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Lives in the Yiddish Theatre

SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE YIDDISH THEATRE
AS DESCRIBED IN ZALMEN ZYLBERCWEIG'S "LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH THEATRE"

1931-1969



 

Helen Beda
 

Born 1897 in Czestochowa, Poland. The family moved to London and there, B. joined a chorus in the Yiddish theatre.

Her first role was “Tsinele,” in Solotorefsky's "Der yeshive bokhur (The Yeshiva Boy)," at the time of her guest role with Silbert. B. was then engaged in Paris by Axelrod where she had the opportunity to perform with guest star Jacob Liebert. From Paris B. went to America, where she spent one season playing with Joseph Shoengold in the Lyric Theatre, Brooklyn, and the rest of the time elsewhere appearing in Chicago as "Meyte" in Hirshbein’s "Puste kretshme (The Idle Inn)" with Be-Ami. In 1928-9 B. performed in Boston, and in 1929-30 in Newark for Elving.


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