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Ida Kaminska(1899-1980)

  • Actress
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Ida Kaminska and Hana Slivková in The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Morris Mishkin is an elderly Jewish tailor plagued by hard times who prays to God for help and receives it in the person of a most unusual angel named Levine, a young, black, Jewish hustler from somewhere between Harlem and Heaven.
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The Angel Levine (1970)
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Ida Kaminska was born on 4 September 1899 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Shop on Main Street (1965), Tkies khaf (1924) and On a heym (1939). She was married to Marian Melman and Zygmunt Turkow. She died on 21 May 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornSeptember 4, 1899
DiedMay 21, 1980(80)
BornSeptember 4, 1899
DiedMay 21, 1980(80)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Known for

The Shop on Main Street (1965)
The Shop on Main Street
8.2
  • Rozalia Lautmannová(as Ida Kaminská)
  • 1965
Tkies khaf
5.8
  • Rachel Kronenberg - Daughter
  • 1924
On a heym
5.9
  • Bas Szewa
  • 1939
Mirele Efros
Short
  • Szlojmele, Mirele's Grandson
  • 1912

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Actress

  • Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)
    The Angel Levine
    6.0
    • Fanny Mishkin
    • 1970
  • Ida Kaminska and Aleksandra Slaska in Czarna suknia (1967)
    Czarna suknia
    6.1
    TV Movie
    • Karola Orlowska
    • 1967
  • The Shop on Main Street (1965)
    The Shop on Main Street
    8.2
    • Rozalia Lautmannová (as Ida Kaminská)
    • 1965
  • Television Theater (1953)
    Television Theater
    8.1
    TV Series
    • 1961
  • Border Street (1948)
    Border Street
    7.3
    • Helena (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • On a heym
    5.9
    • Bas Szewa
    • 1939
  • Tkies khaf
    5.8
    • Rachel Kronenberg - Daughter
    • 1924
  • Zayn vaybs man
    Short
    • Bela Baskim - Daughter
    • 1916
  • Gots shtrof
    Short
    • 1913
  • Mirele Efros
    Short
    • Szlojmele, Mirele's Grandson
    • 1912

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  • Alternative name
    • Ida Kaminská
  • Born
    • September 4, 1899
    • Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
  • Died
    • May 21, 1980
    • New York City, New York, USA(heart disease)
  • Spouses
      Marian MelmanJuly 1936 - October 30, 1978 (his death, 1 child)
  • Children
    • Ruth Turkow
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Daughter of Yiddish stage actress Ester Rachel Kaminska (born Halpern)and stage actor, director and producer Abraham Izaak Kaminski, younger sister of Regina Kaminska. Her mother was known as the Jewish Eleanora Duse, and her father founded the Yiddish Theater in Moscow.

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