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Walter Slezak (German pronunciation: [ˌvaltɐ ˈslɛzak]; 3 May 1902 – 21 April 1983) was an Austrian-born film and stage actor active between 1922 and 1976. He mainly appeared in German films before migrating to the United States in 1930 and performing in numerous Hollywood productions.
Slezak was born in Hollywood, California, of Czech, Austrian, German-Jewish and Dutch descent, the daughter of Tony Award-winning Austrian actor Walter Slezak and Johanna "Kaasi" Van Rijn, and the granddaughter of opera tenor Leo Slezak. [1] [2] Her godmother was Alma Mahler-Werfel. She was born two months after her grandfather died.
April 21 – Walter Slezak, Austrian-born American actor (b. 1902) April 22 – Earl "Fatha" Hines, American musician (b. 1903) April 23. Buster Crabbe, American actor and athlete (b. 1908) Suzanne La Follette, American libertarian feminist (b. 1893) Selena Royle, American actress and writer (b. 1904) April 30
L-R: Walter Slezak, John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead, Henry Hull, William Bendix, Heather Angel, Mary Anderson, Canada Lee, and Hume Cronyn in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944) Hodiak then caught the eye of director Alfred Hitchcock, and on loan to 20th Century Fox, he was featured in Lifeboat opposite Tallulah Bankhead. [7]
In July 2023, Slezak paid tribute to her One Life to Live co-star, Andrea Evans, following her death at 66 from breast cancer. Evans portrayed her half-sister, Tina Lord, on the show. Evans ...
Born to Kill (released in the U.K. as Lady of Deceit and in Australia as Deadlier Than the Male) is a 1947 RKO Pictures American film noir starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor and Walter Slezak with Esther Howard, Elisha Cook Jr., and Audrey Long in supporting roles.
Amanda Davies, the daughter of “One Life to Live” actor Erika Slezak, has died.
Criminal Minds and S.W.A.T. star Shemar Moore kicked off his TV career starring as Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 2005 (with a hiatus from 2002 to 2004). He earned ...