About Paul Leyssac
Lived 1881 – 1946 (aged 65). Paul Leyssac was a Danish film actor.
Paul Andri Jurgensen Leyssac (21 June 1881 – 20 August 1946) was a Danish writer, and stage and film actor. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1937 British film Victoria the Great. He also was a translator of the works of Hans Christian Andersen.
Leyssac acted with the Civic Repertory theatrical group headed by Eva Le Gallienne. His career on Broadway began with George Washington (1920) and ended with The Tempest (1945).
Selected filmography Victoria the Great (1937) Head Over Heels (1937) Arise, My Love (1940) Paris Calling (1941) Assignment in Brittany (1943)
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Who was Paul Leyssac?
Danish writer, stage and film actor
When was Paul Leyssac born?
Paul Leyssac was born on 21 June 1881 in Copenhagen.
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Paul Leyssac died on 20 August 1946.
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Paul Leyssac was a film actor.
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Paul Leyssac was Danish.
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