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‘The Sopranos’ Star Toni Kalem Explores Family History in Adapting Lore Segal’s Wartime Novel ‘Other People’s Houses’ (EXCLUSIVE)
In adapting Lore Segal's novel, Toni Kalem also explored her own family history and connection to the Kindertransport rescue effort.
Writer, director and actress Toni Kalem (“ The Sopranos “) is adapting Lore Segal’s internationally acclaimed 1964 semi-autobiographical novel “Other People’s Houses,” about a Jewish child refugee who finds asylum in Britain via the Kindertransport rescue effort. “All I knew was that she had a happy childhood until ‘Hitler came to power,’ when her world was turned upside down and she was forced to escape with a tiny suitcase and leave her mother, her home, her family, culture and language and travel to England until she was finally granted passage to America. In addition to starring in such feature films as Philip Kaufman’s cult classic “The Wanderers” and Howard Zieff’s “Private Benjamin,” she has also worked extensively for television, writing for “The Sopranos,” Showtime’s “The Big C” and other productions.
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