Emile Boreo
Emile Boreo (1885 in Poland โ 27 July 1951 in New York City, US) was an American actor in theater and film. He became known in the 1930s for his roles in films such as The Street Singer and The Lady Vanishes.[1]
Life
Emile Boreo, born in Poland in 1885, achieved success as the Limehouse Actor on
In England, Emile Boreo appeared in only a few films as an actor. In 1937, under the direction of Jean de Marguenat, he starred in the musical The Street Singer portraying Luigi alongside actors such as Arthur Tracy, Arthur Riscoe, Margaret Lockwood, and Hugh Wakefield. A year later, director Alfred Hitchcock cast him in his successful crime comedy The Lady Vanishes, where he once again acted alongside Margaret Lockwood. In this film, he played Boris, a stressed hotel manager who finds himself faced with the task of accommodating international guests from a train trapped by an avalanche in his already overcrowded hotel.[6]
In Edgar G. Ulmer's musical drama Carnegie Hall, Emile Boreo was seen in 1947 in his final role on screen. He died on July 27, 1951, in New York City.[7]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1937 | The Street Singer | Luigi | |
1937 | Music-Hall Cavalcade: Stars of Yesterday and Today | TV Movie | |
1938 | The Lady Vanishes | Hotel Manager | |
1947 | Carnegie Hall | Henry |
References
- ISBN 978-0-399-51914-7.
- ^ Theatre Magazine. Theatre Magazine Company. 1924.
- ^ "The Fifth Column". playbill.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "The Fifth Column". ibdb.com. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "Institutional. The curtain rises". digital.library.yu.edu. 1940-05-10. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ISBN 978-1-62407-564-3.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
Literature
- Emile Boreo. In: Gene Brown: The New York Times Encyclopedia of Film: 1941โ1946, Times Books, 1984, S. 1.
External links
- Emile Boreo at IMDb