G. was born on 14 May 1884 in Ishomir, Ukraine.

He was brought up in Zhitomir.

His father was a teacher.

He sang with a cantor, studying singing with Karshon, concert master of the Odessa Russian opera. For love of the Yiddish theatre he performed in 1903 in Meerson's trope in Nikolayev. In 1910 he acted with Kompaneyets in Warsaw, in 1911 in Odessa with Sabsey, in 1912 in Mohilev Podolia, where G. was regisseur.

In 1913 he set off for Argentina, where he has acted until today, standing also for the time sometimes at the top of several of the Argentinean Yiddish theatres.

Sh. E.