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Nina <I>Caiserman</I> Kellin

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Nina Caiserman Kellin

Birth
Canada
Death
5 May 1963 (aged 47)
Warrensburg, Warren County, New York, USA
Burial
Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada GPS-Latitude: 45.5039183, Longitude: -73.6538394
Plot
Farband Old #2 (Map: D17) Section 8 Grave 25
Memorial ID
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Nina's parents were Sarah (Wittal) Caiserman (1893–1967), a homemaker and business woman active in community affairs who immigrated to Canada in 1918 from Romania, and Hananiah Meir Caiserman (1881–1950), one of the early Canadian Jewish community professionals who had immigrated to Montreal from Romania in 1911.

She was the sister of Canadian artist Ghitta Caiserman-Roth.

Nina was a former dancer with the Martha Graham Company. At the time of her death, she was appearing on Broadway in Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" and failed to appear for the final performance. She disappeared May 2 and her body was found May 11 in a wooded area near Warrensburg. There was no signs of violence however, she had said in a letter to a friend that she thought about suicide.
Nina's parents were Sarah (Wittal) Caiserman (1893–1967), a homemaker and business woman active in community affairs who immigrated to Canada in 1918 from Romania, and Hananiah Meir Caiserman (1881–1950), one of the early Canadian Jewish community professionals who had immigrated to Montreal from Romania in 1911.

She was the sister of Canadian artist Ghitta Caiserman-Roth.

Nina was a former dancer with the Martha Graham Company. At the time of her death, she was appearing on Broadway in Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage" and failed to appear for the final performance. She disappeared May 2 and her body was found May 11 in a wooded area near Warrensburg. There was no signs of violence however, she had said in a letter to a friend that she thought about suicide.


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  • Maintained by: Gary Perlman
  • Originally Created by: Athanatos
  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131587336/nina-kellin: accessed ), memorial page for Nina Caiserman Kellin (19 Dec 1915–5 May 1963), Find a Grave Memorial ID 131587336, citing Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada; Maintained by Gary Perlman (contributor 48696813).