- Ida Kaminska
Ida Kaminska, in Poland Kamińska "nee" Halpern, (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was an Oscar-nominated
Jew ish Polish actress.Born in
Odessa , Russia (nowUkraine ) she was the daughter ofYiddish stage actressEsther Rachel Kaminska (1870-1925) and stage producer, Avram Izhak Kashe. She is also the sister of musicianJosef Kaminsky (1903-1972).Ida Kaminska began a stage career at the age of five. Her first movie role was in 1912 in "Mirele Efros", with her mother and her sister in other roles in the film. Her film career was brief, only appearing in four other movies in her entire career. However, in 1965, she starred in the Slovak and Czech movie "
The Shop on Main Street " ("Obchod na korze," dir.Ján Kadár andElmar Klos ), and she received a 1966 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.Her last role, "
The Angel Levine " (dir.Ján Kadár ) made in the United States, was in 1970.Following her death from
cardiovascular disease in 1980, she was interred in the Yiddish theater section of theMount Hebron Cemetery inFlushing, New York .External links
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6856747 Ida Kaminska's Gravesite]
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