Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1895-09-21
Day of Death
1967-08-25
Place of Birth
Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
Paul Muni
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted. His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters. He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Muni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography (36)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
The Last Angry Man
1959
Stranger on the Prowl
1952
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Counter-Attack
1945
A Song to Remember
1945
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943
Stage Door Canteen
1943
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
