Abraham Goldfaden

Abraham Goldfaden

male, deceased (1908)
Abraham Goldfaden (July 24, 1840 - January 9, 1908; ; born Avrum Goldnfoden; first name alternately Abram, Avram, Avrohom, Avrom, or Avrum, last...
Israil Bercovici

Israil Bercovici

male, deceased (1988)
Israil (Israel) Bercovici (1921-1988) was a Jewish Romanian dramaturg, playwright, director, biographer, and memoirist, who served the State Jewish...
Sholom Aleichem

Sholom Aleichem

male, deceased (1916)
Sholom Aleichem (May 13, 1916) was a popular humorist and Russian (geographically, Ukrainian) Jewish author of Yiddish literature, including...

Sigmund Mogulesko

male, deceased (1914)
Sigmund Mogulesko - Yiddish: מאָגולסקאָ, זעליג, first name also sometimes given as Zigmund, Siegmund, Zelig, or Selig, last name sometimes spell...

Israel Grodner

male, deceased (1887)
Israel (Yisrol) Grodner was one of the founding performers in Yiddish theater. A Lithuanian Jew who moved at the age of 16 to Berdichev, Ukraine,...
Stella Adler

Stella Adler

female, deceased (1992)
Stella Adler was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as America's foremost acting teacher. Born in New York City, Adler was a member...

Joseph Lateiner

male, deceased (1935)
Joseph Lateiner was a playwright in the early years of Yiddish theater, first in Bucharest, Romania and later in New York City, where he was a...

David Kessler

male, deceased (1920)
David Kessler was a prominent actor in the first great era of Yiddish theater. As a star Yiddish dramatic performer in New York City, he was the...

Sara Adler

female, deceased (1953)
Sara Adler (1858, Odessa - April 28, 1953, New York) was a Russian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United...
Keni Liptzin

Keni Liptzin

female, deceased (1916)
Keni Liptzin (1863 (or earlier) - 1916), surname sometimes spelled Lipzin, was a star in the early years of Yiddish theater, probably the greatest...