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
 

Beyla Handfus
(Ariel)
 

 

H. was born on 10 May 1900 in Lodz, Poland.

Her parents were restaurant owners.

She learned in a private school.

Through her brother and sister, actors, she began to act in children's roles in Zandberg's Lodz Grand Theatre, then there she sang in the chorus. In wartime she acted at first directed by M. D. Vaksman and Ita Zandberg, then in other troupes.

Later she immigrated to Argentina, where she acted in local Yiddish theatre.
 

Sh. E.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 581.
 

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