voc, 1896-1984 US, Khmelnytskyi
Singer of World
Nellie Casman (1896–1984) was an actress and singer in Yiddish theater. She was born in Proskurov, Russia, and moved to the United States in the early 1900s; her father was a hazzan. Casman showed such talent as an actress when a child, the actress Rose Rubin took her into a professional Yiddish theater, where she began to play child roles in 1910.In 1973, she appeared in the film The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. Casman played Pathe on the TV show The Goldbergs for eight years, reprising the role in a 1950 film.
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Mein Yussef / Wie Lang Lebt Min | Nellie Casman | Album |