Educated in Czernowitz. Musical education in Synagogue choir. 1924 moves to Berlin to continue his musical studies. Opera debut Berlin 1929. Film career starts 1931: "Liebesexpress". Most famous movie 1933 "Ein Lied geht um die Welt." Lives in Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Amsterdam, Nice. Dies 1942 in a Swiss internment camp for illegal refugees.
performer: "A Star Fell from Heaven" uncredited, "I'm Happy When It's Raining" uncredited, "I'll Sing a Song of Love to You" uncredited, "Wine and Waltz" uncredited, "La Coeur de la Vie", "I Hear You Calling Me", "Excelsior"