Meier Tzelniker
Biography
Meier Tzelniker was a Romanian-British actor known for his work in Yiddish theater, though he also played character parts in English-language plays and films. He grew up in Hotin, in Bessarabia, and got his first stage role with a Yiddish theater company, touring eastern Europe before studying at the Odesa Oblast Academic Drama Theater and spending three years acting in Russia. In 1927 he emigrated to London, where he helped found the Yiddish National Theater Company and became a prominent presence in the city's Yiddish theater. His screen credits included It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), A Night to Remember (1958), Expresso Bongo (1959) and The Killing of Sister George (1968), and he appeared in the West End in Awake and Sing! and The Big Knife. He died in 1980.
86years old at death
- Born Hotin-Bassarabia, Romania
- Died
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 21 years1947 to 1968
Every film, newest first
- 1968The Killing of Sister GeorgeIMDb rating 7.0
- 1967The SorcerersIMDb rating 6.2
- 1957The Long HaulIMDb rating 6.7
- 1947It Always Rains on SundayIMDb rating 7.1
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A change of course
In 1927, Tzelniker left his home and moved to London, where he helped start the Yiddish National Theater Company as a co-founder.
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Robert HamerDirector, 1 film, 1947
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Michael ReevesDirector, 1 film, 1967
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