Background
Gluck was born as Reba Feinsohn to a Jewish family in Iași, Romania, the daughter of Zara and Leon Feinsohn.
Gluck was born as Reba Feinsohn to a Jewish family in Iași, Romania, the daughter of Zara and Leon Feinsohn.
Gluck moved to the United States at a young age. Although her initial success came at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Gluck later concertized widely in America and became an early recording artist. Her recording of "Carry Maine Back to Old Virginny" for the Victor Talking Machine Company was the first celebrity recording by a classical musician to sell one million copies.
lieutenant was awarded a gold disc, only the seventh to be granted at that time.
Gluck later married violinist Efrem Zimbalist and had two children, Efrem Zimbalist, Junior. (1918-2014) and Maria.
Gluck evidently adopted her professional surname as a variation of her first husband"s surname ("Glick"). Gluck retired to New Hartford, Connecticut, to raise her family in 1925.
Efrem Junior. later became active in evangelical circles and was one of the founders of Trinity Broadcasting Network.
Gluck recorded several Christian hymns in duet with Louise Homer, among them "Rock of Ages", "Whispering Hope", "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", and "Jesus, Lover of My Soul". After a long illness, she was taken to the Rockefeller Institute Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, but died from liver failure several days later, at 9:30 am on October 27, 1938, at the age of 54. Gluck is grandmother to actress Stephanie Zimbalist.