- Born
- Died
- Birth nameEster Rachel Halpern
- Ester Rachel Kaminska was born on March 10, 1870 in Porozów, Poland, Russian Empire [now Porazava, Belarus]. She was an actress, known for The Slaughter (1913), Tkies khaf (1924) and Mirele Efros (1912). She was married to Abraham Izaak Kaminski. She died on December 25, 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- SpouseAbraham Izaak Kaminski(? - 1918) (his death)
- RelativesRuth Turkow(Grandchild)
- Mother of actresses Ida Kaminska and Regina Kaminska and the stage actor Józef Kaminski, grandmother of the actress Ruth Turkow.
- She received little formal education.
- Managing his wife's career, Avrom-Yitskhok brought her to New York for several successful tours beginning in 1909.
- Today, the Jewish Theatre, Warsaw is named after the two actresses : Ester Rachel Kaminska and her daughter Ida Kamisska.
- As a young woman she moved to Warsaw where she worked as a seamstress and was increasingly drawn to the theater.
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