voc, p, 1921-1961 PO, Warsaw
Singer / Musician
Diana Blumenfeld (1903–1961) was a folksinger, pianist, and actress. She was born in Warsaw, Poland. In 1921 she studied piano in the conservatory and thereafter in Khrinivietska's Polish Dramatic School where she graduated in 1924. In 1923 she married Jonas Turkow and toured with his company, also with the Kraków Yiddish Dramatic Theater (1925-1926), and (1924) Esther-Rukhl Kaminska's troupe in Vilna. Leaving to play in Warsaw's central theater, she became one of the most important figures in VYKT. She starred in the film Di Poylishe velder (The Polish fields)