G. was born in Warsaw, Poland.

Her father was a [msgyh] in the Khlshn children's hospital.

Her mother was a nursing attendant.

She learned in the Polish okhronke and by day was in cheder.

In 1904 G. became a member in the "Kleynes bund", and she participated later as "Di mame" in the production of "Uriel Akosta" (directed by Julius Oskar) for the Kishinev pogrom[-irte].

In the same year G. was arrested during a meeting, one [gnbet] but she was out of the political hands, and they thus led her on to Galicia, from where in 1906 her brother took her to America.

Here G. traveled around in a shirt shop, and in the evening she took part in during the course of two years in the productions, in the early days  for the "Warsaw Progressive Dramatic Club", and later in the "Progressive Dramatic Club".

During the [antshteyung] of the varieties, G. toured with the professionals in "Golden Rule" (Manager Suzman), where she acted for three months, later six months at the Thalia Music Hall (Manager Kopelman).