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Sara Adler | |
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סערע אַדלער | |
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| Born | Sara Levitskaya 26 May 1858 |
| Died | 28 April 1953 (aged 94) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1866–1928 |
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| Children | 6; including Jay, Julia, Stella, Luther |
Sara Adler (née Levitskaya, some sources give Levitsky or Levitzky, changed to Lewis;[1] 26 May 1858 – 28 April 1953) was a Russian actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. She was known as the "mother" or "duchess" of Yiddish theater.[2]
She was the third wife of Jacob Adler and the mother of prominent actors Luther and Stella Adler, and lesser-known actors Jay, Julia, Frances, and Florence Adler.[3] The most famous of her 300 or so leading roles included the redeemed prostitute Katusha Maslova in Jacob Gordin's play based on Tolstoy's Resurrection[4] and Batsheva in Gordin's The Homeless.[5][1] She introduced "realism" in acting before it became an American movement.[1]
- ^ a b c Morgan, Barbara. "Adler, Sara (1858–1953)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, edited by Anne Commire, vol. 1, Yorkin Publications, 2002, pp. 89-91. Gale eBooks. Accessed 14 June 2023.
- ^ New York Times, April 29, 1953, obituary: "Sarah Adler Dies; Yiddish Stage Star", p. 29.
- ^ Adler, Jacob, A Life on the Stage: A Memoir, translated and with commentary by Lulla Rosenfeld, Knopf, New York, 1999, ISBN 0-679-41351-0. 266, passim.
- ^ (22 August 1914). Mme. Sarah Adler, The Moving Picture World, p. 1086.
- ^ "Sara Adler". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2023-06-15.