Akim Tamiroff
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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian ethnicity, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school. He arrived in the US in 1923 on a tour with a troupe of actors and decided to stay. Tamiroff managed to develop a career in Hollywood despite his thick Russian accent.
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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian ethnicity, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school. He arrived in the US in 1923 on a tour with a troupe of actors and decided to stay. Tamiroff managed to develop a career in Hollywood despite his thick Russian accent.
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Known For
143 titles
The Liquidator
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Go Into Your Dance
Sadie McKee
Reckless
Black Magic
The Corsican Brothers
Hotel Paradiso
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Desert Legion
His Butler's Sister
The Soldier and the Lady
A Rose for Everyone
The Gangster
Untamed
The General Died at Dawn
Panic Button
Black Fury
The Reluctant Saint
Now and Forever
Twenty Years After
Woman Trap
The Great Bank Robbery
Here Is My Heart
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