Felix Bressart

Felix Bressart

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Felix Bressart (March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949) was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Felix Bressart (pronounced "BRESS-ert") was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia) and was already a very experienced stage actor when he had his film debut in 1928. He started off as a supporting actor, e.g. as the Bailiff in the box-office hit Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930), but had soon established himself in leading roles of minor movies. After the Nazis seized power in 1933, Jewish-born Bressart had to leave Germany and continued his career in German-speaking movies in Austria, where Jewish artists were still relatively safe. After no fewer than 30 films in eight years, he emigrated to the United States. One of Bressart's former European colleagues was Joe Pasternak, now a successful Hollywood producer. Bressart's first American film was Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939), a vehicle for Universal Pictures' top attraction, Deanna Durbin. Pasternak also selected the reliable Bressart to perform in a screen test opposite Pasternak's newest discovery, Gloria Jean. The influential German community in Hollywood helped to establish Bressart in America, as his earliest American movies were directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Henry Koster, and Wilhelm Thiele (director of Die Drei von der Tankstelle). Bressart scored a great success in Lubitsch's Ninotchka, produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM signed Bressart to a studio contract in 1939. Most of his MGM work consisted of featured roles in major films like Edison, the Man. He combined his mildly inflected East European accent with a soft-spoken delivery to create kindly, friendly characters, as in Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be, in which he sensitively recites Shylock's famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech from The Merchant of Venice. Lubitsch also directed Bressart to similar effect in The Shop Around the Corner. Bressart soon became a popular character actor in films like Blossoms in the Dust (1941), The Seventh Cross (1944), and Without Love (1945). Perhaps his largest role was in RKO Radio Pictures' "B" musical comedy Ding Dong Williams, filmed in 1945. Bressart, billed third, played the bemused supervisor of a movie studio's music department, and appeared in formal wear to conduct Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu." After almost 40 Hollywood pictures, Felix Bressart suddenly died of leukemia at the age of 57. His last film was My Friend Irma (1949), the movie version of a popular radio show. Bressart died during production, forcing the producers to finish the film with Hans Conried. In the final film, Conried speaks throughout, but Bressart is still seen in the long shots. Description above from the Wikipedia article Felix Bressart, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

  • Popularita : 2.575
  • Známy pre : Acting
  • Narodeniny : 1892-03-02
  • Miesto narodenia : Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Chernyshevskoe, Russia]
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  • 1942
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    To Be or Not to Be

    To Be or Not to Be

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  • 1930
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    Die Drei von der Tankstelle

    Die Drei von der Tankstelle

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  • 1930
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    Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters

    Der Kampf mit dem Drachen oder: Die Tragödie des Untermieters

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  • 1939
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    Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

    7.5 1939 HD

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    The Shop Around the Corner

    The Shop Around the Corner

    8.155 1940 HD

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  • 1949
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    Take One False Step

    Take One False Step

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  • 1940
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    Comrade X

    Comrade X

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  • 1943
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    Above Suspicion

    Above Suspicion

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  • 1942
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    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    5.9 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Edison, the Man

    Edison, the Man

    6.619 1940 HD

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    It All Came True

    It All Came True

    5.6 1940 HD

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    Third Finger, Left Hand

    Third Finger, Left Hand

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    Blossoms in the Dust

    Blossoms in the Dust

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    The Seventh Cross

    The Seventh Cross

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    Escape

    Escape

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  • 1945
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    Dangerous Partners

    Dangerous Partners

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    Blonde Fever

    Blonde Fever

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  • 1939
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    Swanee River

    Swanee River

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    I've Always Loved You

    I've Always Loved You

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  • 1934
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    Peter, das Mädchen von der Tankstelle

    Peter, das Mädchen von der Tankstelle

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  • 1933
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    Wie d'Warret würkt

    Wie d'Warret würkt

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    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

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    Married Bachelor

    Married Bachelor

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    Bridal Suite

    Bridal Suite

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  • 1931
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    Nie wieder Liebe

    Nie wieder Liebe

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    Der Schrecken der Garnison

    Der Schrecken der Garnison

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  • 1932
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    Goldblondes Mädchen, ich schenk Dir mein Herz - Ich bin ja so verliebt...

    Goldblondes Mädchen, ich schenk Dir mein Herz - Ich bin ja so verliebt...

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  • 1931
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    Der Herr Bürovorsteher

    Der Herr Bürovorsteher

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  • 1946
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    Ding Dong Williams

    Ding Dong Williams

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  • 1930
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    Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du

    Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du

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    Die zärtlichen Verwandten

    Die zärtlichen Verwandten

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  • 1943
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    Three Hearts for Julia

    Three Hearts for Julia

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  • 1931
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    Ausflug ins Leben

    Ausflug ins Leben

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  • 1941
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    Ziegfeld Girl

    Ziegfeld Girl

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  • 1946
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    Her Sister's Secret

    Her Sister's Secret

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  • 1930
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    Es gibt eine Frau, die dich niemals vergißt

    Es gibt eine Frau, die dich niemals vergißt

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  • 1935
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    Alles für die Firma

    Alles für die Firma

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  • 1931
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    Trara um Liebe

    Trara um Liebe

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  • 1941
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    Kathleen

    Kathleen

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  • 1939
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    Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    7.3 1939 HD

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    Drei Tage Mittelarrest

    Drei Tage Mittelarrest

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  • 1936
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    Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

    Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben

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  • 1928
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    Liebe im Kuhstall

    Liebe im Kuhstall

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  • 1931
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    Der wahre Jakob

    Der wahre Jakob

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    Die Privatsekretärin

    Die Privatsekretärin

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  • 1944
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    Song of Russia

    Song of Russia

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    Greenwich Village

    Greenwich Village

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  • 1946
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    Don't Be a Sucker!

    Don't Be a Sucker!

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    The Thrill of Brazil

    The Thrill of Brazil

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  • 1933
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    ...und wer küßt mich?

    ...und wer küßt mich?

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  • 1945
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    Without Love

    Without Love

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  • 1942
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    Iceland

    Iceland

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  • 1934
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    Salto in die Seligkeit

    Salto in die Seligkeit

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  • 1948
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    A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born

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  • 1930
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    Das alte Lied

    Das alte Lied

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  • 1948
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    Portrait of Jennie

    Portrait of Jennie

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  • 1934
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    C'était un musicien

    C'était un musicien

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  • 1932
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    Visul lui Tanase

    Visul lui Tanase

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    Holzapfel weiß alles

    Holzapfel weiß alles

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  • 1935
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    Viereinhalb Musketiere

    Viereinhalb Musketiere

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    Ball im Savoy

    Ball im Savoy

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  • 1942
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    Mr. and Mrs. North

    Mr. and Mrs. North

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