About Menahem Gnessin
Lived 1882 – 1951 (aged 69). Menahem Gnessin was a Russian and Israeli actor, stage actor and theatre director.
Menahem Natanovich Gnessin (; ; 1882–1951) was an early Russian Jewish actor and Hebrew language instructor who created the Amateur Dramatic Arts Company in 1907 for presentation of plays in Hebrew. In 1917, at Moscow he also helped start Habimah, the world's first professional Hebrew theater. He is best known as an actor in the 1933 drama, Oded the Wanderer. Gnessin wrote articles about his time in the theater, and published memoirs titled Darki im ha-Te'atron ha-Ivri, 1905–26 (My Career in the Hebrew Theater, 1946).
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Who was Menahem Gnessin?
Jewish actor (1882–1951)
When was Menahem Gnessin born?
Menahem Gnessin was born on 25 July 1882 in Starodub.
When did Menahem Gnessin die?
Menahem Gnessin died on 22 August 1951 in Tel Aviv.
What was Menahem Gnessin's occupation?
Menahem Gnessin was an actor, stage actor and theatre director.
What nationality was Menahem Gnessin?
Menahem Gnessin was Russian and Israeli.
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