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Abba Kompaneyets (Абе or Аба Гирш-Лейбович Компанеец, 1870—1946) was a Yiddish theatre troupe manager and actor in Russia, Latvia and Poland. His wife was the actress Leah (Леи Компанеец born Гершанович), his daughter the actress Betty Kompaneyets-Rabinovitsch (Бетти Компанеец-Рабинович) (1900—?) who emigrated with her husband Leon to Mexico where their daughters Fanya Rabel became a well-known painter and Melakha Rabel a writer.