Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"

1931-1969
 

Leah Floym
(Holender)


Born in 1870 in Posen.

Her parents were merchants.

At the age of eight she immigrated with her family to London, England where she learned in school, [voynendik] in the neighborhood..

With the Yiddish dramatic club she then became a member and afterwards married Bernard Fishman and followed the same path to the stage that he did, retiring from the theatre at the same time as her husband.


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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 7, page 6303.
You can also read Leah's earlier Lexicon biography, in Vol. 6, by clicking here.
 

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