Menashe Oppenheim
Menashe Oppenheim (Polish Menasze Oppenheim , pseud. Mieczysław Oppenheim , born April 18, 1905 , died October 23, 1973 in New York ) was a Yiddish-speaking actor and singer in Poland and the United States .
Life
Menasze Oppenheim was born in 1905 to a Jewish family in eastern Poland. Since the early 1930s he played in the Yiddish Cabaret Revue Theater in Kaunas under Jonas Turkow , in the mid-1930s in the Skala Theater. He appeared as a singer of Yiddish songs, some of which he wrote himself.
Since 1937 he played in Yiddish films in Poland. In 1939 Joseph Seiden invited him to play the leading role in the film Kol Nidre in the USA . From 1940–1960 he played in Yiddish theaters in the United States.
He died in New York in 1973.
Filmography
- 1937: Kties Chaf
- 1937: Frejliche kabconim
- 1938: Mamele
- 1939: Kol Nidre
- 1940: Mazel Tov Yidn
Web links
- Menashe Oppenheim in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Menasze Oppenheim in Filmpolski.pl
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oppenheim, Menashe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oppenheim, Menasze; Oppenheim, Mieczysław (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yiddish speaking actor and singer in Poland and the USA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1905 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd October 1973 |
| Place of death | new York |