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
 

Ruzha Horn

H. was born around 1873 in Warsaw, Poland.

She performed in the chorus for Veysfeld, and later got married to Eliezer Rappel and became a prima donna.

She performed in Goldfaden's repertory.

H. had a beautiful lyric-soprano voice and it manifested itself as an artistic feature.

Around 1899 H. died from consumption in Warsaw.


M. E. from Yitzhak Bliefeld and Amelia Adler.

Amelia Adler-- Dos leben fun a idisher aktrise (The Life of a Yiddish Actess), "Di idishe velt", Cleveland, 15 July 1930.


 

 

 

 


 

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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the  "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 589.
 

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