Ida Kamińska

Ida Kamińska (September 18, 1899 – May 21, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated actress. She began a stage career at the age of five. Her first theater role was in 1912 in Mirele Efros, with her mother and her sister in other roles in the play. In 1965, she starred in the Czechoslovak movie The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos), and she received a 1966 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her last role was The Angel Levine (1970), directed by Ján Kadár. Following her death from cardiovascular disease in 1980, aged 80, she was interred in the Yiddish theatre section of the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York. From Wikipedia.

The Shop on Main Street (1965)

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár  •  Elmar Klos
CAST:  Ida Kamińska  •  Jozef Kroner  •  Martin Gregor  •  Hana Slivková

In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár  •  Elmar Klos
CAST:  Ida Kamińska  •  Jozef Kroner  •  Martin Gregor  •  Hana Slivková

The Angel Levine (1970)

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár
CAST:  Zero Mostel  •  Harry Belafonte  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Milo O’Shea

Morris Mishkin is a elderly religious Jew in New York. His wife Fanny is very ill. He's a tailor, but he can't work because his back has given out. He doesn't even have enough money for Fanny's medicine. Finally, a black fellow appears from nowhere in the Mishkin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár
CAST:  Zero Mostel  •  Harry Belafonte  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Milo O’Shea

Without a Home (1939)

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksander Marten
CAST:  Aleksander Marten  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Adam Domb

The last Yiddish feature made in Poland before WWII, this 1939 film is based on a 1907 play by the prolific playwright Jacob Gordin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksander Marten
CAST:  Aleksander Marten  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Adam Domb

The Black Dress (1967)

Two handed chamber piece about a middle aged woman who returns from the camps after WWII and meets the mother of her deceased husband. Unable to explain the truth about her husband’s death, Joanna weaves a web of lies to comfort the old woman. In time she is forced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Ida Kamińska  •  Aleksandra Śląska  •  Maria Broniewska  •  Ewa Milde

Two handed chamber piece about a middle aged woman who returns from the camps after WWII and meets the mother of her deceased husband. Unable to explain the truth about her husband’s death, Joanna weaves a web of lies to comfort the old woman. In time she is forced ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janusz Majewski
CAST:  Ida Kamińska  •  Aleksandra Śląska  •  Maria Broniewska  •  Ewa Milde

Tkies khaf (1924)

Starring real-life mother and daughter Ester-Rokhl Kaminska and Ida Kaminska, this film is a precursor to the 1937 classic, The Dybbuk, featuring the same classic tale of frustrated love and destiny and the breaking/fulfillment of vows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zygmunt Turkow
CAST:  Adam Domb  •  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Mojzesz Lipman

Starring real-life mother and daughter Ester-Rokhl Kaminska and Ida Kaminska, this film is a precursor to the 1937 classic, The Dybbuk, featuring the same classic tale of frustrated love and destiny and the breaking/fulfillment of vows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zygmunt Turkow
CAST:  Adam Domb  •  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Mojzesz Lipman

The Stepmother (1914)

Directed by Abraham Izaak Kaminski.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Izaak Kaminski
CAST:  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Regina Kaminska  •  Lea Kompaniejec

Directed by Abraham Izaak Kaminski.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Izaak Kaminski
CAST:  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Ida Kamińska  •  Regina Kaminska  •  Lea Kompaniejec

Mirele Efros (1912)

Directed by Andrzej Marek.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Marek
CAST:  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Rudolf Zaslawski  •  Dawid Lui  •  Ida Kamińska

Directed by Andrzej Marek.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Marek
CAST:  Ester Rachel Kaminska  •  Rudolf Zaslawski  •  Dawid Lui  •  Ida Kamińska