Alexander Granach
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Actor
Personal Info
- Birth Place
- Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born Jessaja Szajko Gronach
April 18, 1890
Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died March 14, 1945 (aged 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Montefiore Cemetery
Other names Jessaja Granach
Occupation Actor
Years active 1920–1944
Spouse Martha Guttmann
(m. 1914; div. 1921)
Partner Lotte Lieven (1933–1945, his death)
Children Gad Granach
Alexander Granach (born Jessaja Szajko Gronach; April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938.
Granach was born Jessaja Szajko Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was Nosferatu (1922), F.W. Murnau's loose adaptation of Dracula, in which the actor was cast as Knock, the film's counterpart to Renfield. He co-starred in such major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931).
April 18, 1890
Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died March 14, 1945 (aged 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Montefiore Cemetery
Other names Jessaja Granach
Occupation Actor
Years active 1920–1944
Spouse Martha Guttmann
(m. 1914; div. 1921)
Partner Lotte Lieven (1933–1945, his death)
Children Gad Granach
Alexander Granach (born Jessaja Szajko Gronach; April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938.
Granach was born Jessaja Szajko Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was Nosferatu (1922), F.W. Murnau's loose adaptation of Dracula, in which the actor was cast as Knock, the film's counterpart to Renfield. He co-starred in such major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931).
Life & Career Details
Born Jessaja Szajko Gronach
April 18, 1890
Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died March 14, 1945 (aged 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Montefiore Cemetery
Other names Jessaja Granach
Occupation Actor
Years active 1920–1944
Spouse Martha Guttmann
(m. 1914; div. 1921)
Partner Lotte Lieven (1933–1945, his death)
Children Gad Granach
Alexander Granach (born Jessaja Szajko Gronach; April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938.
Granach was born Jessaja Szajko Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was Nosferatu (1922), F.W. Murnau's loose adaptation of Dracula, in which the actor was cast as Knock, the film's counterpart to Renfield. He co-starred in such major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931).
April 18, 1890
Werbowitz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died March 14, 1945 (aged 54)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place Montefiore Cemetery
Other names Jessaja Granach
Occupation Actor
Years active 1920–1944
Spouse Martha Guttmann
(m. 1914; div. 1921)
Partner Lotte Lieven (1933–1945, his death)
Children Gad Granach
Alexander Granach (born Jessaja Szajko Gronach; April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945) was a German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938.
Granach was born Jessaja Szajko Gronach in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence at the Volksbühne in Berlin. Granach entered films in 1922; among the most widely exhibited of his silent efforts was Nosferatu (1922), F.W. Murnau's loose adaptation of Dracula, in which the actor was cast as Knock, the film's counterpart to Renfield. He co-starred in such major early German talkies as Kameradschaft (1931).
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