| Christina Aziz |
An American actor of Ukrainian origin born in Tarnopol, Ukraine on December 25, 1907. He married actress Jeanette Briggs (1943-1950), and after their divorce, he married Sylvia Weinblatt (1968-1990) who remained with him until his death on December 9, 1990 in Glendale, California, USA. He is known for Murder, My Sweet (1944), Nightmare Alley (1947), Some Like It Hot (1959), and It's Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). He was a professional soccer player, and he graduated from Manhattan College in 1930 after obtaining a BA of Arts. He started acting in the forties with small minor roles, and for 50 years, he presented the character of a thug and a gangster, taking advantage of his huge structure and the rigidity of his features. He made significant contributions to professional wrestling, and in the 1960s, he founded the Jolly Flower organization, a non-profit organization that grants scholarships and financial aid to retired and injured wrestlers and their families.
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