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- Birth nameMorris Maaskov
- Maurice Moscovitch was born on November 23, 1871 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Great Dictator (1940), Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Love Affair (1939). He died on June 18, 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Died just days after shooting began on the movie Dance, Girl, Dance (1940). His role of the temperamental dance maestro had to be quickly rewritten for actress Maria Ouspenskaya.
- Maurice Moscovitch is buried with his wife, Rose, at Beth Olam Cemetery in Hollywood, California.
- Father of actor Noel Madison.
- Veteran of New York's Yiddish theatre, this putty-faced character actor enjoyed four years in Hollywood, where he appeared in 14 films from 1936 through the year of his death.
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