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G. was born in Lepel,
Vitebsk Gubernia, White Russia, into a well-to-do
family. From childhood she manifested an interest for
"ceremonies". In the years of the Revolution she was
active in the ranks of the young "bund". After the
Revolution she traveled to Vilna where she often
attended the theatre and entered into a Yiddish
"amateur" circle under the pseudonym of Pirozhnikov.
After acting for a short time in that circle, of which
Ben-Ami became the director, G. traveled to Vienna.
Here she acted for a short
time in the local Yiddish troupe, attending at the same
time Von Meyer's dramatic courses. Due to the khesed
of Spinoza, she was arrested and had to leave Austria.
G. participated only in
several Yiddish productions in Switzerland, then she
acted for a half season in London and traveled from
there in 1916 to America. Here she performed a single
time in Gabel's theatre in Pinski's "Gabri un di froyen"
and then with Thomashefsky in Psibshevski's "Dos glik",
and first in 1918 she became engaged to Thomashefsky,
1919-20 in Schnitzer's Yiddish Art Theatre, 1920-21 in
the Yiddish Art Theatre with Schwartz, 1921-22 in
Philadelphia with Anshel Schorr, 1922-24 in Boston with
Julius Nathanson, 1923-24 across the province, 1924-25
in Chicago with Glickman and 1925-26 in Detroit with
Littman and Fishzon. In 1926-28 G. was not engaged and
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