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Gertrude Berg is a Actor and Story American born on 3 october 1899 at New York City (USA)

Gertrude Berg

Gertrude Berg
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Birth name Tillie Edelstein
Nationality USA
Birth 3 october 1899 at New York City (USA)
Death 14 september 1966 (at 66 years) at New York City (USA)

Gertrude Berg (October 3, 1899 – September 14, 1966) was an American actress, screenwriter and producer. A pioneer of classic radio, she was one of the first women to create, write, produce and star in a long-running hit when she premiered her serial comedy-drama The Rise of the Goldbergs (1929), later known as The Goldbergs. Her career achievements include winning a Tony Award and an Emmy Award, both for Best Lead Actress.

Biography

Gertrude Berg est née à New York sous le nom de Tilly Edelstein à East Harlem d'un père russe et d'une mère anglaise ; elle habitait à Lexington Avenue. Elle se marie avec Lewis Berg en 1918 ; ils auront deux enfants.

Berg a commencé sa carrière à la radio. En 1929, elle commence un feuilleton radiophonique intitulé The Rise of the Goldbergs, et est identifiée à la série The Goldbergs.

En 1959, elle remporte un Tony Award au théâtre pour la pièce A Majority of One de Leonard Spigelgass, et apparaît dans plusieurs feuilletons télévisés.

Elle meurt d'une crise cardiaque à Manhattan en 1966.

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Filmography of Gertrude Berg (3 films)

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Make a Wish, 1h17
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Henry Armetta, Donald Meek, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson
Roles Story
Rating54% 2.723322.723322.723322.723322.72332
Whilst at summer camp in the Maine woods, young Chip Winters (Breen) befriends British composer Johnathan Selden (Rathbone), who left the city high life to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother Irene Winters (Claire) and Selden.