As per our current Database, Pinkas Braun has been died on 24 June, 2008 at Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
When Pinkas Braun die, Pinkas Braun was 85 years old.
| Popular As | Pinkas Braun |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 85 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | January 7, 1923 (Zürich, Switzerland) |
| Birthday | January 7 |
| Town/City | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Switzerland |
Pinkas Braun’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Pinkas Braun was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
This lean, incisive, basso-voiced Swiss actor with the unsettling mephistophelean countenance was the son of a Galician-Jewish merchant. Pinkas Braun began his chosen vocation at the age of eighteen as an extra with the Zürcher Schauspielhaus (embracing what he considered the 'order and discipline' inherent in a theatrical career).
A member of the company's ensemble from 1945 to 1956, Braun featured in numerous premieres of plays by Brecht (who played a pivotal role in his training as an actor), Camus, Dürrenmatt and Frisch. Braun's personal favorite and his critically most acclaimed performance was as Shylock in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
On the screen, his looks and voice naturally predetermined him for arch villainy. At the very least, he would be cast as sinister schemers, occasionally mitigated by a charming blend of rascality. Braun found his widest audience during the 1960's in several lurid adaptations of crime thrillers by Edgar Wallace which have since acquired a substantial cult following: Secret of the Red Orchid (1962) (as a wealthy orchid collector and blackmail victim); Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern (1962) (as the criminally insane Dr.
Staletti); Der Fluch der gelben Schlange (1963) (Fing-Su, demonic leader of a murderous sect of Chinese snake-worshippers). At his scene-stealing best, Braun took full acting honours as the ruthless Percyval Glyde in a superbly-mounted TV mini-series, Die Frau in Weiß (1971), based on the classic novel by Wilkie Collins.
As the owner of a distinctively sonorous voice he was guaranteed regular employment in radio drama or for synchronisation (notably, as William of Baskerville, chief protagonist of Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose").
Braun also established a reputation as a theatrical director of note and as the leading translator into German of the complete works of Edward Albee.
