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Yvonne Kushner (née Levy; October 12, 1906 – February 8, 1990) was an American actress in New York and Washington, DC. She became a fund raiser for women's health and Jewish causes. ==Early life== Yvonne Levy was born on October 12, 1906 at New Iberia, Louisiana〔 as the youngest of three children of Leopold and Blanche (née Coguenhem) Levy.〔1910 US Census records; ancestry.com; accessed April 30, 2014.〕 Her father was originally from Alsace and emigrated to the United States in 1879.〔US Passport application - May 5, 1892〕 He worked in New Orleans as a merchant and in real estate.〔1880-1900 US Census Records〕 He was born in Wingersheim, Alsace,〔Strasbourg Societé Géneologique〕 in 1864, when it was part of France, along the disputed border regions between Germany and France.〔1900 and 1910 US census records〕 Her mother was a native of Louisiana, the daughter of a French-Jewish father, whose family originally came from Lorraine, and an American mother.〔1900 US Census records New Orleans, Louisiana Birth Records Index, 1790-1899〕 Yvonne had an older brother Oscar Isaac and older sister Denise. In 1916, Leopold Levy took over the lease for the failed Louisiana State Bank in New Orleans and renamed the building as The Antique Dome, selling old furniture and antiques.〔''Old New Orleans: A History of the Vieux Carre, Its Ancient and Historical Buildings'' by Stanley Clisby Arthur, 2007; accessed April 30, 2014.〕 Six years later, he moved his family to Washington, D. C.〔 Yvonne and her sister both attended Central High School, where Yvonne was captain of the debating team 〔''The Washington Post,'' May 6, 1923〕 and performed in school plays.〔''Here's to old Central, 1882-1950'', Central High School (Washington, D.C.). Alumni Association - 1967〕 Yvonne's brother Oscar Isaac Levy (1892–1957) attended Tulane University as a science major and later the University of Chicago. By the time of World War One, he worked as an assistant examiner with the United States Patent Office in New Orleans.〔WWI Draft Registration Card June 5, 1917〕〔1914 Register, University of Chicago.〕 Their sister Denise Levy Tourover (1903–1980),〔''Washington Jewish Week'', March 31, 2005.〕 became an attorney and married in Washington, DC. She served as Hadassah’s first representative in the city. During World War II, she lobbied relentlessly to save hundreds of Polish orphans, known as the "Tehran Children", who were stranded in Persia after fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe. Her efforts bore fruit when the Allies dispatched British war ships to transport the children to the relative safety of British Palestine.〔(Profile of Denise Tourover ); accessed April 30, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yvonne Levy Kushner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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