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Anatole Litvak

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Anatole Litvak
  • Birth Name:
    Michael Anatole Litvak
  • Date of Birth:
    May 10, 1902
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Taurus
  • Place of Birth:
    Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
  • Place of Death:
    Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
  • Date of Death:
    December 15, 1974
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Ukrainian

Family

Anatole Litvak
  • Spouse:
    Sophie Steur -
    Miriam Hopkins - divorced

Career

Anatole Litvak

Trivia

Anatole Litvak
  • For his contribution to the motion picture industry, he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6633 Hollywood Blvd.
  • At the end of the war, he returned to filmmaking and, in 1948, Litvak was Oscar nominated as Best Director for The Snake Pit.
  • Litvak served with the United States Army during World War II and joined with fellow director Frank Capra to make the Why We Fight film series.
  • In 1940, his film All This and Heaven Too was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture.
  • As a teenager, he worked at a theater in St. Petersburg and took acting lessons at the State drama school.
  • He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Snake Pit (1948).
  • Was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a various countries and languages.

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