Rebecca Weintraub
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Rebecca Weintraub was an actress in the Yiddish Theater who was born in Odessa
, Russian Empire
.
Her maiden name was Rebecca Fusfeld. She came to America at the age of fifteen. Beginning in her teenage years she played supporting and leading roles with Jacob Adler
, Boris Thomashefsky
, Bertha Kalish, Molly Picon
, and others.
Weintraub's last stage role of significance was in The Family Carvovsky. Her motion picture career began with Breaking Home Ties (1922). She accumulated five screen credits with parts in Uncle Moses (1932), Two Sisters (1938), Tevya (1939), and Three Daughters
(1949).
Rebecca Weintraub died in Polyclinic Hospital in 1952 at the age of 79.
She was the widow of Sigmund Weintraub, Yiddish Theater actor-manager. Her residence was at 340 East Fifteenth Street in New York City
.
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
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Her maiden name was Rebecca Fusfeld. She came to America at the age of fifteen. Beginning in her teenage years she played supporting and leading roles with Jacob Adler
Jacob Pavlovich Adler
Jacob Pavlovich Adler , born Yankev P. Adler, was a Jewish actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and New York City....
, Boris Thomashefsky
Boris Thomashefsky
Boris Thomashefsky was a Ukrainian-born Jewish singer and actor who became one of the biggest stars in Yiddish theatre; born in Tarashcha , a shtetl near Kiev, Ukraine, he emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 12 in 1881...
, Bertha Kalish, Molly Picon
Molly Picon
Molly Picon was an American actress of stage, screen and television, as well as a lyricist and dramatic storyteller....
, and others.
Weintraub's last stage role of significance was in The Family Carvovsky. Her motion picture career began with Breaking Home Ties (1922). She accumulated five screen credits with parts in Uncle Moses (1932), Two Sisters (1938), Tevya (1939), and Three Daughters
(1949).
Rebecca Weintraub died in Polyclinic Hospital in 1952 at the age of 79.
She was the widow of Sigmund Weintraub, Yiddish Theater actor-manager. Her residence was at 340 East Fifteenth Street in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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