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Goldstein was born in New New York Her father was a butcher.
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Jennie Goldstein
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Having made a good impression, Jennie was soon making $9 a week. She went to Kenny Liptsin in the Thalia Theater and played in Jacob Mikhailovich Gordin"s שהרת המשפחה Family Purity—for which Sigmund Mogulesko wrote her the song Oyf yener zayt (On the other side)—and Der umbakanter (The stranger). At the age of 13 she began to play adult roles for Max R. Veyner, her first being Yoysef Lateyner"s Dos Yidishe harts (the Jewish heart).
She moved to Clinton Street Vaudeville in 1909.
Gebel wrote melodramas in which the couple starred, including Alts far libe (Everything for love) and Kol shofar (voice of the shofar), specially written for her. In 1924 she toured in London and the American provinces.
She wrote lyrics for some of her songs, recording them for radio and phonograph recordings. She starred in her only film role, Tsvey shvester (Two Sisters) in 1939.
"There was the tragedienne Jennie Goldstein wringing her heart and wracking her sob-filled voice as she repeated the travails of the innocent immigrant girl seduced by the villainies of the cruel and heartless New York sweatshop world."
However, during the 1940s she also became a comedienne.
She played at Jewish organizational functions, performed in two Broadway shows in the 1950s, and appeared on television Jennie Goldstein died in New York City on February 9, 1960.
