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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Paul Muni was born Sept. 22, 1895, in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Salli and Phillip Weisenfreund, who were both professionals. His family was Jewish, and spoke Yiddish. Paul was educated in New York and Cleveland public schools. He was described as 5 feet 10 inches, with black hair and eyes, 165 pounds. He joined the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York (1908) for 4 years, and then moved to other Yiddish theaters until 1926, when he "went into an American play" called "We Americans", his first English-language role. In 1927-28, he appeared in the plays "Four Walls", "This One Man", "Counsellor-at-Law", and others. He began with Fox in 1928. He would later alternate between Broadway and Hollywood for his roles, becoming one of the more distinguished actors in either venue. Failing eyesight and otherwise poor health forced him into retirement after his appearance in The Last Angry Man (1959).- Brother of well known yiddish actor Ludwig Satz, made his debut in old Austria-Hungary as a child actor in the Yiddish classic "The Dybbuk". After arriving in USA in 1927 he worked as waiter, presser and clothing salesman before finally landing roles in Yiddish theater in New York. He changed his name Eduard (Edward) Satz in Eli Mintz, in order to make it on his own.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leo Fuchs was born on 15 May 1911 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Americaner Shadchen (1940), Avalon (1990) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He was married to Mirele Gruber. He died on 31 December 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
John Gottowt was born on 15 June 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nosferatu (1922), Das schwarze Los (1913) and The Student of Prague (1913). He died on 27 August 1942 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Jakob Gimpel was born on 16 April 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and composer, known for Gaslight (1944), The Mephisto Waltz (1971) and The Big Combo (1955). He died on 12 March 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig was born on 12 June 1899 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Weegee's New York (2021), The Yellow Cab Man (1950) and The 'Imp'probable Mr. Wee Gee (1966). He was married to Wilma Wilcox and Margaret Atwood. He died on 26 December 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.- Artur Mlodnicki was born on 28 August 1911 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Ostatni swiadek (1970) and The Saragossa Manuscript (1965). He was married to Irena Tomaszewska. He died on 16 July 1972 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch was born on 27 January 1836 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Venus in Fur (2013), Venus in Furs (2012) and Venus in Furs (1994). He was married to Wanda Aurora von Rümelin. He died on 9 March 1895 in Lindheim, Hesse, Germany.
- Vlasta Fabiánová was born on 29 June 1912 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Revolucni rok 1848 (1949), Eugene Onegin (1988) and Krakatit (1948). She died on 26 June 1991 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic].
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bernard Siegel was born on 19 April 1868 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), Beau Geste (1926) and The Wolf (1914). He died on 9 July 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Art Director
- Additional Crew
Morris Strassberg was born on 18 April 1897 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and art director, known for Klute (1971), Overture to Glory (1940) and Mothers of Today (1939). He was married to May Misbinsky. He died on 8 February 1974 in South Laguna Beach, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Stanislaw Lipinski was born on 7 August 1909 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Ludzie Wisly (1938), Maly marynarz (1936) and Girls of Nowolipki (1937). He was married to Ina Benita and Janina Jasinska. He died on 7 May 1974 in Rockport, USA.- Bertha Kalich was born on 17 May 1874 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Ambition (1916), Marta of the Lowlands (1914) and Love and Hate (1916). She was married to Leopold Spachner. She died on 18 April 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Krystyna Ankwicz was born on 4 April 1907 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Zamarle echo (1934), Sto metrów milosci (1932) and Z ramion w ramiona (1929). She died on 6 August 1985 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Amvrosi Buchma was born on 14 March 1891 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor and director, known for Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944), Za stenoj (1928) and Arsenal (1929). He died on 6 January 1957 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Benjamin Murmelstein was born on 9 June 1905 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He died on 27 October 1989 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Born on March 1st, 1916 in Lwów. Parents: Katarzyna Sawicka-Feldman (mother) was an opera singer and Ferdynand Feldman (father) was a known actor. Education: National Institute of Theatre in Warsaw. Career: City Theatre in Lwów (debut in the "Kwiat paproci" ("Fern Flower") in 1937), Stage in Zimna Woda (during II World War, after demanded to work according to her education), Theatre in Opole, Wyspianski Silesia Theatre in Katowice, Polish Theatre in Szczecin, New Theatre and Public Theatre in Lódz, Theatre in Nowa Huta, Kraków. Since 1976 worked in Poznan: in Polish Theatre and since 1983 in New Theatre.
Famous for episodes and supporting roles. Played her first leading role of Nikifor Krynicki in "My Nikifor" ("Mój Nikifor") at the age of 84.
Died: January 24th, 2007 in Poznan. - Actor
Leo Lance was born on 22 August 1897 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor. He died on 7 September 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Edward Raczkowski was born on 11 February 1911 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ojciec królowej (1980), Pharaoh (1966) and Granica (1978). He died on 26 October 1990 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Writer
- Director
- Art Director
Ladislaus Tuszynski was born on 20 May 1876 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Kalif Storch (1924), Das Weib des Irren (1921) and Das andere Ich (1918). He was married to Gisela Foltermayer . He died on 21 September 1943 in Vienna, Austria.- Klaus Zmorek was born on 4 December 1957 in Lemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He is an actor, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Rote Rosen (2006) and Marienhof (1992).
- Director
- Writer
- Art Director
Jerzy Gabryelski was born on 6 October 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Czarne diamenty (1939), C.O.P. Stalowa Wola (1938) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 3 February 1978 in New York City, New York, USA.- Walter Darewahl was born on 11 May 1896 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Top Banana (1954) and Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1950). He died on 23 June 1974 in Metamoris, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Juliusz Luszczewski was born on 12 April 1892 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Kazdemu wolno kochac (1933), Pod Twoja obrone (1933) and My Uncle from America (1933). He died on 27 December 1971 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Roman Niewiarowicz was born on 15 January 1902 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for Zona dla Australijczyka (1964), Smarkula (1963) and Skarb (1949). He died on 22 July 1972 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Wolfe Kaufman was born on 8 July 1905 in Lemberg, Poland. He was a writer, known for Sued for Libel (1939) and The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940). He died on 24 November 1970 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
- Janina Romanówna was born on 9 October 1904 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Lalka (1968), Mocny czlowiek (1929) and Glos serca (1931). She died on 11 October 1991 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Barbara Orwid was born on 29 November 1909 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Szyb L-23 (1932), Gwiazdzista eskadra (1930) and Wierna rzeka (1936). She was married to Leonard Buczkowski. She died on 1 July 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Emmanuel Lowenthal was born in 1896 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is known for Das Lied einer Nacht (1932), La loi du nord (1939) and Elena and Her Men (1956). He died in 1959 in Paris, France.- Mieczyslaw Piotrowski was born on 6 May 1910 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Mieczyslaw was a writer, known for Dziewczyna z dobrego domu (1962), Mezczyzni na wyspie (1962) and Podróz Luizy (1981). Mieczyslaw was married to Regina Kanska and Irena Laskowska. Mieczyslaw died on 8 December 1977 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Amalia Kasprowicz was born on 20 March 1854 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Ofiara namietnosci (1912). She died on 22 May 1938 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine].
- Zuzanna Lozinska was born on 11 March 1886 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Klakier (1983), Plomienie (1979) and Debutante (1982). She died on 5 August 1982 in Pulawy, Lubelskie, Poland.
- Adam Brodzisz was born on 18 February 1906 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Niebezpieczny raj (1931), Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931) and Uroda zycia (1930). He was married to Maria Bogda. He died on 9 November 1986 in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA.
- Hedda Zinner was born on 20 May 1905 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was a writer, known for Die aus der 12b (1962), Der Teufelskreis (1956) and Die Schauspielerin (1988). She was married to Fritz Erpenbeck. She died on 4 July 1994 in Berlin, Germany.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Costume Designer
Roman Mann was born on 19 October 1911 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Czarci zleb (1950) and Adventure in Marienstadt (1954). He died on 11 March 1960 in Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland.- Marian Palewicz was born on 1 January 1881 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Pan Tadeusz (1928), Chlopi (1922) and Halka (1930). He died on 26 September 1939 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Marian Hemar was born on 6 April 1901 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Marian was a writer, known for ABC milosci (1935), Sluby ulanskie (1934) and Panienka z poste restante (1935). Marian died on 11 February 1972 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.- Wladyslaw Ratschka was born on 3 June 1877 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931). He died on 13 November 1944 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine].
- Henryk Cudnowski was born on 12 September 1884 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Lotna (1959). He died on 16 November 1963 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Ludwig Satz was born on 18 February 1891 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for His Wife's Lover (1931), What a Mother-in-Law! (1934) and The Lunatic (1927). He was married to Lillian "Lillie" Feinman. He died on 31 August 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Józefina Bielska was born on 22 April 1882 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Skandal na ulicy Szopena (1911), Kosz primadonny (1911) and Dzien kwiatka (1911). She died on 10 May 1964 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Emilia Rózanska was born on 4 March 1870 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Ochrana warszawska i jej tajemnice (1916), Carat i jego slugi (1917) and Tajemnica Alei Ujazdowskich (1917). She was married to Leon Rózanski. She died on 16 March 1928 in Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland.
- Herman Lercher was born on 16 July 1909 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Lata dwudzieste... lata trzydzieste... (1984), Kim jest ten czlowiek? (1985) and How Far, How Near (1972). He died on 13 July 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Wladyslaw Brochwicz was born on 4 December 1901 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Dezerter (1958) and The Last Stage (1948). He died on 8 January 1958 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.
- Wladyslaw Jaminski was born on 19 December 1858 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Syn szatana (1923). He died on 17 February 1931 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Roman Hierowski was born on 21 January 1894 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Tajemnica starego rodu (1928) and Usmiech losu (1927). He died on 2 August 1974 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Tadeusz Rittner was born on 31 May 1871 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Tadeusz was a writer, known for Za winy brata (1921), Television Theater (1953) and Odwiedziny o zmierzchu (1966). Tadeusz died on 19 June 1921 in Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria.
- Ludwik Lawinski was born on 19 June 1887 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ziemia obiecana (1927), Romans panny Opolskiej (1928) and Kazdemu wolno kochac (1933). He died on 15 September 1971 in London, England, UK.
- Marian Jednowski was born on 7 October 1873 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Pan Tadeusz (1928), Z ramion w ramiona (1929) and Tyrannenherrschaft (1916). He died on 16 August 1932 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Marian Andruszewski was born on 9 November 1878 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Pomszczona krzywda (1912). He died in March 1915 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine].