October 27, 1899 - September 17, 1972
Akim Tamiroff
βFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff Β (Russian: ΠΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΠΈΡ Π°ΠΉΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ Π’Π°ΠΌΠΈΡΠΎΠ²; 29 October 1899 β 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akim Tamiroff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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