With her husband Boris, they were the founders and stars of New York's Yiddish theatre. Bessie met Boris at a dinner party and he persuaded her to become an actress and they married soon after their stage debut, separating some twenty years later. Their repertoire included Shakespearian classics, comedies, melodramas and musicals. Their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, is the musical director of the San Francisco Symphony.
With her husband Boris, they were the founders and stars of New York's Yiddish theatre. Bessie met Boris at a dinner party and he persuaded her to become an actress and they married soon after their stage debut, separating some twenty years later. Their repertoire included Shakespearian classics, comedies, melodramas and musicals. Their grandson, Michael Tilson Thomas, is the musical director of the San Francisco Symphony.
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