Rebecca Weintraub

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Rebecca Weintraub
Born1873 Edit this on Wikidata
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Died30 July 1952 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78–79)
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Rebecca Weintraub (1873 – July 30, 1952) was an actress in Yiddish theater and Yiddish film who was born in Odessa, Russian Empire.

Her maiden name was Rebecca Fusfeld. She came to America at the age of fifteen. Beginning in her teenage years she played supporting and leading roles with Jacob Adler, Boris Thomashefsky, Bertha Kalish, Molly Picon, and others.[1] She had a sixty year career on the stage,[2] which included roles in His Wife's Lover (1929), Women of New York (1930), The Girl from Warsaw (1931), The Kibitzer (1931), Under One Roof (1932), The New Man (1932), God Man and Devil (1935), and Oy, Is Dus a Leben! (1942).[3] Weintraub's last stage role of significance was in The Family Carnovsky (1943).[1] A newspaper report in advance of that play described Weintraub as "one of the best-loved as well as best known actresses on the Yiddish Theatre stage today".[4]

Weintraub appeared in a number of silent and Yiddish-language films, most significantly Maurice Schwartz's Tevya (1939), which drew from the same sources as Fiddler on the Roof (1964).[5][6]

Rebecca Weintraub died in Polyclinic Hospital on July 30, 1952 at the age of 79. She was the widow of Sigmund Weintraub, Yiddish theater actor-manager.[1]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "REBECCA WEINTRAUB". New York Times. 1952-07-31. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  2. ^ "Necrology : United States". The American Jewish Year Book. 55: 454–461. 1954. ISSN 0065-8987. JSTOR 23603651.
  3. ^ The New York times directory of the theater. Internet Archive. [New York] Arno Press. 1973. ISBN 978-0-8129-0364-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Rebecca Weintraub at Walnut Next Week". Camden Evening Courier. March 7, 1944. p. 14 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Encyclopedia Of Film Schirmer Vol 4 - Romantic Comedy - Yugoslavia" – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ a b Paula E. Hyman, ed. (1997). Jewish women in America. Internet Archive. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-91935-7.
  7. ^ a b c d e Jewish film directory : a guide to more than 1200 films of Jewish interest from 32 countries over 85 years. Internet Archive. Trowbridge : Flicks Books. 1992. ISBN 978-0-948911-72-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  8. ^ Fox, Stuart (1976). Jewish films in the United States : a comprehensive survey and descriptive filmography. Internet Archive. Boston : G. K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-7893-3.
  9. ^ Zaniello, Tom (2003). Working stiffs, union maids, reds, and riffraff : an expanded guide to films about labor. Internet Archive. Ithaca : ILR Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-1119-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  10. ^ a b c d Goldman, Eric A. (Eric Arthur) (1983). Visions, images, and dreams : Yiddish film past and present. Internet Archive. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press. ISBN 978-0-8357-1515-7.