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
A Gangster From Brooklyn
La moglie di mio marito
You Know What Sailors Are
King of Gamblers
Me and the Colonel
Clear All Wires!
Paris in Spring
Ursus and the Tartar Princess
The Winning Ticket
The Jungle Princess
The Great Flirtation
The Great Gambini
Straight Is the Way
The Magnificent Fraud
The Widow
Cartouche
Her Husband Lies
Either All or None
Desert Desperadoes
Death of a Jew
The Vulture
Andy... Andy Silly Andy
The Miracle Worker
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