Shifra Lerer
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Shifra Lerer (August 30, 1915 – March 12, 2011) was an Argentine-born American Yiddish theater actress based in New York City. Lerer appeared opposite every major Yiddish theater actor during her career, which lasted 90 years. She was also cast in film roles, including the 1997 Woody Allen film, Deconstructing Harry. Her father, a manager at a soap factory, had immigrated to Argentina from the Russian Empire to escape anti-Semitism and poverty through the sponsorship of philanthropist and banke
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Avellaneda
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Ben-Zion Witler
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Spanish
- Image
- Shifra Lerer.jpg
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1915-08-30
- date of death
- 2011-03-12
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- writing language
- English language
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