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Littmann, Pepi, 1874-1930

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Personal name headingLittmann, Pepi, 1874-1930
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Variant(s)Littman, Pepi, Frau, 1874-1930
Littmann, Peppi, 1874-1930
Litmann, Pepi, 1874-1930
Kahane, Peshe, 1874-1930
Kahane, Frau, 1874-1930
Peptsia, 1874-1930
Birth date1874
Death date1930-09-13
Place of birthTernopilʹ (Ukraine)
Place of deathVienna (Austria)
Field of activityComedy Singing Vaudeville Impersonation
Profession or occupationComedians Singers Male impersonators
Found inAmojze in gewaschen, [1907?]: label (Frau Pepi Littman)
Freitag auf der nacht, [19--?]: label (Pepi Littmann)
Kidisch schel schabes, [19--?]: label (Peppi Littmann)
Giter brüder nicht gechapt, [1909?]: label (Pepi Litmann)
Seide mit den Loschik, [1906?]: label (Frau Kahane)
Cantors, klezmorim, and crooners, 1905-1953 [SR] p2009: insert (Frau Pepi Littmann; b. 1874, Tarnapol, Poland, d. 1930; birth name: Peshe Kahane; alto)
Wikipedia, viewed March 26, 2021: Pepi Litman (cross-dressing female Yiddish vaudeville singer; performed highly satirical songs while costumed as a male Khosid; performed comic songs, often in a Germanized form of Yiddish called daytshmerish; recorded a number of songs, in L'viv, Budapest, and New York; after a stay at the Rothschild Hospital in Vienna, she died on 13 September 1930)
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