George Beranger (27 March 1893 â€" 8 March 1973), also known as André
Beranger, was an Australian silent film actor and director in
Hollywood.Beranger was born George Augustus Beringer in Enmore, New
South Wales, Australia, the youngest of five sons of Caroline
Mondientz and Adam Beringer, a German engine fitter. His mother
committed suicide when he was three years old and he left home at the
age of 14. He studied acting at the College of Elocution and Dramatic
Art founded by Scottish actor Walter Bentley.Beranger began playing
Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen with the Walter Bentley
Players. He then emigrated from Australia to California, United States
in 1912 and worked in the silent film industry in Hollywood. According
to a researcher, he "reinvented himself in Hollywood, claiming French
parentage, birth on a French ocean liner off the coast of Australia
and a Paris education." Beranger worked under the names George
Alexandre Beranger and André de Beranger.
Beranger, was an Australian silent film actor and director in
Hollywood.Beranger was born George Augustus Beringer in Enmore, New
South Wales, Australia, the youngest of five sons of Caroline
Mondientz and Adam Beringer, a German engine fitter. His mother
committed suicide when he was three years old and he left home at the
age of 14. He studied acting at the College of Elocution and Dramatic
Art founded by Scottish actor Walter Bentley.Beranger began playing
Shakespearean roles at the age of sixteen with the Walter Bentley
Players. He then emigrated from Australia to California, United States
in 1912 and worked in the silent film industry in Hollywood. According
to a researcher, he "reinvented himself in Hollywood, claiming French
parentage, birth on a French ocean liner off the coast of Australia
and a Paris education." Beranger worked under the names George
Alexandre Beranger and André de Beranger.
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