Maur, Meinhart, 1884-1964

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The Hungarian actor Meinhart Maur was born Menyhert Grünbaum on August 18, 1884. He took the stage-name Meinhart Maur in 1903, upon moving to Germany, where he studied at the Dusseldorf Academy. He gave stage, screen, and radio performances throughout Europe, and was also active in the Jewish theater. Maur moved to England in 1936 to appear in the A. Korda film, Rembrandt, and remained there with his wife, actress Annie Arden. Continuing his career as a character actor into the 1950s, he appeared in such films as Tales of Hoffmann, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, as well as in live theater.

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associatedWith Arden, Annie. person
correspondedWith Beer-Hofmann, Richard, 1866-1945 person
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Europe
Subject
Actors
Actors
Jewish actors
Occupation
Actors
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Birth 1884

Death 1964

Male

Hungarians

English,

German,

Hungarian

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