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Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Ida Kamińska (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated actress. She began a stage career at the age of five. Her first theater role was in 1912 in Mirele Efros, with her mother and her sister in other roles in the play. In 1965, she starred in the Czechoslovak movie The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos), and she received a 1966…
Known for
- The Angel Levine — Fanny Mishkin1970
- The Black Dress — Karola1967
- The Shop on Main Street — Rozalia Lautmannová1965
- Without a Home1939
- Tkies khaf — Rachel Kronenberg - daughter1924
- Małżeństwo na rozdrożu1916
- The Stepmother1914
- Bigamistka1913
- Mirele Efros1912
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1899-09-18 ) September 18, 1899, Odessa , Russian Empire
- Died
- May 21, 1980 (1980-05-21) (aged 80), New York City , U.S.
- Years active
- 1904 – 1970
- Spouse s
- Zygmunt Turkow ( divorced ) , Meir Melman ( died )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ida
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Polish People's Republic
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Place of death
- New York City
- Mother
- Ester Rachel Kamińska
- Sibling
- Joseph Kaminski
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- Yiddish
- Image
- Galeria Witamy w Domu, Warszawa (3).jpg
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- Ida Kamińska
- name in native language
- Ida Kamińska
- date of birth
- 1899-09-18
- date of death
- 1980-05-21
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- place of burial
- Mount Hebron Cemetery
- cause of death
- cardiovascular disease
- start of work period
- 1904-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Ida Kamińska (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was a Polish actress and director. Known mainly for her work in the theatre, she was the daughter of Avrom Yitshok Kaminski (Abraham Isaac Kaminski) and Ester Rachel Kamińska (née Halpern), known as the Mother of the Jewish Stage. The Jewish Theatre in Warsaw, Poland is named in their honor. In her long career Kamińska produced more than 70 plays, and performed in more than 150 productions. She also wrote two plays of her own and translated many works in Yiddish. World War II disrupted her career, and she later immigrated to the United States where she continued to act. In 1967, she directed herself in the lead role of Mother Courage and Her Children on Broadway. In 1973, she released her autobiography, titled My Life, My Theater.
She starred in the 1965 film The Shop on Main Street, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. For her performance, she received special mention at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first and, to date, the only Polish actress to be nominated for an Oscar.
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