Rosalee Glass
Holocaust Survivor & Actress
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Rosalee Glass (née Raisla Talerman; January 28, 1917 – December 14, 2019) was a Polish-born American businesswoman and actress. She was the subject of the documentary Reinventing Rosalee and survived the Holocaust. Born in Warsaw, Poland, she survived the Holocaust.[1][2][3]
Early life
As a teenager she had a shirt making business where she made men's shirts for shops around Warsaw.[1] She met and married violinist Abraham Glass.[1] During World War II, Glass and her husband were deported to Siberia, where two of their children, Elias and Perla, died of starvation. Their third child, Manny, survived.[1]
After the war, Rosalee, Abraham, and young Manny moved to the United States and settled in Miami, Florida where Rosalee set up a drapery manufacturing business.[1] A year after arriving in Miami, Rosalee gave birth to daughter Lillian Glass.[4]
Upon Rosalee's retirement from her drapery business, she and Abraham moved to California to be closer to their daughter.[4] Following the death of her husband and the subsequent passing of her son, Glass moved to California to live with Lillian.[1] Finally Glass had an epiphany: "believing that it's never too late to live your dream".[5]
Career
In later years, Glass traveled internationally, authored a book of personal maxims, and appeared in a Super Bowl commercial.[6][4]
Her daughter Lillian Glass documented their adventures in Reinventing Rosalee.[7] The film screened at 90 film festivals around the world and won 57 awards.[8]
White House
In 2019, Glass was invited to the White House where she was honored as one of the oldest Holocaust survivors.[3] While traveling to the event, Glass sustained injuries after she was accidentally dropped by airport personnel. She died from these injuries three weeks before her 103rd birthday..[3]