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- Birth nameOscar Leopold Karlweis
- Oskar Karlweis was born on June 10, 1894 in Hinterbrühl, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for 5 Fingers (1952), Three from the Filling Station (1930) and Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956). He was married to Ninon Tallon Karlweiss. He died on January 24, 1956 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseNinon Tallon Karlweiss(1944 - January 24, 1956) (his death)
- Today the name Oskar Karlweis nearly fell into oblivion.
- Austrian stage and film actor, dancer and singer. Performing from 1912, he was at the peak of his popularity in operettas and comedies in Munich, Berlin and Vienna during the 1920's. Long with the Theater in der Josefstadt, also in occasional films (notably as one of Lillian Harvey's suitors in Three from the Filling Station (1930)). Due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, he was forced to leave Austria after the 1938 'Anschluss', eventually resettling in the U.S. where he appeared on Broadway and in occasional films and television productions.
- The actor Oskar Karlweis became a very popular actor in entertainment movies at the beginning of the talkies.
- He grew up in an artistic surrounding. His father was a successful writer in Austria under the pen name C. Karlweis and his older sister Marta Weiss was also a writer. So Oskar Karlweis also entered an artistic career.
- The year 1930 was the year in which Oskar Karlweis took the big screen by storm.
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