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

1931-1967
 

Lucy German
(Losha Kutner)

 

Born in 1889 in Warsaw, Poland. 

She participated in amateur groups, and when Misha German set up  the Polish province troupe in Warsaw, she was accepted and played the role of soubrette.

G. arrived in America with her husband and acted with him all the time as a soubrette. When she moved to the [Yiddish] Art Theatre, she began playing in dramatic roles.

Later, when her husband became manager, G. received main roles and acted with her husband for a number of seasons in Toronto, Cleveland, two seasons at the Hopkinson Theatre, where she appeared as soubrette in a role written especially for her.

During the 1927-8 season G. played in Chicago and then did guest-star stints as she toured America. 

From 1928-9 she appeared in New York’s People’s Theatre, and in 1929-30 she acted at the Rolland Theatre in Brooklyn.

G. also recorded songs  for the Gramophone company.

German’s sister was actress Sara Kutner-Skulnik.



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Translated from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 502.
 

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