P. was born on 26 May 1898 in Lodz, Poland.

His father was a shoemaker.

After he had learned in the cheder, he sang in the choir of the "Deytsher Sinagogue (German Synagogue)", led by its director Darguzhanski. He finished the school for tradesmen in Lodz and as a youngster participated in the Hebrew production of Yitzhok Katzenelson's "Habima hebrit", later participating in the Hebrew and Yiddish productions of "Lida" [directed by Zalmen Zylbercweig].

In 1917 he became a professional actor in M. D. Vaksman's troupe, later going across to the troupe of Julius Adler and Herman Serotsky. In 1924 he was engaged at the Warsaw "Central" Theatre and participated in the tour with the troupe across Poland. In 1926 he went with Kompaneyets' troupe to Rumania, and there he later got married with the actress Sevilla Ziegler and became the regisseur of the operetta repertoire for his father-in-law, Moshe Ziegler's troupe, with whom he went across Austria and Hungary with, as well as Czechoslovakia, Poland and Romania.

In 1939, on the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War, he set out for Lodz, where he his fate was uncertain.

Sh. E.