Leon Askin

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Birth Name: Leon Aschkenasy

Born: 18 September 1907 Died: 3 June 2005

Country of origin: Austria

Height: 5' 10"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Annelies Ehrlich

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Directed by Blake Edwards (541 items)
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Published 13 years, 11 months ago

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Immigrants of Germany and Austria (23 items)
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Published 7 years, 1 month ago

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Directed by Don Siegel (402 items)
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Published 14 years, 3 months ago

3 votes

Famous Faces; Hogan's Heroes Edition (44 items)
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Published 8 years, 3 months ago

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Description: As a nine-year-old boy, Leon Askin recited a 17-stanza eulogy for Emperor Franz Josef in front of the city hall in Vienna's 9th District. Little did the son of a salesman know then that he would one day be the student of Max Reinhardt and Louise Dumont, and discover Jura Soyfer while directing the political cabaret "ABC". Emigration brought him into contact with even more 20th-century luminaries: in 1938 he met Erwin Piscator, the founder of the school of Epic Realism, and worked with him for the next 30 years. On the set of Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961), Wilder once exclaimed, "Here comes my professional! ... (more)