Muni, Paul

Muni, Paul
(1895-1967)
   Actor Paul Muni was born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund in Galicia (now Ukraine). His family immigrated to the United States in 1902, and Muni first appeared on stage in Yiddish theater in 1907. His first Broadway appearance was in We Americans in 1924. He received an Oscar nomination for his role in The Valiant (1929) and returned to Broadway before starring in the role of the gangster Scarface in 1932. That same year, he appeared in Mervyn Leroy’s powerful study of the southern convict system set against the harsh backdrop of the Great Depression, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Muni made several biographical films, including The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), The Life of Emile Zola (1937), and Juarez (1939). His portrayal of Pasteur won him an Oscar. In 1937, Muni played a Chinese farmer in the film version of Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth. Muni only made six more films, his final one being The Last Angry Man in 1959. He did, however, continue to work on the stage and won a Tony Award in 1955 for his role in Inherit the Wind.
   See also Cinema.

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  • MUNI, PAUL — (Muni Weisenfreund; 1895–1967), U.S. actor. He started acting at the age of 12 in Chicago. maurice schwartz recognized his talent and persuaded him to join his new Yiddish speaking Jewish Art Theater in 1918. Muni got his first real opportunity… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Muni, Paul — (Muni Weisenfreud) (1895–1967)    Actor. Paul Muni’s family emigrated to the United States from Poland in 1902, settling in Chicago. An actor from the age of twelve, he graduated to Hollywood films from the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. He… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

  • Muni, Paul — ▪ American actor original name  Muni Weisenfreund  born September 22, 1895, Lemberg, Austria [now Lviv, Ukraine] died August 25, 1967, Montecito, Calif., U.S.       American stage and film actor acclaimed for his portrayals of noted historical… …   Universalium

  • Muni, Paul — (1895 1967)    A native of Lemberg, Austria, Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund immigrated with his parents, Yiddish theatre actors, to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1902. He made his debut in Yiddish theatre in 1908, often cast as a female or old man, but in… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • Muni, Paul — • МУ НИ (Muni) Пол (Пауль) (наст. имя и фам. Фредерих Майер Вайзенфройнд, Weisenfreund) (22.9.1895 25.8.1967)    амер. актёр. Выступал в нью йоркском евр. т ре, с 1926 на Бродвее. В 1929, начав сниматься в кино, принял псевд. М. В 1932 в ф. Лицо… …   Кино: Энциклопедический словарь

  • Muni, Paul — pseud. di Weisenfreund, Paul …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Muni, Paul — ► (1897 1967) Actor cinematográfico estadounidense. Películas: Scarface, Doctor Sócrates, Luis Pasteur, entre otras …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Muni, Paul (Weissenfreund, Muni) — (1895 1967)    American actor. He began acting at the age of 12 in Chicago and in 1918 joined the Yiddish Art Theatre in New York. He appeared in numerous plays on Broadway as well as in films …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

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  • Muni — is a common abbreviation for municipal or a city related service or organization: The Muny, an outdoor musical theatre in St. Louis, Missouri Municipal bond San Francisco Municipal Railway, the public transit agency for San Francisco, California… …   Wikipedia

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