Romanian-American actor (1893-1973)
Edward G. Robinson was a Romanian-American actor who had a long career in film and theater from the early 1900s until his death in 1973. He is remembered as one of the most distinctive and influential performers of his era, known for bringing intensity and complexity to his roles.
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Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; Yiddish: עמנואל גאָלדנבערג; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) was a Romanian-born American actor. Although he played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, and most notably as Rico in his star-making film Little Caesar and as Rocco in Key Largo, as insurance investigator Barton Keyes in the film noir Double Indemnity, and as Dathan in The Ten Commandments. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Edward+G.+Robin
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Edward Goldenberg Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg; December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973) 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 (both 1940) and the film noirs Double Indemnity and The Woman in the Window (both 1944).
During the 1930s and 1940s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, which were growing in strength in Europe in the years which led up to World War II. His activism included contributing over $250,000 to more than 850 organizations that were involved in war relief, along with contributions to cultural, educational, and religious groups. His postwar films include The Stranger (1946) and Key Largo (1948), and he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for House of Strangers (1949).
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