Mike (Michael) Igor Nichols (Peschkowsky)

1931 - 2014  (83 Jahre)

• Name	Mike (Michael) Igor Nichols (Peschkowsky)
  Geboren	6 Nov 1931	Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Occupation/Beruf	Filmregisseur, Theaterregisseur, Produzent, Schauspieler, Komödiant
  Biography	Mike Nichols was born Michael Igor Peschkowskyon November 6, 1931 in Berlin, son of Igor Paul Peschkowsky and Brigitte Landauer. 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. His father, whose original Russian name was Pavel Nikolaevich Peschkowsky, changed his name to Paul Nichols, Nichols derived from his Russian patronymic. Before Dr. Paul Nichols had received his U.S. medical license, he was employed by a union on 42nd Street, X-raying union members. He later had a successful medical practice in Manhattan, enabling the family to live near Central Park. After studying at the Strasberg School in New York he soon was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience. Nichols began his career in the 1950s with the comedy improvisational troupe The Compass Players, predecessor of The Second City, in Chicago. He then teamed up with his improv partner, Elaine May, to form the comedy duo Nichols and May. Their live improv act was a hit on Broadway, and the first of their three albums won a Grammy Award. After Nichols and May disbanded in 1961, he began directing plays, and quickly became known for his innovative productions and ability to elicit polished performances. His Broadway directing debut was Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park in 1963, with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley. He next directed Luv in 1964, and in 1965 directed another Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple. He received a Tony Award for each of those plays. In 1966, Warner Brothers invited Nichols to direct his first film, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The groundbreaking film inspired some critics to declare Nichols the "new Orson Welles". It won five Academy Awards (out of 13 nominations), and was the top-grossing film of 1966. Nichols's next film, The Graduate (1967) starred then unknown actor Dustin Hoffman, alongside Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross. It was another critical and financial success, became the highest-grossing film of the year, and received seven Academy Award nominations, winning Nichols the Academy Award for Best Director. In 2012, he won his sixth Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play with a revival of Death of a Salesman. Nichols directed and/or produced more than twenty-five Broadway plays. Among the other films Nichols directed were Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Wolf (1994), The Birdcage (1996), Closer (2004) and Charlie Wilson's War (2007). Along with an Academy Award, Nichols won a Grammy Award (the first for a comedian born outside the United States), four Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. His other honors included the Lincoln Center Gala Tribute in 1999, the National Medal of Arts in 2001, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. His films received a total of 42 Academy Award nominations, and seven wins. He is one of the few people who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. Nichols was married four times; the first three ended in divorce; the last ended upon his death. Nichols' first marriage was to Patricia Scot; they were married from 1957 to 1960. His second was to Margot Callas, a former "muse" of the poet Robert Graves, from 1963 to 1974. The couple had a daughter together, Daisy Nichols. His third marriage, to Annabel Davis-Goff, produced two children, Max Nichols and Jenny Nichols; they married in 1975 and divorced in 1986. His fourth was to former ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer, whom he married on April 29, 1988. Although none of his wives were Jewish and his children were not brought up according to a religion, they call themselves Jewish. His son Max married ESPN journalist Rachel Nichols. Nichols had a lifelong interest in Arabian horses. From 1968 to 2004, he owned a farm in Connecticut and was a noted horse breeder. Over the years, he also imported quality Arabian horses from Poland, some of which sold for record-setting prices. Nichols died of a heart attack on November 19, 2014, at his apartment in Manhattan. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols (25.5.2019)
  Gestorben	19 Nov 2014	New York City, New York, United States (USA)
  Notizen	Quellen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols (25.5.2019); https://www.geni.com/people/Mike-Nichols/6000000017717771122?through=6000000017717860012 (25.5.2019)
  Personen-Kennung	I38892
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	25 Mai 2019

  
  

  Vater	Igor Paul Nichols (Peschkowsky),   geb. 13 Jan 1900, Wien, Wien, Österreich ,   gest. 1944, United States (USA)  (Alter 43 Jahre)
  Mutter	Brigitte Claudia Landauer,   geb. 4 Okt 1906, Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland ,   gest. 10 Jan 1985, Maryland, United States (USA)  (Alter 78 Jahre)
  Familien-Kennung	F5931	Familienblatt

  
  

  Familie 1	Patricia Scot
  Verheiratet	1957
  Geschieden	1960
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  Familien-Kennung	F5932	Familienblatt

  
  

  Familie 2	Margot Callas
  Verheiratet	1963
  Geschieden	1974
  Kinder	1. Lebend
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  Familien-Kennung	F5933	Familienblatt

  
  

  Familie 3	Lebend
  Kinder	1. Lebend   2. Lebend
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  Familien-Kennung	F5934	Familienblatt

  
  

  Familie 4	Lebend
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  Familien-Kennung	F5935	Familienblatt

  
  

• Ereignis-Karte		Geboren - 6 Nov 1931 - Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland Gestorben - 19 Nov 2014 - New York City, New York, United States (USA)  = Link zu Google Maps   = Link zu Google Earth
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