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Romanian-born American actress (1888–1963)
Anna Appel
Born Anna Bercovici
May 1, 1888Died November 19, 1963New York City, New York, United States
Other names Anna Berkovitsh, Anna Khane Occupation Actress Years active 1902–1961 Known for Vaudeville, stage and film acting Spouse(s) Isadore Appel (?–1908; his death), Sigmund Ben Avi (m. 1915–1929; his death) Partner Morris Ross Children 2
Anna Appel (1888–1963), was a Romanian-born American stage and film actress, known for her works in the
Yiddish language .
[1] She was active in New York City for over 50 years in
Yiddish theatre (in the
Yiddish Theatre District ), and
Yiddish cinema .
Biography
Anna Bercovici was born on May 1, 1888 in Bucharest,
Kingdom of Romania (now Romania).
[2] Her parents Jeanette (née Schaeffer) and Bernard Bercovici, owned a hotel.
[2]
Her career started in 1902, when her family moved to
Montreal , Canada where she worked with amateur theatre groups.
[1] She moved to New York City to marry Isadore Appel (Isidor Appel), who died in 1908.
[1] In 1904, she joined a Yiddish
vaudeville company in New York City;
[1]
[2] and in 1918, she joined
Maurice Schwartz ’s
Yiddish Art Theatre in New York City.
[2] In 1915, she married Sigmund Ben Avi.
[1]
Appel continued to act in vaudeville until 1916, followed by work on
Broadway and
off-Broadway stage productions.
[1]
[2] She was in the cast of Did I Say No? (1931) at the
48th Street Theatre ;
[3] Good Neighbor (1941) at the
Windsor Theatre ;
[4] All You Need Is One Good Break (1950) at the
Mansfield Theatre ;
[5] Highway Robbery (1955) at the President Theatre;
[6] Comic Strip (1958) at the
Barbizon-Plaza ;
[7] and
Abie's Irish Rose (1954) at the
Holiday Theatre .
[1]
[8]
[9]
She died on November 19, 1963 at the age of 75 of a heart attack at
Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
[1]
Filmography
Yizker (1924), silent film directed by
Sidney M. Goldin ; as Zsusi, Leybke's foster mother
[10]
Broken Hearts (1926), silent film directed by
Maurice Schwartz ; as Shprintze
[11]
The Heart of New York (1932), directed by
Mervyn LeRoy ; as Mrs. Zelde Marantz
[12]
Symphony of Six Million (1932), directed by
Gregory La Cava ; as Hannah Klauber
[13]
Faithless (1932), directed by
Harry Beaumont ; as Mrs Mandel, second landlady
[14]
Jolly Paupers (1937), directed by
Leon Jeannot and
Zygmunt Turkow
[15]
Green Fields (1937), directed by
Edgar Georg Ulmer ; as Rochel
[16]
The Singing Blacksmith (1938), directed by
Edgar Georg Ulmer , Ben–Zvi Baratoff, Ossip Dymow; as Chaye-Peshe
[17]
Television
References
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"Anna Appel Dead; Yiddish Actress; Character Player Also Had Many Broadway Roles In Yiddish and English Films" .
The New York Times . 1963-11-21. p. 39.
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-11 .
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a
b
c
d
e Warnke, Nina (December 31, 1999).
"Anna Appel" .
Jewish Women's Archive . Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Retrieved 2024-02-11 .
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"Did I Say No?" . Playbill Vault .
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"Good Neighbor" . Playbill Vault .
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"All You Need Is One Good Break" . Playbill Vault .
^ Gelb, Arthur (November 7, 1955).
"Play From Israel Arrives Tonight; ' Highway Robbery' Will Be Put On at the President by Heritage Group" .
The New York Times . p. 32 – via Times Machine.
^ Atkinson, Brooks (May 25, 1958).
" 'Comic Strip'; Folkways of New York In Admirable Cartoon" .
The New York Times . pp. Section X, Page 1 – via Times Machine.
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"Abie's Irish Rose" . Playbill Vault .
^ Zolotow, Sam (October 5, 1954).
" 'Abie's Irish Rose' Will Be Revived; Up-to-Date Version of Play That Had Record Run in the Twenties Due Next Month" .
The New York Times . p. 23.
ISSN
1553-8095 – via Times Machine.
^
"Yizkor" .
National Center for Jewish Film . Retrieved 2024-02-12 .
^ Gevinson, Alan (1997).
Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960 . University of California Press. p. 172.
ISBN
978-0-520-20964-0 .
^ Erens, Patricia (1988-08-22).
The Jew in American Cinema . Indiana University Press. p. 130.
ISBN
978-0-253-20493-6 .
^ Doherty, Thomas (Summer 2011).
"Symphony of Six Million" . Cineaste . XXXVII (1). Archived from
the original on September 25, 2013.
^ Hall, Mordaunt (1932).
"Tallulah Bankhead and Robert Montgomery in a Film Version of a Story by Mildred Cram" , film review, archives of
The New York Times , November 19, 1932.
^
"Jolly Paupers / Freylekhe Kabtsonim" .
National Center for Jewish Film . Retrieved 2024-02-12 .
^
"Green Fields" .
National Center for Jewish Film . Archived from
the original on 2011-08-30.
^
"The Singing Blacksmith / Yankl Der Schmid" .
National Center for Jewish Film .
^ Hawes, William (16 November 2015).
Live Television Drama, 1946-1951 . McFarland. p. 118.
ISBN
978-1-4766-0849-5 .
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