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Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays, and more than 100 films, during a 50-year career, and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo.
Edward G. Robinson. Actor: Double Indemnity. Emanuel Goldenberg arrived in the United States from Romania at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts awarded him a scholarship, and he began work in stock, with his new name, Edward G. Robinson (the "G" stood...
May 14, 2024 · Edward G. Robinson (born December 12, 1893, Bucharest, Romania—died January 26, 1973, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was an American stage and film actor who skillfully played a wide range of character types but was best known for his portrayals of gangsters and criminals.. Robinson was born in Romania but emigrated with his parents at age 10 and grew up on New York’s Lower East Side. He gave up early dreams of becoming either a rabbi or a lawyer and, while a student at City College ...
Edward G. Robinson. Actor: Double Indemnity. Emanuel Goldenberg arrived in the United States from Romania at age ten, and his family moved into New York's Lower East Side. He took up acting while attending City College, abandoning plans to become a rabbi or lawyer. The American Academy of Dramatic Arts awarded him a scholarship, and he began work in stock, with his new name, Edward G. Robinson (the "G" stood...
My favorite actor growing up was Edward G. Robinson. I was enthralled with the Warner Brothers gangster characterizations of the great Eddie G., whether straight forward bad guys or the many tongue in cheek characters. In real life, Mr. Robinson, was a discerning, tasteful, gentle patron of the arts and a great humanitarian and appreciator of beauty. In his film career, he was always excellent and quite prolific and hard working, and so listing 31 of his best films was quite effortless.
Edward G. Robinson was an American actor of stage and screen, who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. He appeared in 30 Broadway plays, and more than 100 films, during a 50-year career, and is best remembered for his tough-guy roles as gangsters in such films as Little Caesar and Key Largo. During his career, Robinson received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in House of Strangers.
Dec 4, 2015 · By this time, he’d changed his name to Edward G. Robinson (with the “G” standing for his real surname). After the success of “Little Caesar,” Robinson became one of the top Warner stars in the ‘30s and ‘40s. It’s incredible that he was never Oscar-nominated when you consider some of the parts he played: most notably, a dogged insurance investigator in Billy Wilder’s ...
Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in his star-making film Little Caesar. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward G. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jan 27, 1973 · Edward G. Robinson was a skilled actor of the stage and screen whose vivid portrayal of motion picture gangsters, among them Little Caeser, during the nineteen‐thirties marked powerful mobsters ...
Edward G. Robinson, orig. Emmanuel Goldenberg, (born Dec. 12, 1893, Bucharest, Rom.—died Jan. 26, 1973, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.), Romanian-born U.S. film actor. He was raised in New York City’s Lower East Side and won a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Art. He was largely a stage actor until the advent of sound movies. He won fame playing a gangster boss in Little Caesar (1931). Short and chubby, with heavy features and a gruff voice, Robinson was content that his career ...
