- Born
- Died
- Ida Kaminska was born on September 4, 1899 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Tkies khaf (1924) and On a heym (1939). She was married to Marian Melman and Zygmunt Turkow. She died on May 21, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesMarian Melman(July 1936 - October 30, 1978) (his death, 1 child)Zygmunt Turkow(1918 - 1932) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Daughter of Yiddish stage actress Ester Rachel Kaminska (born Halpern)and stage actor, director and producer Abraham Izaak Kaminski, younger sister of Regina Kaminska. Her mother was known as the Jewish Eleanora Duse, and her father founded the Yiddish Theater in Moscow.
- Began her stage career at age five an later played leading roles on stage. Appeared in a handful of films and is better now for her support of the Jewish people. She later moved to Israel.
- In 1941 Kaminska was evacuated to Central Asia, then brought to Moscow.
- After her divorce from Zygmunt Turkow, Kaminska alone organized a succession of dramatic companies that toured Poland.
- Even as her audiences in Poland shrank and the remaining audiences increasingly availed themselves of translations through headphones attached to their seats, Ida Kaminska toured the world. Her company performed in Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and later in North and South America. I.
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