1c | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106011333/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm8US3Zo-1c| archive-date=2015-01-06|access-date=December 27, 2014 |publisher=The Actors Studio, Bravo Network, Betelgeuse Productions }}</ref> with his elder sister, Renee, and elder brother, Jerry.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lombardi|first=John|title=Scenes From a Bad Movie Marriage - Nymag|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/1983/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=New York Magazine|date=January 12, 1998 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Oct. 18|first1=KRISTINE McKENNA|last2=Pt|first2=1992 12 Am|date=1992-10-18|title=MOVIES : Leaps of Faith : Harvey Keitel's search for God often involves confronting his darker self; case in point: 'Reservoir Dogs'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-18-ca-681-story.html|access-date=2022-02-14|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> He attended [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)|Abraham Lincoln High School]], and enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] at the age of 17. After his discharge, he worked as a [[court stenographer]] for 10–12 years before beginning his acting career.<ref name="tca" />