Alexander Granach

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Alexander Granach was a German-Jewish stage and film actor known for his expressive character roles in Weimar cinema and early Hollywood films.

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instanceOf German Jew
film actor
human
stage actor
activeYearsEnd 1945
activeYearsStart 1910
birthName Jessaja Szajko Granach
burialPlace Mount Hebron Cemetery
causeOfDeath pulmonary embolism
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1890-04-18
dateOfDeath 1945-03-14
emigratedTo Soviet Union
United States of America
ethnicGroup Jewish people
linked to: Jews
familyName Granach
genre Weimar cinema
silent film
genreOfWrittenWork autobiography
givenName Alexander
hasChild Gad Granach
languageOfWorkOrName German
Yiddish
movement Expressionist cinema
name Alexander Granach
nationality German
notableFor expressive character roles
notableRole Bulat in For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)
Knock in Nosferatu
linked to: Nosferatu
notableWork For Whom the Bell Tolls (film)
Ninotchka
Nosferatu
The Murderers Are Among Us
occupation actor
film actor
stage actor
placeOfBirth Austria-Hungary
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Werbowce
placeOfDeath New York City
United States of America
portrayedIn Gad Granach’s memoir "Where is Home?"
religion Judaism
spouse Lilli Schoenborn-Anspach
workedAt Deutsches Theater Berlin
workedIn Hollywood film industry
Weimar Republic film industry
wrote Da geht ein Mensch

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Ninotchka starring Alexander Granach
Alexander Granach name Alexander Granach
Nosferatu starred Alexander Granach
Hangmen Also Die! hasCastMember Alexander Granach