Biographies: Lewis L. Russell - Actor

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American actor, born in Farmington, Illinois, USA, on September 10, 1889. He was born to British immigrant parents, his father was a coal miner. He developed his English, ran away from home as a teenager, worked in restaurants, and became a skilled cook. He owned two restaurants. He also worked as a tailor and designer of carpets and upholstery and created elaborate costumes for the theatre. He worked from the thirties until the fifties. He starred in a number of vaudeville shows, Broadway plays, and Hollywood films. He participated in the Academy Award Winner movie The Lost Weekend (1945). He toured the United States with vaudeville and was a performer at the Palace Theatre. He appeared on Broadway in the mid-1930s and appeared in movies in the mid-1940s. Among his works are Ladies Man (1947), When the Redskins Rode (1951), and One Way to Love (1946). He died in Reseda, Los Angeles, California, USA, on November 12, 1961.

• 6 December 2022
• farah ashraf