Zygmunt Turkow (6 November 1896 – 20 January 1970) was a Polish actor, playwright, and director of Jewish origin from Warsaw, who became famous for roles in the pre-war Jewish films and stage plays in Yiddish. His brother, Jonas Turkow, was also a noted actor and stage manager.

Shortly after German invasion of Poland in 1939 he left Poland together with his second wife. In 1940 he settled in Brazil. In 1952 he moved to Israel.

Zygmunt Turkow

Turkow produced works by Iso Szajewicz at the Nowości Theatre where he worked for many years. He was the founder of several notable theatres, including the Central Theatre in 1921, co-founder of the Brazilian National Theatre in 1940 and the traveling Zuta Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1956, where he served as manager and director.

Zygmunt Turkow

Zygmunt Turkow Theatre is named in his honor.

Zygmunt Turkow

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External links

Zygmunt Turkow on IMDb

Polish male stage actors

Male actors from Warsaw

1896 births

1970 deaths

Polish male film actors

Jewish Polish male actors

Polish male dramatists and playwrights

Writers from Warsaw

People from Warsaw Governorate

Jews from the Russian Empire

Polish emigrants to Brazil

Polish emigrants to Israel

20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights

20th-century Polish male writers

Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Brazil