Bertha Kalich papers 1866-1955

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Bertha Kalich papers 1866-1955

http://archives.nypl.org/the/21830

This collection comprises the papers of the Polish singer and actress Bertha Kalich who immigrated to the United States in 1895. Once in the United States, she became a celebrated star of the Yiddish theater, with active roles in theater as well as cinema, until 1928 when she succumbed to illness. One of her best known roles was the title character of the play and Lilla Olrick in Jacobi's . The collection consists of correspondence, personal and professional papers, and theatrical memorabilia from Bertha, her husband, Leopold Spachner, and daughter Lillian Kalich Spachner concerning her stage career and is primarily in English with some materials in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. Magda Riddle Woman

8 linear feet; 23 boxes

The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6318078

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Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966

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