Jennie Goldstein (2)

Jewish American actress and singer (born May 8, 1895 or 1897 in New York, NY - died February 9, 1960 in New York, NY) Goldstein was a star of American Yiddish theater and vaudeville. At age 6, she had her stage debut, playing a child in "Hanele Di Neytorin" [Hanele The Dressmaker]. Just thirteen years old, she left school and began a career in Yiddish vaudeville. At age 16, she married producer and playwright Max Gabel. They both ran their own theater and starred together in her husband's plays, such as "Alts Far Libe" [Everything For Love]. After divorcing Gabel in 1930, Goldstein managed the Prospect Theater in the Bronx between 1932 and 1933. In 1936, she married a lawyer, Charles W. Groll. In 1939, Goldstein starred in a Yiddish movie, "Tsvaye Shvester" [Two Sisters]. During the 1940s, Goldstein became a popular entertainer at Jewish organizational functions, performed in two Broadway productions ("The Number," 1952, and "Camino Real," 1953), and appeared on television.