Clara Gold

Clara Gold (, 1888–1946) was an American Yiddish theatre actor and recording artist. She recorded more than twenty Yiddish theatre music and comedy discs between 1917 and 1929, usually with comedic partner Gus Goldstein.

Biography Gold was born in New York City in 1888.

In 1916 she was invited to Victor Records to make test recordings for them as a solo singer; the disc was not released but she was soon invited back. In 1919 she also recorded some Yiddish songs arranged by the Klezmer recording artist Israel J. Hochman. In 1922 and 1923 she then made a series of discs with OKeh Records, including some with Goldstein and some as a solo singer. Her final recordings seem to have been with Victor Records in July 1929. She performed for a time in Detroit in 1931. She was a regular cast member at the Liberty Theater once again under Louis Birnbaum starting in 1932. During the late 1930s and early 1940s she often performed in supporting roles at the Hopkinson Theatre in Brooklyn. She continued to appear on stage during and after the war; her final appearances seem to have been at the Bronx Art Theatre in fall 1946 in Anna Chernak and Sophie Geby's "The Woman that God Forgot".

She died on December 12, 1946. She was buried in the Yiddish Theatrical Alliance section at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens.