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Born September 1, 1862 • Geneva • Switzerland
Died February 29, 1928 (aged 65) • Switzerland
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Jo Mielziner
American stage designer
Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes
American theatrical designer
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Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov
Russian stage designer
Bernardo Buontalenti
Italian stage designer
Kjeld Abell
Danish dramatist
Max Frisch
Max Frisch
Swiss author
Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
Niklaus Manuel
Swiss artist, author, and statesman
Joseph Viktor Widmann
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Mary Hayley Bell
British author and actress
Natasha Richardson
British actress
Dorothy McGuire
American actress
DeWolf Hopper
American actor
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Japanese-born actress
Patty Duke
American actress
Sydney Greenstreet
British actor
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist
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