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- Ludwig Donath was born on March 6, 1900 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Vienna, Austria]. He was an actor, known for Torn Curtain (1966), Gilda (1946) and The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943). He was married to Jean Montrose and Maria Josefa Camsky. He died on September 29, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesJean Montrose(1955 - September 29, 1967) (his death)Maria Josefa Camsky(December 23, 1933 - ?)
- Gaunt character actor, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna. Donath had a distinguished career on the stages of Vienna and Berlin, before leaving Nazi Germany in 1933. He arrived in Hollywood via Switzerland and England. In films from 1942, he was often typecast as Nazis. Donath was briefly blacklisted in the 1950's for alleged left-wing connections, but resumed steady television work in 1957 for the remaining ten years of his life.
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