| Christina Aziz |
An American actor, born in Macon, Georgia, USA. He won an Academy Award in 1964 and 1980, an Emmy Award in 1968, a Golden Globe Award in 1980, and two stars on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for his television and film work. He married twice and had three children. He is known for Ninotchka (1939), Hud (1963), Being There (1979), and The Changeling (1980).
He was born to a Jewish immigrant father from the Russian Empire. He dropped out of high school because of his passion for art and his desire to become an actor. He worked on Broadway and achieved gradual success beginning in 1928. He turned to cinema in 1932. He worked in drama and light comedy and was appointed director of the Arts Council in the Office of Civilian Defense before joining the army in World War II.
After the war, he became politically active with his wife Helen who was elected to Congress in 1944, and they belonged to the anti-Communist left, which affected their artistic work for a long time. After his success in theater and cinema, he devoted himself to television work in 1950 until his death on August 4, 1981 in New York City, USA, from pneumonia and cardiac complications.
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