Jonas Turkow

In Warsaw, he performed in Dos artistishe vinkele (The artistic corner), which he organized with his brother Zygmunt, in 1916; and worked for a while under the direction of David Herman at the Elysium Theater.

[4] He also briefly performed in the German comedy theater of the brothers Herrnfeld, in Berlin.

[5] From 1917 to 1920 he played in Esther-Rukhl Kaminska's troupe; in 1921 he organized Dos baveglekhe dramatishe teater touring Poland and Galicia.

[4] There, beginning in 1958, he worked as the theater archivist at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

[8] Jonas Turkow performed in the following movies as an actor: He also directed the silent film In die poylishe velder (In the Polish Woods; 1929), based on the novel of the same title by Joseph Opatoshu.