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1. Peter Lorre ( German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈlɔʁə]; born László Löwenstein, Hungarian: [ˈlaːsloː ˈløːvɛ (n)ʃtɒjn]; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, active first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before moving to Germany ...
Nov 22, 2023 · Peter Lorre’s origin story unfolds in the Hungarian town of Rózsahegy in Liptó County (present-day Ružomberok, Slovakia). Born to German-speaking Jewish parents, Alajos and Elvira, Lorre was the first child in the Löwenstein family. His father’s appointment as chief bookkeeper at a local textile mill brought them to Rózsahegy, a town that played a pivotal […]
Jun 26, 2014 · He was the first of three sons born to Alajos Lowenstein and the former Elvira Freischberger. Freischberger died when Laszlo was 4, probably of food poisoning, and Lowenstein, the chief bookkeeper for a textile mill who also served as a reserve lieutenant in the Austrian army, married her closest friend. The couple had two more sons.
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Mar 4, 2024 · That’s right, this month the legendary Peter Lorre, is my icon of the month. Lorre was born László Löwenstein on June 26, 1904, the first child of Alajos Löwenstein and his wife Elvira Freischberger, in the town of Rózsahegy in Liptó County, Kingdom of Hungary (German: Rosenberg; Slovak: Ružomberok, now in Slovakia).
Peter Lorre was born on June 26, 1904, in Rozsahegy, Hungary. His birth name was Laszlo Lowenstein. His parents, Alajos and Elvira, were of Jewish origin. Lorre’s father served as a lieutenant in the Austrian army. When Lorre was four years old, his mother died, leaving his father with three young kids.
Peter Lorre. Actor: M. Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein in Rózsahegy in the Slovak area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Hungarian Jewish parents. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in elementary and secondary schools in the Austria-Hungary capitol Vienna, but did not complete. As a youth he ran away from home, first working as a ...
Elvira Freischberger Löwenstein Birth 1883. Zubrohlava, okres Námestovo, Žilinský, Slovakia Death 17 Apr 1908 (aged 24–25) Ruzomberok, okres Ružomberok ...
