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Berta Gersten
Berta Gersten made her mark in the world of entertainment when she acted in the biopic "The Benny Goodman Story" (1955) with Steve Allen. In 1915, she played the lead in "Yisroel's Hofnung" at the Tomashefsky Theater. In 1954, she made her Broadway debut in "The Flowering Peach." In 1933, she made her screen debut in "Yiskor." In 1918, she joined the Yiddish Art Theater troupe, which she would perform with on and off until 1950.