Ivan Jandl

Actor

Biography

Ivan Jandl (24 January 1937 – 21 November 1987) was a Czech child actor. He appeared in the 1948 film The Search as a nine-year-old Czech boy who had survived Auschwitz and was searching for his mother in postwar Germany. The boy spoke no English and had to learn his lines phonetically. He was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award for his work, but was not permitted to travel to the USA to accept it. He appeared in some Czech films in 1949 and 1950, then left acting to continue his studies. He tried unsuccessfully to continue his acting career in his late teens, and eventually found work in radio. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personal Info

Occupation Actor

Place of Birth Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Birthday 1937-01-24

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Filmography by Year

1951

1949

1948

1947