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Luba Kadison Buloff, 99, Last Survivor of Yiddish Theater Company

JL;DR SUMMARY Luba Kadison Buloff, a celebrated Yiddish theater actress and the last surviving member of the Vilna Troupe, passed away at the age of 99. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Yiddish LiteratureYiddish TheaterThe DybbukCultural LegacyLuba Kadison BuloffVilna TroupeJoseph BuloffYiddish Art TheatreArthur Miller AdaptationTheatrical Innovation

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New York, United States
"Yiddish actress Luba Kadison Buloff passed away on May 4 in her apartment on Manhattans Upper West Side at the age of 99."
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
"Born in 1906 in Kovno, Lithuania, the last surviving member of the renowned Yiddish theater company the Vilna Troupe, she was the embodiment of a sophisticated and daring theatrical tradition."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Luba appeared in the original 1920 Warsaw production of the most celebrated Yiddish play, Sholom Anskis The Dybbuk, and went on to star as Leah, the possessed bride a role she would reprise throughout her years onstage."
Romania
"a play in which she starred with her husband, Joseph Buloff, in Romania in 1924."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"She is remembered for her moving performance as the long-suffering wife in the 1951 Yiddish adaptation of Arthur Millers Death of a Salesman at Brooklyns Parkway Theater"
Buenos Aires, Argentina
"She was never more admired, however, as she was in Buenos Aires, performing as title role in Anna Karenina"
Israel
"She performed literary dramas throughout the world Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Israel, England and France."
United Kingdom
"She performed literary dramas throughout the world Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Israel, England and France."
France
"She performed literary dramas throughout the world Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Israel, England and France."

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