Bessie Thomashefsky
Actor, Musical Artist
1873 – 1962
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Who was Bessie Thomashefsky?
Bessie Thomashefsky was a Russian-born Jewish American singer, actress and comedian, a star in Yiddish theater beginning in the 1890s. She was the wife and stage partner of Boris Thomashefsky, the most popular Yiddish leading man of his era. Probably her most famous role was the title role of Oscar Wilde's Salomé at the People’s Theater in 1908.
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- 1873
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- Died
- Jul 6, 1962
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on July 23, 2013
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