[1] Born Pauline Finkelstein, in Iasi, Romania on February 10, 1866, and died September 27, 1942, in Manhattan, New York.
She was married to Joseph Edelstein a Yiddish theatre owner, playwright and director.
In Russia she acted as Genendl in Shom'r's Der Katorzhnik and as Tamar in Joseph Lateiner's Di libe fun tzion.
She acted in character roles and was the first to act in the role of Mishke in Lateiner's operetta Mishke and Moshke, and in Jacob Gordin's (1853–1909) plays: Froy Rozenkrants in Siberia on November 13, 1891, in Jacob Adler's Union Theater; Zelda in Der vilder mentsh on November 4, 1893, in the Windsor Theatre, as Madam Zhamanuli in Devorahle myukhst in 1893; and as Freyde Henye in Dovidl mshurr in 1899.
Both of her sisters, Amalia Mogulesko and Ernestine (Esther Finkelstein), for a short time acted on the Yiddish stage.