Shifra Lerer
Shifra Lerer , Yiddish Shifre Lerer (born March 30, 1915 in Argentina , † March 12, 2011 in Manhattan , New York City ), was an American actress of Russian origin and one of the most important representatives of Yiddish theater .
Life
Shifra Lerer came from a Russian- Jewish family of soap manufacturers who had fled to Argentina because of poverty and anti-Semitism . At the age of five she made her debut at the Jewish theater in Argentina after her discovery by the actor Boris Thomashevsky and appeared in Yiddish theaters in Europe , Israel and most recently in New York City over the course of her almost 90-year theater career .
After a first appearance in God, Man and Devil (1950) by Joseph Seiden , she became known to a broader audience in the 1990s for her supporting roles as "Nellie Krichinsky" in Avalon (1990) by Barry Levinson , Jewish Woman in Soft Eyes Don't Lie (1992) by Sidney Lumet , Kathy's grandmother in Sekt or Selters (1996) by Jon Sherman and most recently as "Dolly" in Woody Allen's Harry beyond himself (1997).
Filmography
- 1950: God, Man and Devil
- 1990: Avalon
- 1992: A Stranger Among Us (A Stranger Among Us)
- 1996: Sekt or Selters (Breathing Room)
- 1997: Harry beside himself (Deconstructing Harry)
- 1999: card player
Web links
- Shifra Lerer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Shifra Lerer in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Shifra Lerer in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Shifra Lerer in the German dubbing file
- Itzik Gottesman: Shifre Lerer: A lebn af der yidisher bine (tsvey teyln) / History of Yiddish Cinema - A Life on the Yiddish Stage (two parts). Category Geshikhte fun yidishn kino / History of Yiddish Cinema, ed. from the Jewish Daily Forward , February 16, 2016 (Yiddish, with English subtitles).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shifra Lerer died at the age of 95. In: The Standard. March 17, 2011, accessed May 17, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lerer, Shifra |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lerer, Shifre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Argentina |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City , New York , United States |