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'''Felix Bressart''' ([[March 2]] [[1892]]—[[March 17]] [[1949]]) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. He was born in East Prussia, Germany (which is now Russia) and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, eg. as the Bailiff in the box-office hit [[Die Drei von der Tankstelle]] (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. Bressart made around 30 German films before he emigrated to the United States in 1936. The influential German community in Hollywood helped him at the start of his American career in 1939, as his first three American movies were directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Koster and Wilhelm Thiele (director of ''Die Drei von der Tankstelle''). As in Germany ten years before, Bressart soon became a popular character actor in films like [[Blossoms in the Dust]] (1941), [[The Seventh Cross]] (1944), [[A Song Is Born]] (1948) and [[Portrait of Jennie]] (1948). He also acted in three classic movies directed by his friend Ernst Lubitsch: [[Ninotchka]] (1939), [[The Shop Around the Corner]] (1940) and [[To Be or Not to Be]] (1942). After almost 40 Hollywood pictures and virtually at the peak of his career, Bressart suddenly died of leukemia at the age of 57. |
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'''Felix Bressart''' ([[March 2]] [[1892]]—[[March 17]] [[1949]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[film]] [[actor]]. He was born in [[Chernyshevskoye]], [[Russia]], and emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1936. He died in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He is known for roles in several [[Ernst Lubitsch]] films including [[The Shop Around the Corner]], [[To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)|To Be or Not to Be]], and [[Ninotchka]]. He also had a role in the 1941 film [[Blossoms in the Dust]]. |
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Felix Bressart (March 2 1892—March 17 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. He was born in East Prussia, Germany (which is now Russia) and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, eg. as the Bailiff in the box-office hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. Bressart made around 30 German films before he emigrated to the United States in 1936. The influential German community in Hollywood helped him at the start of his American career in 1939, as his first three American movies were directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Koster and Wilhelm Thiele (director of Die Drei von der Tankstelle). As in Germany ten years before, Bressart soon became a popular character actor in films like Blossoms in the Dust (1941), The Seventh Cross (1944), A Song Is Born (1948) and Portrait of Jennie (1948). He also acted in three classic movies directed by his friend Ernst Lubitsch: Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and To Be or Not to Be (1942). After almost 40 Hollywood pictures and virtually at the peak of his career, Bressart suddenly died of leukemia at the age of 57.
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