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
 

Liza Varon
 

Born 1894 in Jerusalem (Eretz-Israel). Her parents were Sephardic Jewish settlers. When she was six, she left for Cyprus [the island of Cyprus] with her brother and returned to Eretz Yisrael at the age of twelve. Here she joined the local Hebrew amateurs’ performances. Then she went to Egypt and became active at the local Russian-Jewish immigrant club, where she learned Yiddish and participated in the local Yiddish amateurs’ performances.

Back in the Eretz Yisrael, she joined the local “Habimah Hevrit” where she played professionally for three years. Later she traveled to France and Switzerland, played at the Yiddish theatres there, and during the war arrived in America where she played with Kessler in a few plays, was accepted to the actor’s union, and played one season at Schnitzer’s Art Theatre, and after a break at the Unzer Theatre, Irving Place Art Theatre and Amphion Theatre.

Varon participated in the occasional Hebrew performances in New York.


Sh. E.

 
 

  • I.E. -- Madame Liza Varon’s magnificent “Ettenyu Friedlander”, “Die vahrheyt”, N.Y., 7 July 1917.

  • Dr.[?] I. Wartsman -- New Vigor for the Theatre, “Tog”, N.Y., 7 July 1917.

  • I.E. -- Madame Lisa Varon as “Tamara” in Pinski’s ” Yankele the Blacksmith”, “Die varheyt”, 29 September 1917.

  • I. Entin -- In and around theatre, “Die varheyt”, 28 October  1917.


 

 

 

 


 

Home       |       Site Map       |      Exhibitions      |      About the Museum       |       Education      |      Contact Us       |       Links


Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 662.
 

Copyright © Museum of Family History.  All rights reserved.