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Leon Blank
… up to solo actor and singer. Blank’s great success in the play 'David's Violin' in 1897 catapulted his career on … the 1920’s Blank appeared regularly in Jacob Gordin’s plays at the National Theater, Liberty Theater, and Public … On several occasions, he was offered roles in Broadway plays and Hollywood films, but Blank preferred to remain on …
Alexander Olshanetsky
… Alexander Olshanetsky was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He played with the Odessa Opera orchestra and toured Russia and …
Max Leibowitz
Max Leibowitz was born in Iași, Romania and in September 1905 he emigrated to the …
Anshel Schorr
… musical comedy Zayn yidishe meydl (His Jewish Girl). The play premiered at Schorr’s own Liberty Theater in Brooklyn, …
Paul Muni (Weisenfreund)
… of Counsellor at Law , and returned to the silver screen playing the role of mobster Tony Camonte in the film …
Bertha Kalish
… regularly at Yakov Ber Gimpel’s Yiddish Theater. Kalish played the starring role in Gimpel’s production of Abraham Goldfadn 's play Shulamit. Kalish also toured with Goldfadn’s company … theater. Between 1905 and 1926, Kalish starred in over ten plays including: Monna Vanna (1905), The Kreutzer Sonata …
Jennie Goldstein
… in New York in 1896. She began acting at the age of six, playing child roles opposite actor greats Bertha Kalish , … theater with her husband, Max Gabel . Gabel, a renowned playwright and producer in his own right, wrote numerous … and Abe Ellstein . In 1938, Goldstein made her film debut, playing the leading role in the Yiddish movie Two Sisters …
Salcia Weinberg
… Hungary and Germany, returning to the Yiddish theater and playing for a short time prima donna roles. Source: Joel E. …
Bessie Weissman
… family in New York and became the daughter-in-law of playwright Anshel Schorr. She played child and adult roles with a number of the great …
Yetta Zwerling
… sings comical songs and also participated in several movie plays and Yiddish plays. eatres. Her sister Mamie had acted for a time in …