| LC control no. | n 82221104 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Nichols, Mike |
| Variant(s) | Peschkowsky, Michael Igor Peschkowsky, Mikhail Igor |
| Biography/History note | Mike Nichols (1931-2014), born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky, was an American actor, cabaret entertainer, and theatrical, film, and television director. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1931-11-06 |
| Death date | 2014-11-19 |
| Place of birth | Berlin (Germany) |
| Place of death | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Production and direction Theater--Production and direction Television--Production and direction Acting Comedy |
| Affiliation | Nichols and May |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Theatrical producers and directors Television producers and directors Actors Comedians |
| Found in | Highlights from the Broadway production An Evening with Mike Nichols ... [Phonodisc] 1964. OCLC data base, 2/12/87 (hdg.: Nichols, Michael Igor Peschwsky, 1931- ; usage: Mike Nichols) Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1988 (Nichols, Mike; b. 1931; aka Michael Igor Peschkowsky; cabaret entertainer and film director) IMDb, Mar. 2, 2006 (Mike Nichols; b. Nov. 6, 1931, Berlin, Germany; director, producer, actor, writer; birth name: Michael Igor Peschkowsky) New York times (online), viewed Nov. 20, 2014 (in obituary published Mike Nichols; b. Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky, Nov. 6, 1931; immigrated to New York, 1939; d. Wednesday [Nov. 19, 2014], Manhattan, aged 83; one of America's most celebrated directors, whose long, protean résumé of critic- and crowd-pleasing work earned him adulation both on Broadway and in Hollywood) Wikipedia, April 26, 2019 (Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931-November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian; with his improv partner, Elaine May, formed the comedy duo Nichols and May; after Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays; born Berlin, Germany; died New York City; his father was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Russian Jewish immigrant family. Nichols' father's family had been wealthy and lived in Siberia, leaving after the Russian Revolution, and settling in Germany around 1920. Nichols' mother's family were German Jews; in April 1939, when the Nazis were arresting Jews in Berlin, seven-year-old Mikhail and his three-year-old brother Robert were sent alone to the United States to join their father, who had fled months earlier. His mother eventually joined the family, escaping through Italy in 1940. The family moved to New York City on April 28, 1939) |
| Associated language | eng |
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