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Albert Bassermann Facts
| Sign | Virgo |
| Born |
Sep 7, 1867 Mannheim, Germany |
| Died |
May 15, 1952 Zurich, Switzerland |
| Age | Died at 84 |
| Total Facts | 3 |
Died from a heart attack while on a flight from New York to Zurich.
Nominated for an Oscar for his role of the kidnapped diplomat Van Meer in Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 film Foreign Correspondent (1940). During filming, his dialogue had to be spelled out phonetically for him, as he spoke almost no English (though it is impossible to tell).
Screen and stage actor.