Wall of Fame
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Carl Laemmle
Studio Head/Producer
b. 1867 Laupheim, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
d. 1939, Los Angeles, California
1884, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Founder of Universal Studios, All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) -
Paul Muni
Actor
b. 1895, Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1967, Montecito, California
1902, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Life of Emile Zola (1937), The Good Earth (1937) -
Max Steiner
Composer
b. 1888, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1971, Hollywood, California
1914, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Gone with the Wind (1939), Casablanca (1942) -
Irving Thalberg
Producer
b. 1899, Brooklyn, New York
d. 1936, Santa Monica, California
1st Generation German-American
Best Known For: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Grand Hotel (1932) -
Harry Cohn
Studio Head/Producer
b. 1899, New York City, New York
d. 1958, Phoenix Arizonia
1st Generation German-American
Best Known For: Production Director Columbia Pictures, Forbidden (1932) -
Erich von Stroheim
Director/ Actor
b. 1885, Vienna, Austro- Hungarian Empire
d. 1957, Maurepas, France
1909 , arrival in the United States
Best Known For: Foolish Wives (1922), Sunset Boulavard (1950) -
Joseph Schildkraut
Actor
b. 1896, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1964, New York, New York
1912, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) -
Paul Kohner
Agent
b. 1902, Teplitz-Schönau, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1988, Los Angeles, California
1920, arrival in United States
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F.W. Murnau
Director/Screenwriter
b. 1888, Bielefeld, Province of Prussia
d. 1931, Santa Barbara, California
1926, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Nosferatu (1922), Sunrise (1927) -
Marlene Dietrich
Actress
b. 1901, Berlin, German Empire
d. 1992, Paris, France
1930, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Morocco (1930), The Blue Angel (1930) -
Karl Freund
Cinematographer
b. 1890, Königinhof, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1969, Santa Monica, California
1929, arrival in United States
Best Known for: Dracula (1931), I Love Lucy (1951-1957) -
Peter Lorre
Actor
b. 1904, Rózsagehy, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1964, Los Angeles, California
1936, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Casablanca (1942), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) -
Luise Rainer
Actress
b. 1910, Düsseldorf, German Empire
d. 2014, London, England
1935, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Great Ziegfeld (1936), The Good Earth (1937) -
Fritz Lang
Director/Screenwriter
b. 1890, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1976, Beverly Hills, California
1934, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Metropolis (1927), The Big Heat (1953) -
Franz Waxman
Composer
b. 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia, German Empire
d. 1967, Los Angeles, California
1934, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935),Rebecca (1939), Sunset Boulevard (1950) -
Lilli Palmer
Actress
b. 1914, Posen, German Empire
d. 1986, Los Angeles, California
1945, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Cloak and Dagger (1946), Body and Soul (1947) -
Billy Wilder
Director/Screenwriter
b. 1906, Sucha, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 2002, Beverly Hills, California
1934, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Double Indemnity (1945), Some Like It Hot (1959) -
Hans Dreier
Art Director
b. 1885, Bremen, German Empire
d. 1966, Bernardsville, New Jersey
1923, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Samson and Delilah (1950), Sunset Boulevard (1950) -
Hedy Lamarr
Actress and Inventor
b. 1914, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 2000, Casselberry, Florida
1938, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Samson and Delilah (1949),The Female Animal (1957) -
Paul Henreid
Actor/Director
b. 1908, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1992, Santa Monica, California
1940, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Casablanca (1942), Dead Ringer (1964) -
Conrad Veidt
Actor
b. 1893, Berlin, German Empire
d. 1943, Hollywood, California
1940, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Thief of Baghdad (1939), Casablanca (1942) -
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Composer
b. 1897, Brno, Moravia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1957, North Hollywood, California
1938, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Sea Hawk (1940) -
Miklós Rózsa
Composer
b. 1907, Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1995, Los Angeles, California
1940, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Spellbound (1945), Time After Time (1979) -
Fred Astaire
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b. 1899, Omaha, Nebraska
d. 1987, Los Angeles, California
1st Generation Austrian-American
Best Known For: Top Hat (1935), Funny Face (1957) -
Doris Day
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b. 1924, Cincinnati, Ohio
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2nd Generation German-American
Best Known For: The Pajama Game (1957), Midnight Lace (1960) -
Eugen Schüfftan
Cinematographer
b. 1893, Breslau, Silesia, Germany,
d. 1977, New York City, New York
1940, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Creating the Schüfftan Process, The Hustler (1961) -
Theodore Meir Bikel
President of the Associated Actors and Artistes of America
b.1924, Vienna, Austria
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1954, arrival in the United States
Best Known For: The African Queen (1951), The Defiant Ones (1958) -
Eric Braeden
Actor
b. 1941, Bredenbek, Germany
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1959, arrival in the United States
Best Known For: The Young and the Restless, Titanic 1997 -
Maximilian Schell
Actor
b. 1930 Vienna, Austria
d. 2014, Innsburck, Austria
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Best Known For: Judgement at Nuremburg (1961), Man in the Glass Booth -
Oskar Werner
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b. 1922 Vienna, Austria
d. 1984, Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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Best Known For: Ship of Fools (1965), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) -
Horst Buchholz
Actor
b. 1933, Berlin, Germany
d. 2003, Berlin, Germany
1960, arrival in United States
Best Known For: The Magnificent Seven (1960), One, Two, Three (1961) -
Lilia Sofer
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b. 1896, Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire
d. 1994, Bay Shore, New York
Unknown exact arrival in United States
Best Known For: Ship of Fools (1965), House of Games (1987) -
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor, Former Governor of California
b. 1947, Thal, Austria
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1968, arrival in United States
Best Known For: Conan the Barbarian (1982), The Terminator (1984) -
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
b. 1941, Emden, Prussia, Germany
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Best Known For: Das Boot (1981), The Neverending Story (1984), Troy (2004) -
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Actor
b. 1943, Bad Aussee, Austria
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Best Known For: Never Say Never Again (1983), Out of Africa (1985) -
Roland Emmerich
Director/Writer/Producer
b. 1955, Stuttgart, Germany
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1990s, arrival in the United States
Best Known For: Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000) -
Michael Ballhaus
Cinematographer
b. 1935, Berlin, Germany
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1980s arrival in the United States
Best Known For: The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Gangs of New York (2002) -
Wim Wenders
Director
b. 1945, Düsseldorf, Allied Occupied Germany
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1980s arrival in the United States
Best Known For: Paris, Texas, (1984), Buena Vista Social Club (1999) -
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor
b. 1974, Hollywood, California
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1st Generation German-American
Best Known For: Titanic (1997), Gangs of New York (2002) -
Sandra Bullock
Actor/Director
b. 1964, Arlington, Virginia
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1st Generation German-American
Best Known For: The Blindside (2009), Gravity (2013) -
Renee Zellweger
Actor
b. 1969, Katy, Texas
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1st Generation German-American
Best Known For: Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) -
Elisabeth Roehm
Actor
b. 1973, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1974, arrived in United States
Best Known For: Law & Order (2001-2005), American Hustle (2013) -
Katherine Heigl
Actor
b. 1978, Washington, DC
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2nd Generation German/Swiss-American
Best Known For: Grey’s Anatomy (2005-2010), Knocked Up (2007)
