Lillian Lux

Lillian Lux (June 20, 1918 – June 11, 2005) was an Israeli-American singer, author, songwriter and actor in Yiddish theater and Yiddish vaudeville in the United States, Israel and other Yiddish speaking communities in the diaspora. Lillian Sylvia Lukashefsky was born in Brooklyn. Her father, a jeweler, had originally wanted to become an actor. He sent his daughter to the Yiddish Art Theater, where Lux began performing when she was just seven years old.By the age of 14, Lux was a chorus girl and involved in various Yiddish radio programs. Working in the Catskills, she was teamed with a young Danny Kaye; the friendship that began from the working relationship was lifelong. She met her future husband, Polish-born Israeli Yiddish-language...