Leonardo Cimino (November 4, 1917 – March 3, 2012) was an American film, television and stage actor who in 1937 appeared in the original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock. Leonardo's most well known roles are in the 1983 science fiction miniseries, V as Abraham Bernstein and the 1987 feature film The Monster Squad as the "scary German guy."
November 4, 1917, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Died
March 3, 2012, Woodstock, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Profession
Actor
Education
Juilliard School
Spouse
Sharon Powers (m. ?–2012)
Parents
Leonilda Cimino, Andrea Cimino
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Fact
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He played a Holocaust survivor in both V (1983) and The Monster Squad (1987).
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He is interred at Woodstock Cemetery in Woodstock, New York.
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He studied acting, directing, and modern dance at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City. He also studied dance classes with Martha Graham.
4
He was awarded the 1958 OBIE Awrad for his performance as Smerdyakov in the play production of "The Brothers Karamazov.".
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Son of Andrea Cimino, a tailor, and his wife, Leonilda Cimino. He played violin as a child and studied violin at Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
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He served in the United States Army and landed in the second wave at Normandy, France during World War II.
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He was substitute teacher filling in for Sidney Lumet at the New York High School for the Performing Arts in New York City.
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He was awarded the 1970 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in "The Man in the Glass Booth" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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Rumored to be a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp because of his work in Monster Squad and in V. Mr. Cimino, a resident of New York City at the time of WWII, joined the U.S. Army in the 1940s and participated in the Normandy invasion.