Mischa biography
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Mischa biography
Mischa Auer
| American actor Date of Birth: 17.10.1905 Country: USA |
Content:
- Mischa Auer: A Russian-Born Hollywood Icon
- Immigration and Adoption
- Education and Career Beginnings
- "Mad Russian" on Film
- Collaborations with Stars
- Personal Life
- Later Years and Legacy
Mischa Auer: A Russian-Born Hollywood Icon
Early Life and FamilyBorn in St.
Petersburg, Russia on November 17, 1905, Mischa Auer was the son of Zoya Auer and an unknown naval officer who later died in the Russo-Japanese War. Zoya's elder brother was famed violinist and conductor Leopold Auer, but her husband abandoned her three years before Mischa's birth, marrying her younger sister.
Immigration and Adoption
Following the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Mischa and his mother fled to Constantinople in 1918.
Zoya contracted typhus and sadly passed away, leaving Mischa orphaned. Miraculously, he found his way to Italy, where he was recognized by a former student of his grandfather. With her help