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Caption: Still of James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller and Dub Taylor in You Can't Take It With You (1938)
About Mischa Ounskowsky
Actor, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew
Born: November 17, 1905
Star sign: Scorpio
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Known for: You Can't Take It With You (1938), Destry Rides Again (1939), My Man Godfrey (1936), And Then There Were None (1945)
Source: IMDB
Mischa Auer, the American screen's supreme exponent of the "Mad Russian" stereotype so dear to Yankee hearts before and after World War II, was born Mischa Ounskowsky on November 17, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia, the grandson of violinist Leopold Auer, whose surname he took when he became a professional actor in the U.S. during the 1920s. ...
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