Max Perlman

Max Perlman (1909-1985)

Perlman was born in Riga, Latvia to a middle-class family. At age six he sang in the choir of Hazan Rosovski and soon began to play children's roles in the theater.

He studied at the dramatic studio in the Riga Peretz Club and found work performing in Russian and Yiddish theaters.

With the founding of the Riga Nayer Yidishe Teater (New Jewish Theater), he turned professional, performing steadily in Kovno and Riga between 1928 and 1934.

Perlman played in Vienna and toured Czechoslovakia, Poland, France, Belgium andEngland. In 1939 he was invited to Argentina, where he stayed for 3 years before moving onto Uruguay and Chile and, in 1945, to Latin America.

He toured South Africa in 1948 and 1951and came to the United States in 1952, where he performed regularly from his home base in Israel. The consummate song and dance man, comedic actor and song writer, Perlman returned to Argentina in 1966 and, in 1967 toured there and in Brazil with Yiddish comedian Shimon Dzigan.

Between 1968 and 1974, he toured the U.S.A., South Africa and Europe. He was associated for many years with Israel's Hebrew Theater Circuit. Perlman gave his last performances on a 1985 tour of the U.S.A., Australia and Israel with his partner, South African born Israeli theater star Menorah Zahav.

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Efsher Hot Finef Cent? (Jay Gorney) Max Perlman Stinson 6047

Ikh Lieb Dikh (Max Perlman) Salomon Stramer RCA Victor P-1345-A

Job Faint Su Arbetn (Yitskhak Perlov - Max Perlman) Max Perlman Panzer 146-B

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A Meidele fun Tel-Aviv (Max Perlman - Jacobo Sclar) David Eshet Hed-Arzi MN-33

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A Meidele fun Tel-Aviv (Max Perlman - Jacobo Sclar) Max Perlman Makolit 12028

Alte Moyd (Max Perlman - ?.Lerner) Gita Galina Makolit 12016

Aza Mazl Hot Reb Yidl (Shloyme Prizament) Max Perlman Makolit 12055

Aza Mazl Hot Reb Yidl (Shloyme Prizament) Max Perlman The Greater Recording GRC 216 1971

Ikh Vil Nor Abisale (Abraham Levin - Henry Gerro) Max Perlman Makolit LP 198

In Libe Ken Ales Zayn (Max Perlman - Arkady Ostrovsky) Max Perlman Makolit 12056

Parnuse In Gezint (Max Perlman) Max Perlman Makolit LP 198

A Way To Make A Living And Good Health	*parnuse in gezint*
Max Perlman
A way to make a living and good health That is all that I want now For who needs to be a millionaire Riches aren't my desire I want just a little happiness A little house, a little home A little garden with a little tree A way to make a living and enough I never had thoughts of wealth Nver had the desire To live in luxury and be rich Only to have a little happiness Is certainly enough To be the equal of other people I never have sought riches Never desired wealth Lived modestly In suffering and joy To make a living and have a bit of happiness	a bisele parnuse in gezint o dos iz ales vos ikh vil atzind vayl ver darf zayn a milyoner raykhtum iz nit mayn bager ikh vil hobn nor a bisl glik a shtibele a heymele a gortn mit a beymele a bisele parnuse iz genig 'kh hob nisht gehat kayn gedank un keyn mol kayn farlang tsu lebn in luxus, zayn raykh nor a bisele glik is dokh shoyn gantz genig tsu zayn oykh mit laytn tsu glaykh 'kh hob keynmol gezikht kayn gevires keynmol farlangt kayn ashires geleyt zikh basheydn in laydn un freydn tsu hobn parnuse un glik

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Last update 09-12-2023