Mikhail Rasumny

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Mikhail Rasumny
Rasumny and Gertrude Berg in "Hearts and Hollywood" on The Elgin Hour, 1954.
Born	Mikhail Razumnyy (1884-05-13)May 13, 1884 Odessa, Russian Empire
Died	February 17, 1956(1956-02-17) (aged 71) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation	Television, film actor
Years active	1928-1956
Spouse(s)	Maria Schunzel ​ (m. 1947)​

Mikhail Rasumny (May 13, 1884,^[1] in Odessa, Russian empire – February 17, 1956, in United States) was a Soviet and American film actor.

Biography[]

Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Ephraim Zalman (Solomon) Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev and Odessa.^[2] After his father's death in 1905, he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he began his theatrical career. He later moved to Moscow and emigrated to Berlin in 1927. In 1933, he opened in Paris a Yiddish revue theater "Der kundes" and in 1934 another Yiddish company. "Parizer Azazel". In 1938 in New York, he opened the Yidishe dramatishe studie (Yiddish Dramatic Studio).

Rasumny married late in life, to Maria Schunzel, in 1947.^[3] He was survived by his wife when he died in 1956, and was buried at Beth Olam Cemetery in Los Angeles.^[4]

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