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Yiddish Theatre Harry Jordan, actor cir late 1920s Cleveland, Ohio
Harry Jordan was born Hershel Zerdanowski on May 27, 1895 in Skvira, Kiev
Guberniya. He, his parents and siblings immigrated to the United
States via Philadelphia in 1906. Here, Jordan graduated from public school and in 1913 began to
play in Jewish varieties in Philadelphia. Afterwards for five years he
performed sketches in English vaudeville, and he also performed in plays
in dramatic clubs. In 1927-1928, Jordan played in the legitimate Yiddish
theatre in Baltimore; in 1928-1929 he played in Detroit and Toronto, and in 1929-1930
he performed in
Pittsburgh and
Cleveland. |
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