[T1S1] birth in Donora, PA; father's emigration from Russia; his marriage to Gertrude Simon in Pittsburgh; names and ages of her siblings; discussion of her father's immigration; education, Taylor Allderdice; visiting her grandmother Schwartz in Youngstown, OH; mother's family background information; her mother's employment at Kaufmann's Department Store; her employment at Kaufmann's and training at the University of Pittsburgh Retail Training School; her early interest in theater; performing at the Y Playhouse and Pittsburgh Playhouse; her husband's family background; courtship and marriage to Saul Lapiduss; birth of their children; description of her father; residence in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh during her childhood; Jewish education; an anecdote from her comedy act; her father's tailor shop; her father's connection with the Penn Theater; religious practices in her parents' home; recollections of early radio and television; effects of the stock market crash of 1929 and the depression.
