Sara Adler

Actor, Theater Actor

1858 – 1953

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Who was Sara Adler?

Sara Adler was a Russian-born Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States.

She was the third wife of Jacob Adler and the mother of prominent actors Luther and Stella Adler, and lesser-known actors Jay, Julia Adler, Frances, and Florence. The most famous of her 300 or so leading roles was the redeemed prostitute Katusha Maslova in Jacob Gordin's play based on Tolstoy's Resurrection.

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Born
1858
Odessa
Also known as
  • Sara Heine
  • Sara Levitsky
  • Sarah Adler
  • Sara Levitskaya
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Russian Empire
Profession
Died
Apr 28, 1953
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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