Mikhail Rasumny
Soviet and American film actor
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Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, 1884[1] – February 17, 1956) was a Soviet and American film actor.
May 13, 1884
Mikhail Rasumny | |
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Rasumny and Gertrude Berg in "Hearts and Hollywood" on The Elgin Hour, 1954. | |
| Born | Mikhail Razumnyy May 13, 1884 |
| Died | February 17, 1956 (aged 71) |
| Occupations | Television, film actor |
| Years active | 1928-1956 |
| Spouse |
Maria Schunzel (m. 1947) |
Biography
Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Ephraim Zalman (Solomon) Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev and Odessa.[2] After his father's death in 1905, he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he began his theatrical career. He later moved to Moscow and emigrated to Berlin in 1927. In 1933, he opened in Paris a Yiddish revue theater "Der kundes" and in 1934 another Yiddish company, "Parizer Azazel". In 1938 in New York, he opened the Yidishe dramatishe studie (Yiddish Dramatic Studio).
Rasumny married late in life, to Maria Schunzel, in 1947.[3]
