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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.
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 actor in the U ...
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...
Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor who was active in Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s. He was best known for his roles in such films as My Man Godfrey (1936), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), and The Awful Truth (1937).
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.
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.
Biography. American actor born on November 17, 1905, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was the grandson of violinist Leopold Auer, his father was an officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He died in the Russo-Japanese War while he was still a child, and the family became financially strapped. ...