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Apr 20, 1916 Russian Empire Died on 19 Nov 2007 (aged 91)
Polish singer
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About Wiera Gran
- Wiera Gran, real name Dwojra Grynberg (20 April 1916 – 19 November 2007) was a Polish singer and actress. Wiera Gran had a low alto voice even in early 1934, when at the age of 17 when—using the pseudonym Sylvia Green—she made her first recording, the tango Grzech.
- She sang in the Cafe Paradis in Warsaw in the early 1930s.
- While most of her recordings are in the Polish language, she sang in Yiddish in the movie On a heym (Without a home) with Shimon Dzigan and Israel Shumacher.
- She escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II and was hiding in Warsaw-Babice (Boernerowo). In 1950, she moved to France.
- She was associated with Maurice Chevalier's stage theater, Alhambra.
- She performed in Paris in the charity concert with Charles Aznavour.
- The first song which made her popular was composed in 1937 by Adolf Kurc (later known as Eddy Courts) to Gran's lyrics.
- She traveled to Poland in 1965.
- Some of her best known songs include "List", "Wir tanca nas porwal", "Gdy odejdziesz", "Trzy listy", "Fernando", "Cicha jest noc", "Varsovie de mon enfance", "Ma Patrie" and "Mazowiecki wiatr".
