European Actors in Hollywood is the first comprehensive critical guide to European Actors in American film, bringing together fifteen overview chapters with A-Z entries on over 900
individuals in one accessible volume.
Since the early days of the US film industry, European actors have consistently been a major force in Hollywood. Screen idols such as Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Charles
Boyer, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Antonio Banderas, as well as scores of more modest players, have profoundly shaped "American" cinema. They have also
contributed to the propagation of European types and stereotypes such as the "Russian" and Nordic queens played by Garbo and Dietrich, the French rou簿聶翻s popularised by Chevalier, the
fiery Latinos depicted by Banderas, and the British arch-villains played by Steven Berkoff, Anthony Hopkins, and Tim Roth. Films such as Casablanca (1942), Gigi (1958), Green
Card (1990) and Vanilla Sky rou簿聶翻s(2001), among many others, would not be the same without them.
Contributions from a team of seventy international experts provide groundbreaking case studies of prominent individuals and phenomena associated with the 簿聶翻migr簿聶翻s, such as the retired
Russian officers who played crowds in silent films, the stereotyping of European actresses in "bad women" roles, and the ultimate irony of Jewish actors playing Nazis. Individual entries chart
the careers and screen performances of the European actors--from Victoria Abril to Mai Zetterling--who appeared in American movies. European Actors in Hollywood is the first comprehensive
critical guide to European Actors in American film, bringing together fifteen overview chapters with A-Z entries on over 900 individuals in one accessible volume.
Since the early days of the US film industry, European actors have consistently been a major force in Hollywood. Screen idols such as Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Charles
Boyer, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Antonio Banderas, as well as scores of more modest players, have profoundly shaped "American" cinema. They have also
contributed to the propagation of European types and stereotypes such as the "Russian" and Nordic queens played by Garbo and Dietrich, the French rou簿聶翻s popularised by Chevalier, the fiery
Latinos depicted by Banderas, and the British arch-villains played by Steven Berkoff, Anthony Hopkins, and Tim Roth. Films such as Casablanca (1942), Gigi (1958), Green Card (1990) and Vanilla
Sky rou簿聶翻s(2001), among many others, would not be the same without them.
Contributions from a team of seventy international experts provide groundbreaking case studies of prominent individuals and phenomena associated with the 簿聶翻migr簿聶翻s, such as the retired
Russian officers who played crowds in silent films, the stereotyping of European actresses in "bad women" roles, and the ultimate irony of Jewish actors playing Nazis. Individual entries chart
the careers and screen performances of the European actors--from Victoria Abril to Mai Zetterling--who appeared in American movies.
