- Wolfgang Zilzer
Infobox actor
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name = Wolfgang Zilzer
birthdate = birth date|1901|1|20
birthplace =Cincinnati, Ohio ,Ohio ,USA
deathdate = death date|1991|6|26
deathplace =Berlin ,Germany
othername = John Voight, Paul Andor
occupation = actor
yearsactive = fy|1915–fy|1986Wofgang Zilzer (January 20, 1901 – June 26, 1991) was a German-American stage and film actor.
Career
Zilzer was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio to German-Jewish emigrantMax Zilzer , who was engaged at the local Theater. Zilzer's mother died soon after his birth and his father returned to Germany in 1905. Zilzer appeared at different stages in children roles and made his first movie appearance in the age of 14. Around 1930 he moved to the United States but had only small success as an actor. He returned to Germany, but afterAdolf Hitler 's seizure of power Zilzer fled toFrance , where he worked as dubbing voice at several French versions of Hollywood productions. In 1935 Zilzer returned to Germany again, finally emigrating to the USA in 1937. Applying for a visa at the US embassy, he first realized his already existing US citizenship. After his emigration he started to work withErnst Lubitsch in several anti-Nazi movies, using pseudonyms to protect his father, who was still living in Berlin.Zilzer married the German-Jewish actress
Lotte Palfi , both appeared in the 1942 movie Casablanca. AfterWorld War II Zilzer appeared at different stages in the United States and in Germany.In the end of the 1980s Zilzer contracted the
Parkinson's disease and decided to return to Germany, his wife Lotte Palfi refused to do so and their marriage was divorced after almost 50 years and close to the death of Zilzer and Palfi.Wofgang Zilzer died in
Berlin and is buried at "Waldfriedhof" Zehlendorf.Filmography
References
External links
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* [http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2rdt7/Casablanca/minor_characters.html Biografy of "Casablanca"- actors]
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=854 Photographies of Wolfgang Zilzer]Persondata
NAME= Zilzer, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1901-1-20
PLACE OF BIRTH=Cincinnati ,Ohio ,USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1991-6-26
PLACE OF DEATH=Berlin ,Germany
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