Rebecca Weintraub

Biography

Rebecca Weintraub was a renowned Yiddish theater and film actress born in Odessa, Russian Empire in 1873. She began her career at 15 and went on to have a six-decade stage presence, starring alongside notable figures like Jacob Adler and Bertha Kalish. Her notable roles included Goldie 'Golde' in Maurice Schwartz's "Tevya" (1939) and, later, in films such as those produced by the same source material drew from as Fiddler on the Roof (1964).