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name: "Felix Bressart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/felix-bressart"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 March 1892"
died: "17 March 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:02:57.628872+00:00"
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# Felix Bressart

Actor. Born 2 March 1892 in Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Chernyshevskoe, Russia]. Died 17 March 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 March 1892, Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, Germany [now Chernyshevskoe, Russia]
- **Died:** 17 March 1949
- **Also known as:** Феликс Брессарт

## Biography

Felix Bressart was a German-born actor of stage and screen. He made his stage debut in 1914 as Malvolio in Twelfth Night and appeared in productions across several European countries. His film debut came in the late 1920s; he began in supporting roles in German films such as Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930).

Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Bressart left Germany and worked in Austrian films before emigrating to the United States. He appeared in Hollywood from 1939, often in supporting roles at MGM, including Comrade Buljanoff in Ninotchka (1939), Pirovitch in The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and Greenberg in To Be or Not to Be (1942). Other credits include The Seventh Cross (1944), A Song Is Born (1948) and Portrait of Jennie (1948).

Bressart was married to Frieda Lehner from 1925 until his death in Los Angeles in 1949.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, as Greenberg — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)

## Also known for

- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), Pirovitch
- *Ninotchka* (1939), Comrade Buljanoff
- *Portrait of Jennie* (1948), Pete
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), Professor Gerkikoff
- *The Seventh Cross* (1944), Poldi Schlamm
- *Comradeship* (1931), Café Doorman (uncredited)
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), Mischa

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