Born April 19, 1897· Samara, Russian Empire [now Russia]
† Died December 14, 1960
31Filmography★ 6.4Average rating
Born in Samara to a Jewish family, he began studying law at the University of St. Petersburg before military service in the Czar’s army interrupted his education; after World War I he turned to acting with the Moscow Art Theater, fled the Bolshevik turmoil, and eventually settled in the United States via Paris and Broadway. His early work in New York’s Yiddish theater and on the Broadway stage led…
