Tillie (Edelstein) Berg (1898 - 1966)

Born 5 Oct 1898 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 14 Sep 1966 at age 67 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Gertrude (Edelstein) Berg is Notable.

Gertrude (Edelstein) Berg has Jewish Roots.

Born Tillie Edelstein on October 5, 1898 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, she is the daughter of Jacob Edelstein and Dinah Goldstein. Her father was 23 years old at the time, born in Russia. Her mother was 19 years old and born in England.^[1]

Her childhood was divided between New York and Fleischmanns, a town in the Catskills, where her father ran a resort hotel. Her maternal grandmother, Czerna Goldstein made a huge impression on Berg for her warmth and affection as well as her devotion to family and community.^[2]

Gertrude married Lewis Berg in 1918 - 3 children^[3] + 2 adopted children

• 1952 adopted 2 war orphans from Europe^[3]

Gertrude Berg died at the age of 66 on September 14, 1966 in Manhattan, New York City, New York and was buried in Clovesville Cemetery in Delaware county, New York.^{[4] [5]}

• Actress, screenwriter and producer (one of the first women to hold such roles) and lead of a long-running sitcom she created: The Rise of the Goldbergs, making her a pioneer of women in television^[6][7]
• started in radio for NBC
• 1929 radio show The Rise of the Goldbergs
• 1949 The Goldbergs began to air on TV
• 1951 FIRST EVER Emmy Award for a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series^[7] - beating out Betty White^[6], Imogene Coca, Judith Anderson and Helen Hayes!^[8]... it was her 20th year playing the role of Molly Goldberg^[7]
  • 1962 Nominee for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress ins a Series (Lead) - for the Gertrude Berg Show^[9]
• 1959 Tony Award for Best Actress in A Majority of One

Research Notes

• Her New York birth record states she was born October 5, 1898 while her gravestone and Social Security Death record states she was born October 3, 1899.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WW7-H41 : 11 February 2018), Tilly Edelstein, 05 Oct 1898; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 38976 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,953,366.
2. ↑ https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/berg-gertrude
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} IMDb: Gertrude Berg (bio), accessed 16 July 2018.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM96-K6K : 11 January 2021), Gertrude Berg, Sep 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Funny Ladies." Pioneers of Television (Season 3, Episode 1). PBS. 15 Jan 2013.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Wikipedia: Gertrude Berg, accessed 16 July 2018.
8. ↑ Emmys: 1951 Best Actress, accessed 16 July 2018.
9. ↑ Emmys: Gertrude Berg (bio), accessed 16 July 2018.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSF8-DM4 : accessed 5 September 2021), Tilly Edelstein in household of Jacob Schindet, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 18 New York City Ward 6, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 5A, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,045.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5ML-9SC : accessed 5 September 2021), Tillie Edelstein in household of Jacob Edelstein, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 417, sheet 13A, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1018; FHL microfilm 1,375,031.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X42M-GT3 : accessed 5 September 2021), Tillie Berg in household of Louis W Berg, Manhattan (Districts 0251-0500), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 465, sheet 7B, line 85, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1557; FHL microfilm 2,341,292.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQGZ-QFK : 30 January 2020), Gertrude Berg in household of Lewis Berg, Assembly District 7, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-599, sheet 24A, line 23, family 6, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2637.

SEE ALSO:

• http://www.mollygoldbergfilm.org/gertrude.php
• Gertrude Berg on The Ed Sullivan Show: How To Be A Jewish Mother
• Wikipedia Article About 2009 Documentary on Gertrude Berg