George Beranger
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George Beranger (27 March 1893 – 8 March 1973), also known as André Beranger, was an Australian actor and Hollywood and stage director.
Beranger began playing Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen with the Walter Bentley Players. He then emigrated from Australia to California, United States in 1912 and worked in the silent film industry in Hollywood. According to a researcher, he "reinvented himself in Hollywood, claiming French parentage, birth on
By the 1920s, Beranger had become a star, appearing in the movies of Ernst Lubitsch and D. W. Griffith. He also directed ten films between 1914 and 1924. Beranger owned a large Spanish-style home in Laguna Beach, rented a room at the Hollywood Athletic Club and owned an apartment in Paris, France.
Beranger eventually appeared in more than 140 films between 1913 and 1950. Beranger's career dissipated following the 1930s Great Depression and the advent of sound film, and his roles in later films were small and often uncredited. He supplemented his income as a draftsman for the Los Angeles City Council. He sold his large properties and moved into a modest cottage beside his house in Laguna Beach.
He entered into a "lavender marriage" with a neighbouring widow, but they never shared the same house and he continued his gay lifestyle unabated.
Beranger retired in 1952 and lived his later years in seclusion. He was found dead of natural causes in his home on 8 March 1973.
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Born
Mar 27, 1893
Enmore, New South Wales, Australia
Died
Mar 08, 1973
Known For
Acting
Movies
110 acting
7 crew
Popularity
0.4
Known For
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Wade Cameron
Nightmare Alley
1947
as The Geek (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
as The Spying One
The Big Parade
1925
as Patriotic Letter Reader
The Walking Dead
1936
as Nolan's Butler (uncredited)
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