- Sig Arno
Infobox Actor
name = Sig Arno
imagesize = 185px
caption = publicity photo (fy|1931)
birthname = Siegfried Aron
birthdate =27 December 1895
birthplace =Hamburg, Germany
deathdate =17 August fy|1975
deathplace =Woodland Hills, California U.S.
othername =
occupation = stage and film actor
yearsactive = c.1915–fy|1961
spouse = Caroline Dahms
fy|1922–fy|1932 "(divorce)"
Barbara Kiranoff
fy|1934–fy|1953 "(divorce)"
Kitty Mattern
fy|1953–fy|1975 "(his death)"
domesticpartner =
website =Sig Arno (born Siegfried Aron, 27 December fy|1895–
17 August fy|1975 was a German film actor who appeared in such films as "Pardon My Sarong ", and "The Mummy's Tomb ". He may be best remembered from "The Palm Beach Story " (fy|1942) as "Toto", the nonsense-talking mustachio'd little man who follows around Mary Astor's "Princess Centimillia".Biography
Sig Arno was born in
Hamburg ,Germany . Before beginning to make films in fy|1920, he was well known in Germany as a stage comedian.Erickson, Hal [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:2344~T1 Biography (Allmovie)] ] He acted in ninety films in Germany – includingG.W. Pabst 's Pandora's Box withLouise Brooks – playing primarily comic roles, before leaving the country in fy|1933, due to the rise of Hitler. He worked in Europe until fy|1939, when he moved toHollywood .In the next twenty years he appeared in over fifty films, [imdb name|0036324] often playing waiters, maitre d's and "funny Europeans." Arno also appeared three times on Broadway [ibdb name|101040] , notably in the musical "
Song of Norway " and the play "Time Remembered " byJean Anouilh , [ibdb title|2656|Time Remembered] for which he was nominated for aTony Award as "Best Featured Actor in a Play" in 1958. [IBDB [http://ibdb.com/awardperson.asp?id=101040 Awards] ] In fy|1966, Arno won an honorary award at theGerman Film Awards "for his continued outstanding individual contributions to the German film over the years." [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036324/awards Awards] ]Arno, who besides acting was also a successful portrait painter, was married three times:
*Caroline Dahms (fy|1922–fy|1932, ended in divorce, 1 child)
*Barbara Kiranoff (fy|1934–fy|1953, ended in divorce)
*Kitty Mattern (fy|1953–fy|1975, ended with his death) [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036324/awards Biography] ]He died from
Parkinson's disease inWoodland Hills ,Los Angeles ,California onAugust 17 1975 , at the age of 80.Notes
External links
*imdb name|0036324
*amg name|2:2344
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=704 Sig Arno] at Virtual History Film (photos)
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