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Florence Weiss (1899/1900 - 1974, Yiddish: פֿלאָרענס װײס) was a Russian-born American Yiddish theatre, Vaudeville and film actor, recording artist, and soprano who was active from the 1920s to the 1960s. She worked and performed with such artists as Moishe Oysher, Alexander Olshanetsky, Boris Thomashefsky, Fyvush Finkel, and Abe Ellstein. The height of her popularity was during the 1930s, when she often toured and performed with her then-husband, Moishe Oysher, and appeared in three Yiddish-language films with him: The Cantor's Son, The Singing Blacksmith, and Overture to Glory.
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Overture to Glory (1940)
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Birthday1900-05-30
Deathday1974-05-13 (73 years old)
SpouseMoishe Oysher
RelativesMarilyn Michaels, Fraydele Oysher
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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