Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American actor. Auer was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky in St. Petersburg, Russia. His name is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German transliteration of Misha , and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration of his surname. Auer's maternal grandparents were Hungarian-born violinist Leopold Auer, and his Russian wife, Nadine Pelikan. Mischa renamed himself after his grandfather. He began stage work in the 1920s, then moved to Hollywood, where he first appeared in 1928 in Something Always Happens. He appeared in several small and mostly... uncredited roles into the 1930s, appearing in such films as Rasputin and the Empress, Viva Villa!, The Yellow Ticket, the George Gershwin musical Delicious, the Paramount Pictures all-star revue Paramount on Parade and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. In 1936, Auer was cast as Alice Brady's protégé in the comedy My Man Godfrey, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From then on, he was regularly cast in zany comedy roles.
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| Birthdate: | November 17, 1905 |
| Birthplace: | Saint Petersburg |
| Date of death: | March 5, 1967 |
| Height: | 6' 2" |
| Religion: | Judaism |
| Also known as: | Mischa Ounskowsky, Micha Auer, Mischa Aver |