Bertha Kalich
Bertha Kalich (also spelled Kalish, born Beylke Kalakh; 17 May 1874 – 18 April 1939) was a Ukrainian-Jewish-American actress. Though she was well-established as an entertainer in Eastern Europe, she is best remembered as one of the several "larger-than-life" figures that dominated New York stages during the "Golden Age" of American Yiddish Theatre during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Historians estimate that, during her career, Kalich performed more than 125 different roles in seven different languages.
Bertha Kalich | |
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Publicity portrait of Kalich, 1910 | |
| Born | Beylke Kalakh 17 May 1874 Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (present day Lviv, Ukraine) |
| Died | 18 April 1939 (aged 64) Queens, New York |
| Other names | Bertha Kalish |
| Education | Lemberg Conservatory |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Known for | Star in American Yiddish Theatre |
| Notable work | Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna on Broadway |
| Spouse | Leopold Spachner (m.1890) |
| Children | 2 |
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