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Paul Muni
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Actor Born: September 22, 1895 in Lemberg, Austria (Lvov, Russia) Death: August 25, 1967 in Santa Barbara, CA Biography:Born in 1895 in what was then Austria and what is now Russia, "Paul Muni" was brought to the U.S. in 1902 by his parents, who were both touring Yiddish-language actors. "Muni" made his stage debut in 1907, and before reaching his teen years was recruited by "Maurice Schwartz"'s Yiddish Art Theatre, where "Muni" specialized in playing very old men. He did not perform in English until he was 29; his first Broadway appearance was in 1926's We Americans. Minus the character makeup which distinguished most of his earlier stage appearances, "Muni" scored a hit as a gangster in the Broadway production Four Walls. He was signed by Fox Studios in 1929, but he was so displeased by his first two films ("The Valiant" and "Seven Faces") that he hurried back to Broadway. In 1931, "Muni" starred in the original stage production of Counsellor at Law, and also resumed his film career, playing a sister-obsessed Al... Full Biography
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