Dina Halpern

Dina Halpern (15 July 1909, Warsaw^[1] – 18 February 1989, Chicago) was a Polish-born actress of the Yiddish theater, who came to the United States in 1938, on the eve of the Second World War, and spent the rest of her life there.^[2] She first became famous in the 1930s for her roles on the Yiddish stage in Poland, as well as in Yiddish-language films.^[3] After the war she performed with great success in Yiddish theaters in the U.S., especially in Chicago, where she made her home;^[3] and toured internationally, both as a guest star and a director of Yiddish troupes.^[2] Also well known for her recitations, she was highly regarded as an interpreter of classic and contemporary Yiddish poetry.^[2] Halpern won the Itzik Manger Prize in 1988.^[2]

Halpern was a niece of the renowned Yiddish actress Ester Rachel Kaminska, and a cousin of Kamińska's daughter, the actress Ida Kamińska.^[3]

Filmography

• The Vow (1937)^[2]
• The Dybbuk (1937)^[2]
• I Have Sinned (1936)^[4]