Annetta Schwartz [SEP] sex or gender
Annetta Schwartz
Annetta Schwartz was one of the first distinguished female performers in Yiddish theater. She and her sister Margaretta shared "prima donna" duties in Abraham Goldfaden's troupe in Romania beginning in 1877. Jacob Adler described the sisters as "absolutely respectable" women with classical training as singers. He also writes that when they performed in Odessa, Ukraine in the late 1870s, they had Paris dresses of a quality that had never been seen in that city.
She eventually married actor/impresario Moishe Finkel and came with
Annetta (given name)
Annetta is a Latinate variant of the feminine given name Anna. It is used in Italian-speaking countries. Notable people with the name include:
- Annetta Grodner, Ukrainian singer, actress and Yiddish theatre performer
- Annetta Kapon, Greek artist
- Annetta Johnson Saint-Gaudens (1869–1943), American sculptor
- Annetta Schwartz, Yiddish theatre performer