Miriam Bernstein-Cohen
Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (1895–1991), was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator. Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was born in Kishinev, Russian Empire. Her father was the doctor and community activist Jacob Bernstein-Kogan.
Miriam Bernstein-Cohen
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- Name
- Miriam Bernstein-Cohen
- Birth Name
- Maria Yakovlevna Bernstein-Kogan
- Born
- 14 December 1895
- Birthplace
- Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Moldova)
- Died
- 4 April 1991 (aged 95)
- Place of death
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Occupation
- Actress, director, poet, translator
- Awards
- 1975: Israel Prize for theatre
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Israel and Mandatory Palestine.
- Fields
- actor.
- Education
- National University of Kharkiv and Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium.
- Teachers
- Constantine Stanislavsky.
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Miriam Bernstein-Cohen (1895–1991), was an Israeli actress, director, poet and translator. Miriam Bernstein-Cohen was born in Kishinev, Russian Empire. Her father was the doctor and community activist Jacob Bernstein-Kogan.
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She grew up in Kharkov. After training as a medical doctor she enrolled in drama school. She studied with Konstantin Stanislavski in Moscow in 1918 before returning to Moldova as an actress, where she worked under the name Maria Alexandrova. After immigrating to Palestine, Bernstein-Cohen settled in Tel Aviv and joined the country's first professional theater company. In 1925, she founded the first Hebrew-language periodical in Palestine dedicated to theater, Te'atron ve-Omanut.
Miriam Bernstein-Cohen studied at National University of Kharkiv and Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium. Training under Constantine Stanislavsky is recorded. The recorded working language is Hebrew, Russian and German. The field of work recorded is actor. Employment is recorded with National University of Kharkiv. Distinctions recorded are Israel Prize.
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• Name — Miriam Bernstein-Cohen • Birth Name — Maria Yakovlevna Bernstein-Kogan • Born — 14 December 1895 • Birthplace — Kishinev, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Moldova) • Died — 4 April 1991 (aged 95) • Place of death — Tel Aviv, Israel • Occupation — Actress, director, poet, translator • Notable Works — Founder of the first Hebrew-language periodical dedicated to theater, Te'atron ve-Omanut • Awards — 1975: Israel Prize for theatre
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• In 1975, Bernstein-Cohen was awarded the Israel Prize, for theatre.
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