B. was born in April 1896 in Zwolen, Radom Gubernia, Poland, to Orthodox parents. She received a traditional Jewish education.

In 1908 when her parents moved across to Warsaw, she entered into a school, and she also saw for the first time acting in the Yiddish theatre.

In 1909 she entered into the dramatic section of the "Hazmir" union, that [of] Oscar "S'Brent", in which she acted in the role of "Chana Royza". Later she entered into an amateur group, with whom she traveled around across the nearby communities of Warsaw. When the group performed in Vilna, B. became engaged to Lipovski for his Cirkus-Teater, and the second season -- with Genfer in Vilna. Due to the war closing both theatres and the troupe uniting itself into a cooperative in which B. also entered into, and she then took to migrating across Russia, but as the Yiddish theatres were closed, she arranged Russian concerts, in which B. herself participated.

Coming to Kharkov, B. became engaged in Fishzon's troupe, later she entered into Leyzer (Eliezer) Zhelazo's troupe, which performed in Samara. Here she married Zhelazo, and she traveled together with him to Odessa to Meerson, later with Rappel, then she toured with various troupes across Russia.