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Ida Kaminska (September 18, 1899 - May 21, 1980) was a Jewish Russian actress.

Born in Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine) she was the daughter of Yiddish stage actress Esther Rachel Kaminska (1870-1925) and stage producer, Avram Izhak Kashe. She is also the sister of musician Josef Kaminsky (1903-1972).

Ida Kaminska began a stage career at the age of five. He first movie role was in 1912 in Mirele Efros, with her mother and her sister in other roles in the film. Her film career was brief, only appearing in four other movies in her entire career. However, in 1965, she starred in the movie The Shop on Main Street
, and she received a 1966 nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Her last role, The Angel Levine, was in 1970.

Following her passing in 1980, she was interred in the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York.

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