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Ernst Lubitsch ( / ˈluːbɪtʃ /; January 29, 1892 – November 30, 1947) was a German-born American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch".
The following year he began appearing in a series of film comedies, emphasizing ethnic Jewish humor, in which he played a character named Meyer. He became very successful as a comedian and soon began writing and directing his own films.
Lubitsch was born into a Jewish family; while some sources give his birth date as January 28, 1892, others—notably his daughter—state that he was born a day later. He worked in his father’s Berlin clothing store while acting at night. In 1911, at age 19, he joined the company of stage director Max Reinhardt.
- Michael Barson
Overview. Born. January 29, 1892 · Berlin, Germany. Died. November 30, 1947 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack) Nickname. Lu. Height. 5′ 7″ (1.70 m) Mini Bio. From Ernst Lubitsch's experiences in Sophien Gymnasium (high school) theater, he decided to leave school at the age of 16 and pursue a career on the stage.
- January 29, 1892
- November 30, 1947
In 1911 he joined the Deutsches Theater of famous director/producer/impresario Max Reinhardt, and was able to move up to leading acting roles in a short time. He took an extra job as a handyman while learning silent film acting at Berlin's Bioscope film studios.
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- Berlin, Germany
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Aug 8, 2022 · Lubitsch received his first film-acting credit in 1913, when he was twenty-one, and made his début as a director a year later, in a short titled “Miss Soapsuds.”
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Ernst Lubitsch is best known for his comedies made in Hollywood, but from 1911 to 1922 he was a major figure in German filmmaking. Born on January 28, 1892 in Berlin into a family of a prosperous tailor, he started participating in school theater performances since he was 16 years old.
