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Walter Matthau
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1 October 1920 - 1 July 2000
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Walter Matushanskawaschi (better known as Walter Matthau) was born on October 1, 1920 in New York City to a family of poor Jewish-Russian immigrants. His introduction to the stage began at the age of nineteen at the Yiddish Theatre on Second Avenue, where he was paid 50 cents per performance... selling soda water in breaks. During World War II, Walter Matthau served as a radio shooter in the Air Force, and then enrolled in the New Drama Workshop to study acting. In the 1950s, the actor already performed
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Walter Matushanskawaschi (better known as Walter Matthau) was born on October 1, 1920 in New York City to a family of poor Jewish-Russian immigrants. His introduction to the stage began at the age of nineteen at the Yiddish Theatre on Second Avenue, where he was paid 50 cents per performance... selling soda water in breaks. During World War II, Walter Matthau served as a radio shooter in the Air Force, and then enrolled in the New Drama Workshop to study acting. In the 1950s, the actor already performed on Broadway, and in 1955 he tried his hand at cinema. At first, he fell episodic and secondary characters, who usually have not a positive character. And it's hard to say how things would have turned out if Neil Simon hadn't written a role for Walter Matthau in his play Odd Couple. The performance made the stars of both – the writer and the actor. In 1966, Matthau played his first comedy role in Billy Wilder’s film The Fortune Cookie, for which he won an Oscar. On the set of the same film, he first met Jack Lemmon on set, later they became friends and out of work. Among the recent films with the participation of the couple Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau - the comedy "Old Grumpy" and "Old Grumpy Grumpy Grumpy Grumpy Rage."