Walter Surovy
Actor, Film actor
1910 – 2001
Who was Walter Surovy?
Walter Surovy was an Austrian stage and film actor.
He appeared in leading roles at the Theater in der Josefstadt, the Salzburg Festival, and the Neues Deutsches Theater. He starred in several European films before moving to Hollywood, where a brief acting career led to a role in Howard Hawks' To Have and Have Not.
He was the manager and husband of mezzo-soprano singer Risë Stevens. The couple wed in 1939 and remained together until Surovy's death in 2001. They had one child, a son, actor Nicolas Surovy. In 1941, he founded the Polk-Szurovy Agency. After his wife retired, he managed the career of Erich Leinsdorf.
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- Born
- May 28, 1910
Vienna - Also known as
- Walter Molnar
- Walter Szurovy
- Spouses
- Risë Stevens
(1939/01/06 - 2001/11/04)
- Risë Stevens
- Children
- Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 4, 2001
Manhattan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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