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Otto Lederer
Person

Otto Lederer

Specialty
Acting
Birth
April 17, 1886 · 79 years
Death
September 3, 1965
Origin
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Professional Trajectory

Otto Lederer (May 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably The Jazz Singer, the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and Hardy short You're Darn Tootin'. Lederer was born in Prague. In 1925, He married Segunda Yriondo. They were divorced on July 10, 1929. He later married actress Gretchen Lederer. Otto passed away on September 3, 1965 and is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

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