Yetta Zwerling
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Yetta Zwerling Silverman (December 25, 1894 – January 17, 1982) was a Yiddish movie star during the 1930s and 1940s.
Early life
Yetta Zwerling was born in Kalievo, near Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (present-day Choliv, near Lviv, Ukraine). Her father had a fruit business and was also a klezmer. Her sisters Bessie and Mamie sang in the Yiddish theater chorus and brought Yetta in as well.[1]
She emigrated to the United States with her family, finishing high school there and playing juvenile roles in variety theaters and English-language vaudeville. During her vaudeville years she also sang Yiddish songs like Vu Bistu, Yukel? and Bei Mir Bist du Schoen.[2]
Career
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She played alongside Yitskhok Feld, Julius Nathanson, Eli Mintz, Isidore Meltzer, Adof Fenigshtayn, Irving Jacobson, later Menasha Skulnik and Leo Fuchs in Yiddish movies such as Motl der opereytor and Ikh vil zayn a mame.[3] Beyond her comic roles, she sang as a soloist and in duets with her partners. She was also noted for her eccentric outfits and jewels.
Death
In 1982, Yetta Silverman died at Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California. She was survived by her two sons, Sidney and Arthur Silverman.[2][4] She was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
References
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- ↑ a b Zalmen Zylbercweig, Leksikon fun Yidishn teater, Book 3, #2276
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- ↑ Di Eybike Mame - The Eternal Mother - Women in Yiddish Theater and Popular Song 1905–1929 - ausführliche Textversion/extended text version, Rubin Ottens.com
- ↑ New York Times gave her age at death as 93; however her death certificate and Social Security records give her date of birth as December 25, 1894.
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Sources
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- 1894 births
- 1982 deaths
- American film actresses
- Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
- Yiddish theatre performers
- American vaudeville performers
- Jewish American actresses
- Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- American people of Austrian-Jewish descent
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American Jews
- Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery