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
 

Asher Griminger
 

  

Born on 20 September 1892 in Lemberg, Galicia.

His parents were merchants.

He finished a folkshul.

In 1908 he debuted with "amateurs" as "Motye shtreykhl" in Gordin's "Khasye di yesoyme", and until 1917 acted with "amateurs", then became engaged as a character-comic by Gimpel in Lemberg where he acted for a number of years. In 1928 he guest-starred in Vienna.
 

Sh. E. from Menachem Desser.


 

 

 

 

 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 530.
 Asher Griminger sadly perished in the Holocaust. To read this updated biography, please click here.

 

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