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Ida Kaminska

Ida Kaminska (September 18, 1899 - May 21, 1980) was a Jewish Russian actress. Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine), the daughter of Yiddish stage actress Ester Rachel Halpern and stage producer Avram Izhak Kashe, she began a stage career at the age of five.

He first movie role was in 1912 in Mirele Efros, with her mother and her sister in other roles in the film. Her film career was brief, only appearing in four other movies in her entire career. However, in 1965, she starred in the movie The Shop on Main Street, and she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Her last role, The Angel Levine, was in 1970.