Francis Lederer
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| Francis Lederer | |
 Francis Lederer |
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| Birth name | František Lederer |
| Born | November 6, 1899 near Prague, Czech Republic |
| Died | May 25, 2000 Palm Springs, California, California, USA |
Francis Lederer (November 6, 1899 - May 25, 2000) was a Czech born American actor.
Lederer was born František Lederer to a Jewish family near Prague, Czech Republic (then part of Austria-Hungary), he was raised bilingually and accordingly also used the German form of his name, Franz Lederer. He first worked for the stage, but in the late 1920s started his movie career. When the political situation deteriorated in Germany in the early 1930s Lederer decided to stay in the United States.
He is most remembered for his roles in silent films, such as 1929's Pandora's box and Confessions of a Nazi Spy in 1939 among others.
Francis Lederer worked until one week before his death at his self-founded American National Academy of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. He died a centenarian in Palm Springs, California.
He was one of the last veterans of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from the First World War.
