Starting as a child in Yiddish theater she made her
Broadway debut in 1919 as Starblossom in
John Masefield's
The Faithful at the
Garrick Theatre. Her other Broadway credits included Rosa Goldran in
Howard E. Rose's
Rosa Machree (1922), Jessica in
William Shakespeare's
The Merchant of Venice (1922-1923), and Bessie Berger in
Clifford Odets's
Awake and Sing! (1939); the latter role her final Broadway appearance.In 1952 she starred in the revival of
Jacques Deval and
Robert E. Sherwood's
Tovarich at
New York City Center as Madame Chauffourier-Dubieff.. Born in Philadelphia, she died in
Englewood, New Jersey where she had lived many years at the
Actors Fund Home. ==References==