Fraydele Oysher | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | October 3, 1913 Lipkon, Bessarabia, Imperial Russia |
| Died | January 5, 2004 (aged 90) |
| Genres | Hazzan |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Fraydele Oysher (October 3, 1913 – January 5, 2004) was an American Yiddish theater actress and musical performer. She was one of the first female singers to publicly perform cantorial music.[1][2] She was the mother of American actress and comedian Marilyn Michaels and Michael Sternberg, the sister of American actor and cantor Moishe Oysher, and the wife of Harold Sternberg, a Broadway and Metropolitan Opera performer.[1] Throughout her career, she performed in the United States, Canada, South America, and Cuba.[3]
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- ^ "- Judaica Sound Archives". faujsa.fau.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-18. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
- ^ "oysher/fraydele/v8". www.museumoffamilyhistory.com. Retrieved 2016-06-07.