Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"

1931-1969
 

Rose Wallerstein
 

W. was born on 25 January 1896 in New York, America.

Her father is the actor Hymie Wallerstein.

She learned in public school and in high school.

As a child of five she was taken onto the stage through her father, and W. has remained since then on the Yiddish stage, crossing over later to soubrette in serious dramatic roles.

W. guest-starred with her husband Louis Kramer in Argentina.

From 1924-6 she acted in professional theatre in the Bronx, in 1927-8 in Newark, in 1929-30 [she performed] in Toronto, and in 1929-30 in vaudeville in Bronx's McKinley Square Theatre.


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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 651.
 

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