Wiera Gran [SEP] date of birth
Wiera Gran
Wiera Gran, real name Dwojra Grynberg (20 April 1916 – 19 November 2007) was a Polish singer and actress.
Wiera Gran had a low alto voice even in early 1934, when at the age of 17 when—using the pseudonym Sylvia Green—she made her first recording, the tango "Grzech". She sang in the Cafe Paradis in Warsaw in the early 1930s. While most of her recordings are in the Polish language, she sang in Yiddish in the movie "On a heym
Central European songs, including old tangos and interviews with Wiera Gran. In 2008 he participated in documentary movie about Hanka Ordonówna and her recordings made in Warsaw between 1927-1938. He has been influential in promoting fading memory about Wiera Gran, singer largely forgotten in her native Poland. In particular, in 2011 he was consultant for the "Wiera Gran" documentary movie directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz.
Płaczkiewicz compiled and edited "Polskie Tango 1929-1939 Old World Tangos Vol. 3". He maintains unique collection