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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski was born on May 5, 1898 in Stettin, Pomerania, Germany [now Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Hangmen Also Die! (1943) and The Scarlet Empress (1934). He died on November 19, 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Ardently anti-Nazi, Von Twardowski often portrayed Nazis on screen.
- For a time he was one of Marlene Dietrich's close friends; their relationship suffered a falling-out after their arrival in Hollywood. The frequently out-of-work Twardowski once wrote a letter to Dietrich (circa 1934), begging for a loan of $42 to cover basic expenses.
- Became a citizen of the United States in 1939.
- Emigrated to the United States, landing at New York on 14 December 1930.
- Twardowski, a homosexual, fled Germany in 1933 to escape the Nazi regime.
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