Bertha Kalich

Born: 1874-05-17

From Wikipedia Bertha Kalich, (17 May 17, 1874 – 18 April 1939) was a Jewish actress, born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine). Though she was well-established as an entertainer in Eastern Europe, she is best remembered as one of the several "larger-than-life" figures that dominated New York stages during the "Golden Age" of American Yiddish Theatre during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Historians estimate that, during her career, Kalich performed more than 125 different roles in seven different languages.


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Love and Hate

as Helen Sterling
Released: 1916-11-01

Unscrupulous stockbroker George Howard convinces Robert Sterling that he is having an affair...

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Marta of the Lowlands

as Marta
Released: 1914-10-05

Sebastien, a landowner, shelters the orphan Marta in exchange for sexual favors. When, years...

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Slander

as Helene Ayers
Released: 1916-04-09

The wife of attorney John Blair (T. Jerome Lawler), heroine Helene (Kalich) finds herself in an...

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Ambition

as Marian Powers
Released: 1916-06-25

Jude Hunter (Katherine Hughes) is a committed musician who is in the middle of preparing for the...

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