- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAleksandër Moisiu
- Alexander Moissi was born on April 2, 1879 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and director, known for Die Königsloge (1929), Der junge Goethe (1919) and Figaros Hochzeit (1920). He was married to Johanna Terwin and Marie Urfus. He died on March 23, 1935 in Lugano, Switzerland.
- SpousesJohanna Terwin(December 16, 1919 - March 22, 1935) (his death)Marie Urfus(1910 - 1918) (divorced, 1 child)
- Was a last (fifth) child in his family.
- His father, Konstantin Moissi, was a rich Albanian merchant (oil and wheat). His mother, Amalia di Rada, was by halves Albanian and Italian, a daughter of a Florentian writer and doctor.
- He was one of the great stars of silent film and theater in Austria-Hungary. His most famous stage characters are: Hamlet (Shakespeare), Henry IV (Luigi Pirandello), Jedermann (Hugo von Hofmannsthal), Protasov (Leo Tolstoy's "Living corpse"), Tasso (Goethe).
- Was cremated in Vienna, Austria and buried near Lake Lugano in Morcote, Switzerland.
- Great-grandfather of actor Gedeon Burkhard.
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