V. was born on 4 February 1890 in Warsaw, Poland.

His father was a boy-entrepreneur.

Until the age of fourteen, he studied in a Chasidic school and took other courses besides with an older sister.

In 1906 he debuted in the Warsaw Jardin d'Hiver directed by Mark Arnshteyn and later went to London. There he was engaged by Yosef Goldshmidt and acted for him for eight months in Manchester. Afterwards he returned to London and acted in a drama by the Arbeter Ring (Workmen's Circle) (led by Samuel Goldinburg).

In 1910 he acted in professional theatre in Antwerp with M.D. Waxman, afterwards in Berlin with Jacob Silbert, and in 1913 in Paris with Morris Akselrad. From wartime to 1921 he acted in Russia. From 1921-6 he was in the Warsaw Central Theatre and in other theatres. In 1926 he was with Kompaneyets in Romania. In 1927 he traveled around on a tour with Lidia Potocka, and in 1928 he went across Poland with Jacob Silbert.

Sh. E.