Mikhail Rasumny


Mikhail Rasumny was a Soviet- and American film actor.

Biography

Rasumny was born in Odessa, son of the famous cantor Solomon Razumny, who was chief cantor of the choral synagogues in Kishinev, Nikolayev, and Odessa. After the death of his father 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", in 1934 another Yiddish company "Parizer Azazel", then in 1938 in New York — Yidishe dramatishe studie.
Rasumny married late in life, to Maria Schunzel, in 1947. He was survived by his wife when he died in 1956, and was buried at Beth Olam Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Filmography