Rosina Fernhoff (born April 13, 1931) is an American actress known for
her work in the theatre. She often performs plays that deal with
Jewish themes.Fernhoff was born in New York City, the daughter of
Austrian-Jewish immigrant parents Dr. William and Tola Fernhoff. She
is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon with a B.F.A in Theatre and furthered
her studies at Bank Street College of Education in New York City. She
is the widow of artist, playwright, and director Avraham "Av" Inlender
(d.2003). Her husband immigrated from Poland to Israel and the U.S.
Both lost family members to the Holocaust. They have two daughters.
Fernhoff studied acting with Lee Strasberg. She is a resident of New
York City. She continues to perform in theater, film, and tour her
one-woman shows. In August 2014, she performed in New York City at the
Fresh Fruit Festival as Alice B. Toklas in The Conversion of Alice B.
Toklas by Carol Polcovar.Fernhoff won an Obie Award for Best Actress
in 1959 for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, Fashion as
Gertrude, by Anna Cora Mowatt, and The Geranium Hat as Anne-Betty by
Bernard Evslin.She is known for performing plays written by her
husband, Av Inlender. These plays include Jerusalem Story, a play that
relates the story of the kidnapping of a young boy in Israel for
political gain, Mrs. Davidson's Story, which revolves around an
American teacher in an Israeli school that is taken-over by terrorists
and Shadows, the story of a Russian Jewish choreographer who through
her personal story, pleads for asylum for imprisoned Jews in the Anti-
Semitic Soviet Union.
her work in the theatre. She often performs plays that deal with
Jewish themes.Fernhoff was born in New York City, the daughter of
Austrian-Jewish immigrant parents Dr. William and Tola Fernhoff. She
is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon with a B.F.A in Theatre and furthered
her studies at Bank Street College of Education in New York City. She
is the widow of artist, playwright, and director Avraham "Av" Inlender
(d.2003). Her husband immigrated from Poland to Israel and the U.S.
Both lost family members to the Holocaust. They have two daughters.
Fernhoff studied acting with Lee Strasberg. She is a resident of New
York City. She continues to perform in theater, film, and tour her
one-woman shows. In August 2014, she performed in New York City at the
Fresh Fruit Festival as Alice B. Toklas in The Conversion of Alice B.
Toklas by Carol Polcovar.Fernhoff won an Obie Award for Best Actress
in 1959 for her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, Fashion as
Gertrude, by Anna Cora Mowatt, and The Geranium Hat as Anne-Betty by
Bernard Evslin.She is known for performing plays written by her
husband, Av Inlender. These plays include Jerusalem Story, a play that
relates the story of the kidnapping of a young boy in Israel for
political gain, Mrs. Davidson's Story, which revolves around an
American teacher in an Israeli school that is taken-over by terrorists
and Shadows, the story of a Russian Jewish choreographer who through
her personal story, pleads for asylum for imprisoned Jews in the Anti-
Semitic Soviet Union.
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