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Uzi Hitman
… had a great influence on his musical path, and he used to play recordings of his father's singing whenever he had visitors. In addition to the cantorial music played in his childhood home, Hitman’s parents listened to …
Herman Yablokoff
… Music, click here . … Yiddish songwriter, lyricist, actor, playwright, director & producer … Songwriter … Yiddish … Playwright … Actor … Lyricist … Director … Producer … Herman …
Sigmund Feinman
… , and Kessler, doing his best work in Jacob Gordin's plays. Returning to Europe in 1906, he and his wife Dinah … 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. …
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 …