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Gregori M Chmara

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Gregori M Chmara

Birth
Russia
Death
3 Feb 1970 (aged 91)
France
Burial
Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
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(Russian: Григорий Михайлович Хмара) Gregory Mikhailovich

Stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades.

Born in Poltava, Russian Empire, Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater. He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer. After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married.

In the 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films. His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970.

(Russian: Григорий Михайлович Хмара) Gregory Mikhailovich

Stage and film actor whose career spanned six decades.

Born in Poltava, Russian Empire, Chmara began his career in 1910 at the Moscow Art Theater. He made several films in Russia and following the Russian Revolution he went to Germany where he performed as a singer. After meeting the Danish actress Asta Nielsen, the two fell in love and lived together, but never married.

In the 1930, he began appearing in Polish and French films, as well as German films. His last film role was in the Stellio Lorenzi-directed French television film adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky novel Crime and Punishment (Crime et châtiment), filmed in 1970 and released in 1971. Chmara died in France in 1970.


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  • Created by: R.C.
  • Added: May 12, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162516487/gregori_m-chmara: accessed ), memorial page for Gregori M Chmara (29 Jul 1878–3 Feb 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 162516487, citing Cimetière de Liers, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by R.C. (contributor 47303570).