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Harry F. Gerguson (born Hershel Geguzin, February 20, 1890 – September 1, 1971), known as Michael Romanoff, was a Hollywood restaurateur, con man and actor born in Lithuania. He is perhaps best remembered as the owner of the now-defunct Romanoff's, a Beverly Hills restaurant popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s.
Sep 2, 1971 · HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (AP) —Michael Romanoff, a selfstyled Russian prince who gained fame as a restaurateur, bon vivant and intimate of Hollywood stars, died today at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was...
Michael Romanoff. Actor: Hollywood and Vine. Mike Romanoff, the former Harry F. Gerguson, was a successful "professional impostor." He accumulated an enormous fount of knowledge in his numerous travels and occupations around the world (and he attended, however briefly, several leading universities).
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Jun 7, 2022 · Michael Romanoff, the impostor, was called out at a Hollywood dinner party by a former Russian major general, Theodor Lodijensky of the Imperial Guard. He had known the real Prince Michael, who, he pointed out, had died years earlier.
Prince Michael Feodorovich Romanoff (French: Michel Romanoff; 4 May 1924 – 22 September 2008) was a French filmmaker. A descendant of the Russian Emperors, he was a great nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II.
The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; Russian: Романовы, romanized: Romanovy, IPA: [rɐˈmanəvɨ]) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after Anastasia Romanovna married Ivan the Terrible, the first crowned tsar of all Russia.
Michael Romanoff, born Harry F. Gerguson, was a restaurateur and a "professional impostor" who claimed to be a prince and a movie adviser. He was a friend of many stars and opened a famous restaurant in Beverly Hills.
