She was born in Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, in December 1903, arriving at 13 months of age in the USA with her mother, Sarah, and sisters, Jean and Rose, on January 28, 1905 aboard the SS Philadelphia from Southampton, England. They joined husband/father Joseph Brodsky, in New Jersey. A younger sister, Elizabeth, was born later.
She and her husband Daniel were the parents of film, TV, and stage actor/comedian Jerry Lewis. She was a piano player for husband's stage act and for a record store.
Rachael "Rae" Brodsky Levitch died in Las Vegas of heart failure in 1983, aged 79.
She was born in Warsaw, Poland, then part of the Russian Empire, in December 1903, arriving at 13 months of age in the USA with her mother, Sarah, and sisters, Jean and Rose, on January 28, 1905 aboard the SS Philadelphia from Southampton, England. They joined husband/father Joseph Brodsky, in New Jersey. A younger sister, Elizabeth, was born later.
She and her husband Daniel were the parents of film, TV, and stage actor/comedian Jerry Lewis. She was a piano player for husband's stage act and for a record store.
Rachael "Rae" Brodsky Levitch died in Las Vegas of heart failure in 1983, aged 79.