Chana Grosberg
(Mandeltort)
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Chana
Grosberg was born in 1900 in Lublin, Poland to a
working-class family. From the age of nine she worked as
a hat milliner.
In
1917 she appeared in the Hershkovitz troupe chorus which
she conducted in the province. In 1918 she appeared in
the Lodz Grand Theatre (Director M.D. Waxman and Yolie
Zandberg) where she appeared as “Li-Li” and sharply
Anshel[?] “Shir hashirim (Song of Songs)”. After playing
prima donnas for two years, she went over to the
Warsaw's Skala Theatre to John von Subretin.
In
1920 she performed with the member troupe in Bialystok,
and from there Chana moved to Lithuania where she
performed under very difficult conditions for two years,
being forced to make a living by singing Jewish and
Russian songs in cabarets. She returned to Poland to
join a company that she was still with in 1923 in Riga.
Then she played in Warsaw's Sambatyon and with various
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In
1927-28, Chana was engaged by Joseph Kessler in
London, and between 1928-29, Chana performed again
in Poland.
M. E.
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Chana Grosberg – How Did I Come
to the Stage? “The Post”, London, December 2,
1927; Theatre “Tsayt”, Warsaw, 1, 1928.
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The Husband from the Box – Anna
Grosberg, “The Post”, London, January 6, 1928.
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