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Edward G. Robinson
Edward Goldenberg Robinson was an American actor who was popular during Hollywood's Golden Age. After making his stage debut in 1913, he rose to stardom with his performance as the title character in Little Caesar (1931) and became well known for his portrayals of gangsters. He starred in a variety of films, including the biopics Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet and A Dispatch from Reuters and the film…
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entertainment · American actor (1893–1973) · film actor · art collector · character actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · also Edward G. Robinson, Edward Goldenberg Robinson, Emanuel Goldenberg, Edward Robinson, Robinson
Born 12 December 1893 · Died 26 January 1973 · Q83812
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2026· 5 entries
“Second billing or no, I got the star treatment because [Bogart] insisted upon it—not in words but in action. When asked to come on the set, he would ask:”
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Public attention spiked: 4,758 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 1,133, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Added citation for Robinson's second summer at Elitch Theatre.
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1999· 1 entry
Was ranked number 24 in the American Film Institute's list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic American cinema
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1973).
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Died 1973-01-26.
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Just weeks after finishing Soylent Green, and months before he was to be given an honorary Academy Award later that year
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Robinson an honorary Oscar in recognition that he had "achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen
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1969· 1 entry
"in recognition of his pioneering work in organizing the union, his service during World War II, and his 'outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession
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1959· 1 entry
Appeared as the chairman of the board of a textile firm in Goodyear Theatre episode "A Good Name", and worked with his son Edward G
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1958· 2 entries
Starred in the Playhouse 90 episode "Shadows Tremble", playing the part of a retired manufacturer who seeks acceptance in a small town
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Robinson married Jane Bodenheimer, a dress designer professionally known as Jane Adler
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1957· 1 entry
Robinson was honored by the Maryland State Council of the American Jewish Congress with a special award for his performance in The Ten Commandments
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1956· 2 entries
However, he was forced to sell his collection to pay for his divorce settlement with Gladys Robinson; his finances had also suffered due to underemployment in the early 1950s
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Was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Middle of the Night
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1953· 1 entry
Robinson made his television debut with a live performance in the Lux Video Theatre episode "Witness for the Prosecution", which aired on September 17
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1950· 1 entry
And 1952, and he was also threatened with blacklisting
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1944· 1 entry
During which time he became an "enthusiastic" campaigner for Roosevelt's reelection that same year
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1938· 1 entry
Signing a "Declaration of Democratic Independence," which called for a boycott of all German-made products
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1929· 1 entry
“It was also a vehicle for me. Why not? I was the coauthor, and I gave myself all the best of it. […] Every once in a while an actor finds a play that serves him well.”
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1924· 1 entry
Robinson played the role of Ed Munn in a stage adaptation of the Olive Higgins Prouty novel Stella Dallas, starring the eminent actress Mrs
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1923· 1 entry
Appeared in four Broadway productions: Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, starring his friend Joseph Schildkraut; Elmer Rice's avant-garde The Adding Machine; Ferenc Molnár's Launzi, with Pauline Lord in the title role; and A
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1920· 1 entry
Was cast in productions of Maxim Gorky's Night Lodging and Booth Tarkington's Poldekin
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1919· 1 entry
With a role in First is Last, "the first and only time" he played an Anglo-Saxon on stage
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1917· 1 entry
Robinson fell in love with actress Pauline Lord when he worked with her in the play The Deluge
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1915· 1 entry
Robinson made his Broadway debut at the Hudson Theatre in Archibald and Edgar Selwyn's production of the play Under Fire, written by Roi Cooper Megrue
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1913· 2 entries
Rose to stardom with his performance as the title character in Little Caesar (1931) and became well known for his portrayals of gangsters
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Studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1913).
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1893· 2 entries
In a Yiddish-speaking Romanian Jewish family in Bucharest, the fifth and penultimate son of Sarah (née Guttman) and Yeshaya Moyshe Goldenberg (later called Morris in the U
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Born 1893-12-12.
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