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Lives in the Yiddish Theatre

SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE YIDDISH THEATRE
AS DESCRIBED IN ZALMEN ZYLBERCWEIG'S "LEXICON OF THE YIDDISH THEATRE"

1931-1969



 

 Betti Latowicz
(Beyle Gurewicz)


 

L. was born in 1890 in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine.

She is the sister of the actress Miriam Gurewicz.

She completed a folkshul.

In 1907 she entered as a chorus girl for Leyzer Bernstein in Lublin. In 1909 she acted in roles with Lanzman in Kalisz, then with Sabsey in Vilna and in 1911 with Sam Adler, where she acted for three years.

In 1914 she was a prima donna with Rothstein, then with Krause in Odessa, later in Turkey and Rumania and again in Russia, acting as a soubrette with Fiszon and in various other troupes.

In 1921, together with her husband, Itzhak Latowicz, she came to Poland, where she has acted since then in various troupes.

Sh. E.


 

 


 




 

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