Meier Tzelniker

Biography

Meier Tzelniker was a Romanian-British actor born on January 1, 1894, in Hotin, Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire. He began his career as a boy chorister in a synagogue and later toured eastern Europe with a Yiddish theatre company before emigrating to London in 1927 to co-found the Yiddish National Theater Company. Tzelniker's notable film roles include Expresso Bongo, A Night to Remember, and It Always Rains On Sunday. He appeared in several West End productions.