Morris Carnovsky

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/05/1897
Birthplace: St Louis, Missouri, USA
Death Date: 09/01/1992

biography

A distinguished American stage actor with a background in Yiddish-language theater, Carnovsky worked with the Theater Guild on Broadway in the 1920s before becoming involved with New York's Group Theater, for whom he originated the roles of Dr. Levine in "Men in White", Jacob in "Awake and Sing!" and Mr. Bonaparte in "Golden Boy". In the late 1930s Carnovsky gravitated to Hollywood, where he began with a memorable turn as author Anatole France in the Oscar-winning "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937) and expounded his anti-fascist views in Lewis Milestone's "Edge of Darkness" (1943) and Herbert Continued

Credits

Martinelli
1947
A R Lowenthal

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Attended St. Louis Yiddish theater productions as a child
1914 
Played Benjamin Disraeli in a high school play
1920 
Professional stage acting debut with the Henry Jewett Players in Boston
 
Moved to New York City
1922 
Broadway debut in "The God of Vengeance"
Continued

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