Known for:	Shadow of the Thin Man, Love on Toast, My Girl Tisa
Birthday:	10 February 1901, New York, New York, USA

Sister of Jay Adler and Luther Adler. One of six children of Jacob P. Adler and Sarah Adler. Grandmother of Tom Oppenheim Mother of Ellen Adler (the mother of Tom Oppenheim). Marlon Brando acknowledged only her and director Elia Kazan as his real mentors. When she went to Hollywood and signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer., the studio changed her name to Stella Ardler. Her younger brother Luther, who originated the role of Joe Napoleon in "Golden Boy" on the Broadway stage, wanted to know why M.G.M. hadn't changed her name to Beverly Wilshire. She appeared in four Broadway plays with her brother Luther Adler: John Howard Lawson's "Success Story" Melvin Levy's "Gold Eagle Guy," and two plays by Clifford Odets: "Paradise Lost" and "Awake and Sing!" Both Lawson and Odets were Communist Party members: Lawson was jailed as one of the "Hollywood Ten," while Odets named names before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Daughter of Jacob P. Adler, the greatest actor of the Yiddish theater. Oler sister of fellow Group Theatre company member Luther Adler. Posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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