Nationality Polish-Jewish Name Szymon Szurmiej Occupation Actor, director Role Actor | Years active 1951-2014 Spouse Golda Tencer Religion Judaism | |
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Awards For Merits to Culture - Gloria ArtisGrand Cross Order of Polonia RestitutaCommander's Cross with Star of Polonia RestitutaOfficer's Cross of Polonia RestitutaKnight's Cross of Polonia RestitutaGold Cross of MeritOfficer's Cross of the Order Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Movies and TV shows Blisko, coraz blizej, Budapest Tales Children Jan Szurmiej, Helena Szurmiej, Dawid Szurmiej, Malgorzata Szurmiej Parents Rebeka Biterman, Jan Szurmiej Similar People Golda Tencer, Jan Szurmiej, Helena Szurmiej, Joanna Szurmiej, Sandor Sara | ||
Szymon Szurmiej & Marian Opania (15.06.2013)
Szymon Symcha Szurmiej (18 June 1923 − 16 July 2014) was a Polish-Jewish actor, director, and general manager of the Ester Rachel Kamińska and Ida Kamińska State Jewish Theater in Warsaw. He was formerly director of the Yiddish Theater of Warsaw. Since July 2004, he has been an honorary citizen of Warsaw. Member of the World Jewish Congress.
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Yiddish theater director szymon szurmiej
Biography
Szymon Szurmiej was born on 18 June 1923 in Lutsk, Volhynian Voivodeship as a son of Polish father Jan Szurmiej and Jewish mother, Rebeka (Ryfka) née Biterman. Szurmiej debuted as an actor in 1951 at the Polish Theater in Wrocław. In 1969 he moved to Warsaw, where he has become a general manager of the Jewish Theater. Szymon Szurmiej was a member and activist of different Jewish organizations in Poland and world.
In 2007 Polish writer Krystyna Gucewicz-Przybora wrote a Szurmiej's biography. Szymon Szurmiej died on 16 July 2014 in Warsaw.
