Jacob Adler
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Jacob Pavlovich Adler was an American actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and in New York City's Yiddish Theater District.
Adler in 1920
from right: Jacob P. Adler, Zigmund Feinman, Zigmund Mogulesko, Rudolf Marx, Mr. Krastoshinsky and David Kessler, 1888
Jacob Adler
Jacob Adler in 1902
Sara Adler
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Sara Adler was a Russian actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. She was known as the "mother" or "duchess" of Yiddish theater.
Jacob Adler
…to the meagre money. Many of the most prominent figures in Yiddish theater, including Sigmund Mogulesko, David Kessler, Abba and Clara Shoengold, and Sara Heine (the future Sara Adler), gave guest performances when they passed through London. One of Adler's roles from this period was as the villain Franz Moore…
Sara Adler portrait from Klangen fun mayn lebn