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Bromberg born in Temesvar Hungary moved with his family to the United States while still an in his early years.
As a young boy he wished to pursue the career of acting and took on several odd jobs such as a candy maker, silk saleman,
and laundry worker, working to pay off his training to become an actor, studying at the Moscow Art Theatre. He made his first
American stage bow at 23 at Greenwich Village Playhouse. Working in the Theatre Guild, Hollywood noticed him from his work
in teh 1934 Pulitzer Prizing winning play Men in White. He worked with 20th Century Fox playing roles of villians, bufoons,
and ethnic types but never really did romantic leads. He gained critical acclaim on broadway in 1948 by starring in plays
such "Son of Dracula," "Mark of Zorro," and "Phantom of the Opera," and many more. It was of the three people that agreed
to testify, Lee J. Cobb, Elia Kazan, and Clifford Odets, that named Bromberg as a member of the communist party. When Bromberg
himself was brought infrom the the Un-American Activities Committee in 1951 he refused to name names and was black listed.
Listed he fled the country to
England at age of 47 later dieing of natural conditions at the age of 51.
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