Celia Adler
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| Celia Adler | |
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 The young Celia Adler |
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| Born | December 6, 1889 New York City, New York |
| Died | January 31, 1979 (aged 89) Bronx, New York |
| Occupation | Stage, film, television actress |
| Spouse(s) | Lazar Freed, Jack Cone, Nathan Forman |
Celia Feinman Adler (1891–31 January 1979) was an American Jewish actress, known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre".[1]
She was the daughter of Jacob Adler and Dinah Shtettin, and the older half-sister of Stella, Luther Adler and Jacob Adler's five other children.[1][2] Unlike Stella and Luther, who became well known for their work with the Group Theater, their film work and as theorists of the craft of acting, she was almost exclusively a stage actress.[2]
Mainly known for her work in Yiddish theater, where she was associated with the Yiddish Art Theater movement of the 1920s and 1930s,[2] she also gave one of the first theatrical portrayals of a Holocaust survivor, in Luther Adler's 1946 Broadway production of A Flag Is Born (written by Ben Hecht and featuring a 22-year-old Marlon Brando, Stella Adler's prize pupil in method acting).[3] Adler, along with co-stars Paul Muni and Marlon Brando, refused to accept compensation above the Actor's Equity minimum wage because of her commitment to the cause of creating a Jewish State in Israel.[4]
She was married three times, to actor Lazar Freed, theatrical manager Jack Cone, and businessman Nathan Forman.[1] All three marriages ended in divorce. One of her sons by Lazar Freed, Dr. Selwyn Freed, was a renowned urologist in New York City.[citation needed]
She is buried in the Yiddish Theatre Section of Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, New York, USA.[5]
Her autobiography was ghost-written by Jacob Tickman. צילי אדלער דערציילט / Tsili Adler dertseylt by אדלער, צילי, 1899-1979. Celia Adler Language: Yiddish Type: Book Publisher: צילי אדלער פאונדיישאן און בוך־קאָמיטעט, Nyu-York : Tsili Adler Faundeyshon un Bukh-Komitet, 1959.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Celia Adler at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b c Adler, Jacob (1999). A Life on the Stage: A Memoir, translated with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld. New York: Knopf, 381 (commentary). ISBN 0-679-41351-0.
- ^ Medoff, Rafael (2004-07-07). "When Marlon Brando Spoke Up for the Jews". Israel Resource Review.
- ^ David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies: Welcome
- ^ Celia Adler at Find A Grave
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