Sigmund Feinman

Born near Kishinev, Feinman acted in Bessarabia and Romania, went to New York in 1886, and worked with Adler, Mogulesko, and Kessler, doing his best work in Jacob Gordin's plays. Returning to Europe in 1906, he and his wife Dinah (formerly married to Jacob Adler) established a reputation in London and on the Continent. He played Othello in Romania, 1909, and died while rehearsing in Lodz. Manuscripts of Feinman's own plays and translations were acquired by the YIVO Institute. His wife dinah feinman (1862–1946) acted in A Doll's House, Mirele Efros, and La Dame aux Camélias.

Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica

Full biography at the Museum of family history website.



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