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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.
Peter Lorre (born was Ladislav (László) Löwenstein, June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian - American actor. Biography. Lorre's family was Jewish. Lorre was born in Rózsahegy (Rosenberg) in a country called Austria-Hungary. Now the place where he was born is in the country Slovakia.
Exhaustively researched and objectively told, The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre looks behind-the-scenes at a multi-dimensional life triumphant and yet tragically tangled with failed possibilities. Winner of the Rondo Award – “Best Book of 2005”. Finalist for the Theatre Librarian Association Award – 2005.
Dec 2, 2008 · Born as Ladislav Loewenstein. Actor. Interested in the theater from early on, Lorre acted on various stages in Breslau, Zurich and Vienna before coming to Berlin in 1929 when Bertolt Brecht...
Peter Lorre 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 where he worked first on the stage, then in film in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
O ften typecast as a menacing figure, Peter Lorre achieved Hollywood fame during the 1930s, first as a featured player and later as a character actor who trademarked his screen performances with a delicately strung balance between good and evil. To villainous parts he added a touch of dark humor, while he shaded comic roles with sinister overtones.
An Interview with the Author. In the summer of 2005, film historian Tom Weaver sat down with Stephen Youngkin for an interview about the Peter Lorre biography, The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre, now available from University Press of Kentucky in bookstores and through on-line merchants everywhere. Q You’ve been on the Lorre trail for a long time.
