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Mischa Auer 1905 - 1967

Mischa Auer was born on March 17, 1905 in Saint Petersburg, Санкт-Петербург County, Saint Petersburg Russia, and died at age 62 years old in March 1967. Mischa Auer was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York United States.

Mischa Auer

Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky - only at birth - buried as Mischa Auer

March 17, 1905

Saint Petersburg, Санкт-Петербург County, Saint Petersburg, Russia

March 1967

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1905

Birthday

March 17, 1905

Birthdate

Saint Petersburg, Санкт-Петербург County, Saint Petersburg Russia

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унковский; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-born American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's best-known films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936 for his performance in the screwball comedy My Man Godfrey, which led to further zany comedy roles. He later moved into television and acted in films again in France and Italy well into the 1960s. Early life
Nationality & Locations

Auer was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. His name is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German transliteration of Misha (the diminutive form of Mikhail), and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration of his surname. Auer's father was a Russian naval officer and his mother was Zoya Lvovna Auer Unkovskaya, the daughter of the Hungarian-born violinist Leopold Auer. His father died when he was three, and he was taken in by his grandfather. Leopold Auer emigrated to the United States after the Russian Revolution. Mischa Auer and his mother became separated but were reunited during the Russian Civil War. She, however, died of typhus. Auer was able to contact his grandfather, who brought the teenager to the United States in August 1920.
Religious Beliefs

Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral - Las Angeles, CA - Paid their utility bills for several years.
Professional Career

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1928 Something Always Happens Clark Frank Tuttle 1929 Marquis Preferred Albert Frank Tuttle 1929 Why Be Good? Man Dancing at The Boiler William A. Seiter Uncredited 1929 The Studio Murder Mystery Grant's Secretary Frank Tuttle Uncredited 1929 The Mighty Hood John Cromwell Uncredited 1930 Guilty? Minor Role Uncredited 1930 The Benson Murder Case Albert Brecker Frank Tuttle Uncredited 1930 Paramount on Parade Thug (Murder Will Out) Edmund Goulding and 10 other directors Uncredited 1930 Inside the Lines Amahdi Roy Pomeroy[10] 1930 Shooting Straight Frenchie George Archainbaud Uncredited 1930 Just Imagine B-36 David Butler 1931 The Royal Bed Grecian Ambassador Lowell Sherman Uncredited 1931 No Limit Romeo Frank Tuttle 1931 Command Performance Duke Charles Walter Lang 1931 It Pays to Advertise Man Putting Sign on Car Frank Tuttle Uncredited 1931 King of the Wild Prince Dakka, escaped lunatic Theodore Joos 1931 The Drums of Jeopardy Peter George B. Seitz 1931 The Spy Man in Cafe Berthold Viertel 1931 Always Goodbye Mechanic William Cameron Menzies Uncredited 1931 Women of All Nations Hassan's Aide Raoul Walsh Uncredited 1931 Women Love Once Oscar Edward Goodman 1931 The Lady from Nowhere Rigo Richard Thorpe 1931 The Unholy Garden Prince Nicolai Poliakoff George Fitzmaurice 1931 The Yellow Ticket Melchior Raoul Walsh 1931 Working Girls Elsie's Boyfriend Dorothy Arzner Uncredited 1931 Mata Hari Firing Squad Victim George Fitzmaurice Uncredited 1931 Delicious Mischa David Butler 1932 The Monster Walks Hanns Krug Frank R. Strayer 1932 Murder at Dawn Henry Richard Thorpe 1932 Sinister Hands Swami Yomurda Armand Schaefer 1932 Arsène Lupin Louvre Tour Guide Jack Conway Uncredited 1932 Midnight Patrol Dummy Black Christy Cabanne 1932 The Last of the Mohicans General Montcalm B. Reeves Eason 1932 No Greater Love Rabbi 1932 Beauty Parlor Herman Bauer Richard Thorpe 1932 Almost Married Russian Policeman William Cameron Menzies Uncredited 1932 Drifting Souls Skeets Louis King 1932 The Western Code Chapman John P. McCarthy 1932 Scarlet Dawn Sergei William Dieterle Uncredited 1932 Call Her Savage Agitator in Restaurant John Francis Dillon Uncredited 1932 The Unwritten Law Abu Zeyd Christy Cabanne 1932 The Sign of the Cross Christian in Dungeon Cecil B. DeMille Uncredited 1932 Rasputin and the Empress Butler Pouring Drinks at Party Richard Boleslawski Uncredited 1933 Dangerously Yours Kassim Frank Tuttle 1933 Clear All Wires! Arab Leader George Hill Uncredited 1933 Sucker Money Swami Yomurda Melville Shyer 1933 The Intruder Wild Man Albert Ray 1933 Gabriel Over the White House Mr. Thieson Gregory La Cava Uncredited 1933 Infernal Machine Klein Marcel Varnel Martin Santell Uncredited 1933 The Flaming Signal Manu—High Priest Charles E. Roberts 1933 I Loved You Wednesday Piano Accompanist William Cameron Menzies Uncredited 1933 Corruption Volkov Charles E. Roberts 1933 Storm at Daybreak Assassin Richard Boleslawski Uncredited 1933 Tarzan the Fearless Eltar, High Priest of Zar Robert F. Hill 1933 The Way to Love Songwriter at Piano Norman Taurog Uncredited 1933 After Tonight Adjutant Lehan George Archainbaud 1933 Cradle Song Village Priest Mitchell Leisen 1933 Girl Without a Room Walksky Ralph Murphy 1934 Moulin Rouge Sculptor Sidney Lanfield scenes deleted 1934 The Crosby Case DeCobra Edwin L. Marin Uncredited 1934 Wharf Angel Sadik George Somnes 1934 The Woman Condemned Dr. Wagner Dorothy Davenport 1934 Viva Villa! Military Attaché William Wellman Uncredited 1934 The Trumpet Blows Stephen Roberts 1934 Change of Heart Smith John G. Blystone Uncredited 1934 Stamboul Quest Sam Wood Jack Conway (uncredited)[11] 1934 Beyond the Law Tully D. Ross Lederman 1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Hassan Roy Del Ruth 1934 Student Tour Sikh Cop Charles Reisner Uncredited 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl Mr. Rabinowitz Edward H. Griffith Uncredited 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Captured Afridi Henry Hathaway Uncredited 1935 Mystery Woman Dmitri Eugene Forde 1935 Clive of India King Suraj Ud Dowlah Richard Boleslawski 1935 Murder in the Fleet Kamchukan consul Edward Sedgwick 1935 The Adventures of Rex and Rinty Tanaga [Chs. 1, 4, 8, 10-12] B. Reeves Eason Serial 1935 The Crusades Monk Cecil B. DeMille 1935 Anna Karenina Mahotin Clarence Brown Uncredited 1935 Condemned to Live Zan Frank R. Strayer 1935 I Dream Too Much Darcy's Pianist John Cromwell 1935 We're Only Human William 'Lefty' Berger James Flood Clem Beauchamp (assistant) Uncredited 1936 Tough Guy Chi Chester Franklin 1936 Here Comes Trouble Lewis Seiler 1936 The House of a Thousand Candles Victor Demetrius Arthur Lubin 1936 Sons o' Guns German Spy Lloyd Bacon 1936 One Rainy Afternoon Leading man Rowland V. Lee 1936 The Princess Comes Across Inspector Morevitch William K. Howard 1936 My Man Godfrey Carlo Gregory La Cava 1936 The Gay Desperado Diego Rouben Mamoulian 1936 Winterset A radical Alfred Santell 1936 College Holiday Ticket Taker at Door Frank Tuttle Uncredited 1936 Three Smart Girls Count Arisztid Henry Koster 1936 That Girl from Paris Butch Leigh Jason 1937 Top of the Town Hamlet Walter Lang 1937 We Have Our Moments Capt. Enrico Mussetti Alfred L. Werker 1937 Pick a Star Rinaldo Lopez Edward Sedgwick 1937 Marry the Girl Dimitri Kyeff William C. McGann 1937 It's All Yours Baron Rene de Montigny Elliott Nugent 1937 Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 Prince Muratov Irving Cummings Charles Kerr (assistant) 1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl Michael Borodoff Henry Koster 1937 Merry-Go-Round of 1938 Mischa 1937 Prescription for Romance Count Sandor S. Sylvan Simon 1938 The Rage of Paris Mike Lebedovich Henry Koster 1938 You Can't Take It with You Potap Kolenkhov Frank Capra 1938 Service de Luxe Serge Bebenko Rowland V. Lee 1938 Little Tough Guys in Society Dr. Trenkle Erle C. Kenton 1938 Sweethearts Leo Kronk W.S. Van Dyke 1939 East Side of Heaven Nicky David Butler 1939 Unexpected Father Boris Bebenko Charles Lamont 1939 Destry Rides Again Boris Callahan George Marshall 1940 Alias the Deacon Andre Christy Cabanne 1940 Sandy Is a Lady Felix Lobo Smith Charles Lamont 1940 Public Deb No. 1 Grisha Gregory Ratoff 1940 Spring Parade Gustav Henry Koster 1940 Margie Gomez Paul Gerard Smith 1940 Seven Sinners Sasha Mencken Tay Garnett 1940 Trail of the Vigilantes Bolo 1941 The Flame of New Orleans Zolotov René Clair 1941 Cracked Nuts Boris Kabikoff Edward F. Cline 1941 Hold That Ghost Gregory Arthur Lubin 1941 Sing Another Chorus Stanislaus Charles Lamont 1941 Moonlight in Hawaii 'Clipper' Canovan Charles Lamont 1941 Hellzapoppin' Pepi H. C. Potter Joseph A. McDonough (assistant) Edward F. Cline (additional comedy scenes) 1942 Don't Get Personal Stainslaus Noodnick a.k.a. Charlie Charles Lamont 1942 Twin Beds Nicolai Cherupin Tim Whelan 1943 Around The World Himself Allan Dwan Harry Scott (assistant) 1944 Lady in the Dark Russell Paxton Mitchell Leisen 1944 Up in Mabel's Room Boris Allan Dwan 1945 A Royal Scandal Captain Sukov Ernst Lubitsch 1945 Brewster's Millions Michael Michaelovich Allan Dwan 1945 And Then There Were None Prince Nikita Starloff René Clair 1946 Sentimental Journey Gregory Petrovich Rogozhin Walter Lang 1946 She Wrote the Book Joe Charles Lamont 1947 For You I Die Alec Shaw John Reinhardt 1948 Sofia Ali Imagu John Reinhardt 1949 A Night of Fame Bernard Stork Steno 1949 Snow White and the Seven Thieves Mirko Giacomo Gentilomo 1950 Vivere a sbafo Il Cavalier Pippo Berlocco 1952 Song of Paris Comte Marcel de Sarliac John Guillermin 1954 Service Entrance Nicolas Pouchkoff Carlo Rim 1955 School for Love Berger Marc Allégret 1955 Frou-Frou Grand Duke Alexis Augusto Genina 1955 L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet The unsuccessful writer, a lodger André Hunebelle 1955 Mr. Arkadin the Professor Orson Welles 1955 La pícara molinera el corregidor 1955 Thirteen at the Table Badabof André Hunebelle 1956 Naughty Girl Igor the ballet master Michel Boisrond 1956 Trois de la Canebière Garopoulos 1956 Mannequins of Paris Yaschlik 1956 Plucking the Daisy Alexis the taxi driver Marc Allégret Uncredited 1956 The Monte Carlo Story Hector, the Maitre D' Samuel A. Taylor 1957 La polka des menottes Charles Magne 1957 Nathalie Cyril Boran 1958 Tabarin Boris Richard Pottier 1958 Le tombeur M. Pedro Olivaro 1958 Sacrée Jeunesse Prof. Koranoff 1958 A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik Professor Papov Jean Dréville 1962 We Joined the Navy Colonel & President Wendy Toye 1963 The King's Breakfast Master of the King's music Short 1963 Les femmes d'abord Le baron Lionel de Balconi 1964 Cleopazza Produttore Strombic 1964 Queste pazze pazze donne The Psychiatrist 1964 Clémentine chérie Le décorateur 1964 I due mafiosi Mischa Giorgio Simonelli 1964 What Ever Happened to Baby Toto? Count Mischa Ottavio Alessi 1966 The Christmas That Almost Wasn't Jonathan, the elf foreman Rossano Brazzi 1966 Drop Dead Darling Romeo Ken Hughes 1967 Per amore... per magia... Magrebì, Grand Duke of Forilarì Duccio Tessari (final film role
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1967

Death

March 1967

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Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Gloversville, Fulton County, New York 12078, United States
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Obituary

Career Auer began performing on the stage in the 1920s in Bertha Kalich's Thalia Yiddish Theater, then moved to Hollywood, where he first appeared in 1928 in Something Always Happens. He appeared in several small, mostly uncredited roles into the 1930s, appearing in such films as Rasputin and the Empress, Viva Villa!, The Yellow Ticket, the George Gershwin musical Delicious, the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade, and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. In 1936, Auer was cast as Alice Brady's protégé in the comedy My Man Godfrey, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Prior to that, he had been mostly playing villains. He stated, "That one role made a comic out of me." From then on, he was regularly cast in zany comedy roles. Auer played the ballet instructor Kolenkov in the Best Picture-winning You Can't Take It with You and the prince-turned-fashion designer in Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938. Auer can also be seen cavorting in such films as: Arsène Lupin (1932), One Hundred Men and a Girl, Hold That Ghost, Destry Rides Again, Spring Parade, Hellzapoppin', Cracked Nuts, Lady in the Dark, and Up in Mabel's Room (1944). He was also one of the large cast of And Then There Were None, and appeared in a pair of vehicles for opera singer Lily Pons. In the 1950s, Auer appeared on several episodic television series, such as Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Studio One, Broadway Television Theatre, and The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre. He appeared in Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin (1955), and in the 1960s, he made several films in France and Italy, including The Christmas That Almost Wasn't. Personal life Auer married four times and had three children. His first wife was Norma Tillman (1931–1941), whom he married in 1931. They had a son Anthony and a daughter Zoia. They divorced in 1941. In the same year, he married Joyce Hunter (4 December 1941 – 1950), his second wife, whom he lived with for 9 years. His third wife was Susanne Kalish (5 May 1950 – 1957), and they had one daughter. His fourth wife was Elise Souls Lee (1965–5 March 1967) who died in 1976. Philanthropy Auer paid the utility bills of the Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral (in Los Angeles) for several years. Death Auer died of cardiovascular disease in Rome in 1967 and was interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gloversville, New York.

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