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Biography
Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor and actor born in Pittsburgh, U.S., from Russian-emigrant parents. Levant studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and Arnold Schoenberg, and has 33 albums as a pianist, having recorded works of numerous classical composers. For a period of time during the 1940s, he was the highest paid concert pianist in the United States.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography15 titles
The Band Wagon
1953as Lester Marton
1953as Lester Marton
That's Entertainment! III
1994as (archive footage)
1994as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976as (archive footage)
1976as (archive footage)
An American in Paris
1951as Adam Cook
1951as Adam Cook
What's My Line?
1950as Self
1950as Self
Humoresque
1946as Sid Jeffers
1946as Sid Jeffers
O. Henry's Full House
1952as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
1952as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
The Barkleys of Broadway
1949as Ezra Millar
1949as Ezra Millar
Romance on the High Seas
1948as Oscar Farrar
1948as Oscar Farrar
Rhapsody in Blue
1945as Oscar Levant
1945as Oscar Levant
Nothing Sacred
1937Original Music Composer
1937Original Music Composer
Made for Each Other
1939Music
1939Music
Street Girl
1929Songs
1929Songs
The Dance of Life
1929as Jerry Evans
1929as Jerry Evans
The Cobweb
1955as Mr. Capp
1955as Mr. Capp