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- Birth nameFrigyes Ábel
- Frédéric O'Brady was born on December 11, 1903 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for Casablanca (1942), Roman Holiday (1953) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He was married to Colette Fleuriot. He died on February 23, 2003 in Rochester, New York, USA.
- SpouseColette Fleuriot(December 1960 - March 2, 2003) (his death)
- Jean-Paul Sartre is said to have told him, "You are the only non-existentialist who understands Existentialism.".
- When World War II started, he joined the French Foreign Legion.
- During World War II, while living in Paris, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Nazis because they thought he was Max Hymans, one of the organizers of the Resistance, who used to sign his messages, "Frederic".
- Spoke 10 languages.
- Appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to demonstrate a new type of finger puppet he invented made out of ping-pong balls.
- Suicides in the [O'Brady] family were almost as common as laundry days, and indeed I believe they had to stop because the raw material ran out.
- My mother was the ugliest woman I ever saw.
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