Mischa Auer (17 November 1905 in St. Petersburg - 5 March 1967 in Rome) was a Russian actor, born Mischa Ounskowsky. Young Ounskowsky renamed himself Auer after his grandfather, violinist Leopold Auer. He began stage work in the 1920s, then moved to Hollywood, where he first appeared in 1928 in "Something Always Happens". He appeared in several small and mostly uncredited roles into the 1930s, … Wikipedia
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Mischa Auer, the American screen's supreme exponent of the "Mad Russian" stereotype so dear to Yankee hears before and after World War II, was born Mischa Ounskowsky on November 17, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russia, the grandson of violinist Leopold Auer, w www.imdb.com/name/nm0041681/