Happy birthday to the Chucista F Murray Abraham, who was raised in El Paso, attended Vilas Grammar School, graduated from El Paso High, and attended Texas Western College (later named University of Texas at El Paso), where he was given the best actor award by Alpha Psi Omega for his portrayal of the Indian Nocona in Comanche Eagle during the 1959–60 season. Abraham was born Murray Abraham in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Josephine (née Stello), a housewife, and Frederick Abraham, an auto mechanic and Assyrian Christian who immigrated from Syria during the 1920s famine; his paternal grandfather was a chanter in the Syriac Orthodox Church. His mother, one of fourteen children, was Italian American, and the daughter of an immigrant who worked in the coal mines of Western Pennsylvania. Abraham added F. to his stage name in honor of his fathers first name. He has stated Murray Abraham just doesnt seem to say anything. It just is another name, so I thought Id frame it. Abraham won an Oscar for his performance as Solieri in Amadeus. youtube/watch?v=l2WALIes_84
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:36:34 +0000
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