- Yetta Zwerling
Yetta Zwerling Silverman (
December 25 ,1889 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E2D81138F93AA25752C0A964948260 YETTA ZWERLING - New York Times ] ] –January 17 ,1982 ) was born in Kalievo (Choliv), Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) and starred in movies during the 1930 and 1940 eras.She emigrated to the US to complete her schooling and to enter the vaudeville industry, first in English, then in Yiddish. During her vaudeville years she also sung Yiddish songs like "Vu Bistu, Yukel?" and "Bei Mir Bist du Schoen."
She played alongside Menashe Skulnik and Leo Fuchs in Yiddish movies such as "Motl der opereytor" and "Ikh vil zayn a mame". [http://www.rubin-ottens.com/Eybike_Mame.pdf] She is also noted for her eccentric outfits and jewels.
In 1982, she died at 93 in Los Angeles, California, leaving three children Albert Silverman, Sidney Silverman and Arthur Silverman. She was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in L.A.
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