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Ida Kaminska (September 18, 1899 - May 21, 1980)
was a Jewish Russian actress. 

Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine) she was the
daughter of Yiddish stage actress Esther Rachel
Kaminska (1870-1925) and stage producer, Avram
Izhak Kashe. She is also the sister of musician
Josef Kaminska (1903-1972). 

Ida Kaminska began a stage career at the age of
five. He first movie role was in 1912 in Mirele
Efros, with her mother and her sister in other
roles in the film.  Her film career was brief,
only appearing in four other movies in her entire
career.  However, in 1965, she starred in the
movie The Shop on Main Street, and she received a
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Her last role, The Angel Levine, was in 1970.

Following her passing in 1980, she was interred in
the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York.