Dina Halpern (15 July 1909, Warsaw[1] – 18 February 1989, Chicago) was a Polish-born actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United States in 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of her life there.[2] She first became famous in the 1930s for her roles on the Yiddish stage in Poland, as well as in Yiddish-language films.[3] After the war she performed with great success in Yiddish theaters in the U.S., especially in Chicago, where she made her home;[3] and toured internationally, both as a guest star and a director of Yiddish troupes.[2] Also well known for her recitations, she was highly regarded as an interpreter of classic and contemporary Yiddish poetry.[2] Halpern won the Itzik Manger Prize in 1988.[2]
Halpern was a niece of the renowned Yiddish actress Ester Rachel Kaminska, and a cousin of Kamińska's daughter, the actress Ida Kamińska.[3]
Filmography edit
- The Vow (1937)[2]
- The Dybbuk (1937)[2]
- I Have Sinned (1936)[4]
References edit
- ^ Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1963). "Halpern, Dina", in: Leksikon fun yidishn teater [Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater] (in Yiddish). Vol. 4. New York: Hebrew Actors' Union. Columns 3167–3172.
- ^ a b c d e f Seigenthaler, Katherine (20 February 1989). "Dina Halpern, 79, a Top Star of Yiddish Theater". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Sochen, June (1981). Consecrate Every Day: The Public Lives of Jewish American Women, 1880–1980. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 119–121. E-book edition, 2014; ISBN 9781438420615 and ISBN 9780873955270. Retrieved via Project MUSE database, 2017-06-13.
- ^ "Dina Halpern". IMDb.
External links edit
Dina Halpern at IMDb