Frieda Belinfante

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Frieda Belinfante

Country

Netherlands

Birth - Death

1904 - 1995

Occupation

Entertainment

Description

Cellist and conductor. Founder, Orange County Philarmonic Orchestra. Part of the resistance movement during World War II who dressed as a man to escape arrest - emigrated to the U.S. post-war. LGBTQ activist, whose life is portrayed in the documentary 'But I Was A Girl' (1999).

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