Dina Halpern ( July , Warsaw â€" February , Chicago) was a
Polish-born actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United
States in , on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of
her life there. She first became famous in the s for her roles on the
Yiddish stage in Poland, as well as in Yiddish-language films. After
the war she performed with great success in Yiddish theaters in the
U.S., especially in Chicago, where she made her home; and toured
internationally, both as a guest star and a director of Yiddish
troupes. Also well known for her recitations, she was highly regarded
as an interpreter of classic and contemporary Yiddish poetry. Halpern
won the Itzik Manger Prize in .Halpern was a niece of the renowned
Yiddish actress Ester Rachel Kaminska, and a cousin of Kamińska's
daughter, the actress Ida Kamińska.Dina Halpern on IMDb
Polish-born actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United
States in , on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of
her life there. She first became famous in the s for her roles on the
Yiddish stage in Poland, as well as in Yiddish-language films. After
the war she performed with great success in Yiddish theaters in the
U.S., especially in Chicago, where she made her home; and toured
internationally, both as a guest star and a director of Yiddish
troupes. Also well known for her recitations, she was highly regarded
as an interpreter of classic and contemporary Yiddish poetry. Halpern
won the Itzik Manger Prize in .Halpern was a niece of the renowned
Yiddish actress Ester Rachel Kaminska, and a cousin of Kamińska's
daughter, the actress Ida Kamińska.Dina Halpern on IMDb
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