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Leon Askin hand-signed Art-Postcard. "Leon Askin, Café Mozart. Wien 95 Sepp Dreissinger" - imprint at the lower margin.
Published as part of the series "Die Kaffehaeuser" ( The Coffee Shops ).
The Autograph comes wirth a Certificate of Authenticity.
Leon Askin (1907 - 2005) was an Austrian actor, director, author, producer.
Askin was born Leon Aschkenasy into a Jewish family in Vienna, who lost his Jewish parents in the Concentration Camp Treblinka.
In 1930s he worked as a cabaret artist and director at the "ABC Theatre" in Vienna: in this position he also helped the career of the writer Jura Soyfer get off the ground in 1935. As a highly versatile stage actor, he was well-known as "the man of a thousand faces."
Persecuted by the Nazis, Askin escaped to the United States via France, arriving in New York in 1940 with no money and less than a basic knowledge of English. When the U.S. entered the Second World War Askin joined the U.S. Army.
After the war, Askin went to Hollywood, invariably portraying foreign characters who speak English with a strong accent.
Though known to audiences primarily for his film and television work, Askin was extremely active in theater, both as an actor and a director.
He was awarded Vienna's Gold Medal of Honor.
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