Dina Halpern

Dina Halpern (15 July 1909, Warsaw[1] – 18 February 1989, Chicago) was a Polish-born actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United States in 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of her life there.[2] She first became famous in the 1930s for her roles on the Yiddish stage in Poland, as well as in Yiddish-language films.[3] After the war she performed with great success in Yiddish theaters in the U.S., especially in Chicago, where she made her home;[3] and toured internationally, both as a guest star and a director of Yiddish troupes.[2] Also well known for her recitations, she was highly regarded as an interpreter of classic and contemporary Yiddish poetry.[2] Halpern won the Itzik Manger Prize in 1988.[2]

Halpern was a niece of the renowned Yiddish actress Ester Rachel Kaminska, and a cousin of Kamińska's daughter, the actress Ida Kamińska.[3]

Filmography

References
  1. Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1963). "Halpern, Dina", in: Leksikon fun yidishn teater [Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater] (in Yiddish). Vol. 4. New York: Hebrew Actors' Union. Columns 3167-3172.
  2. Seigenthaler, Katherine (20 February 1989). "Dina Halpern, 79, a Top Star of Yiddish Theater". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  3. Sochen, June (1981). Consecrate Every Day: The Public Lives of Jewish American Women, 1880-1980. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 119-121. E-book edition, 2014; ISBN 9781438420615 and ISBN 9780873955270. Retrieved via Project MUSE database, 2017-06-13.
  4. http://imdb.com/name/nm0356942/

Dina Halpern at IMDb

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