Bella Finkel

1898 - 1967  (68 years)

• Name	Bella Finkel  [1]
  Birth	8 Feb 1898	Philadelphia, PA, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1967
  Person ID	I3278	Rothschild_Bloom
  Last Modified	22 May 2014

  
  

  Father	Morris Finkel,   b. Abt 1850   d. 7 Jun 1904, New Jersey (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Emma Thomashefsky,   b. 1877   d. 1929 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Philadelphia, PA
  Family ID	F2342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paul Muni,   b. 22 Sep 1895, Lemberg, Galacia, Ukraine d. 25 Aug 1967, Montecito, California (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F2344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2022

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  She studied in public school, later with a private teacher. She learned Yiddish from the actor Moony Weisenfreund (later Paul Muni), with whom she would later marry. She studied singing and piano. She performed in a chorus with her uncle Boris Thomashefsky at the National Theatre, where she was for four years. The first major role was her debut as "Bianka" in "Di khazanute(?)". She later acted with Boris Thomashefsky in her first prima donna roles across the provinces. After two seasons directed by Joseph Edelstein at the Second Avenue Theatre, a season with Goldenburg and Moony Weisenfreund in the Irving Place Theatre, afterwards with Ludwig Satz, later at the Public Theatre and at the Liberty Theatre. She also guest-starred with the Yiddish Art Theatre in Europe in 1924, participating with the troupe. She performed together with her husband in 1928 in the English production of the play "Di fir vend", and since then has been completely away from the Yiddish stage, spending most of her time as the steward of her husband's career [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Faith Jones, Stage Killing: Solving an Attempted Murder. [S153] Zalmen Zylbercwajg.