Photographers
unknown
Sitter
Bessie Thomashefsky, 1873 - July 6, 1962
Date
unknown
Type
Portrait
Medium
Photograph
Credit Line
Audrey Sevin, Bessie's great grand niece
Testimony
"The audience fells happy when Mrs. Thomashefsky appears on the
stage. And this is no wonder, because ... she possesses a sense
of cheerfulness, agility, and vigor. She does everything that
might make the world happy. No means are overridden; words,
whether they fit or do not fit are uttered, movements, whether
they fit are not expressed, and mainly dance and all sorts of
mimicry are applied, and the audience laughs, storms and roars
with happiness."
Source of Testimony
Joseph Rumshinsky -- "Joseph Rumshinsky Tells About Fifty
Years of Yiddish Theatre," Forward, March 30, April 6, 1918.
