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Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best known films.
Mischa Auer. Actor: My Man Godfrey. Mischa Auer, the American screen's supreme exponent of the "Mad Russian" stereotype so dear to Yankee hearts before and after World War II, was born Mischa Ounskowsky on November 17, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the grandson of violinist Leopold Auer, whose surname he took when he became a professional ...
Mischa Auer. Actor: My Man Godfrey. Mischa Auer, the American screen's supreme exponent of the "Mad Russian" stereotype so dear to Yankee hearts before and after World War II, was born Mischa Ounskowsky on November 17, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the grandson of violinist Leopold Auer, whose surname he took when he became a professional ...
Here are 10 things you should know about Mischa Auer, born on November 17, 1905. The prolific character actor appeared in nearly 170 pictures in a 40-year ca...
ROME, March 5 (AP)-- Mischa Auer, the movie character actor and comedian, died of a heart attack at his home here today. He was 62 years old. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
The tall Russian-born Mischa Auer is perhaps best remembered for his hilarious, scene-stealing performance as Alice Brady's gorilla-impersonating protege in the 1936 screwball classic "My Man Godfrey," which brought him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928. Known For. You Can't Take It with You. And Then There Were None. Destry Rides Again. My Man Godfrey. Mr. Arkadin. The Monster Walks. Hellzapoppin' What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? Acting.
The screen's foremost "Mad Russian" (though he was more dour than demented in most of his movie appearances), Mischa Auer was the son of a Russian navy officer who died in the Russo-Japanese war. Auer's family scattered during the Bolshevik revolution, forcing the 12-year-old Mischa to beg, borrow, and steal to survive.
The tall Russian-born Mischa Auer is perhaps best remembered for his hilarious, scene-stealing performance as Alice Brady's gorilla-impersonating protege in the 1936 screwball classic "My Man Godfrey," which brought him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Dec 12, 2012 · Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, June Duprez and Judith Anderson. Winner! 1946 Locarno International Film Festival: Best Film.Synopsis: Ten strangers are summoned to a small island off the coast of Devon, by a mysterious note.
