Boris de Fast

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| birth_date = July 6, 1890

| birth_place = Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire

| death_date = post 1966

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| othername = Boris Fastovich
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| occupation = Actor, screenwriter, film editor and makeup artist

| yearsactive = 1924-1967 (film)

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Boris de Fast (July 6, 1890 – 1973) was a Russian actor, screenwriter, film editor and make-up artist.Waldman p. 141{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZNZAAAAMAAJ&q=Boris+de+Fast+acteur |title=Positif |date=1988 |publisher=Nouvelles éditions Opta |language=fr}} Born in Feodosia, Crimea in the Russian Empire, he emigrated to France, where he worked in the film industry.{{Cite web |title=Boris de Fast - Unifrance |url=https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/135137/boris-de-fast |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=en.unifrance.org}} His rare performances in American films include a strange villainous performance in Tempest (1928) and a role in The Woman Disputed.{{Cite book |last1=Jeanne |first1=René |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hYoKAAAAMAAJ&q=Boris+de+Fast+acteur |title=Histoire encyclopédique du cinéma: Le cinéma américain, 1895-1945 |last2=Ford |first2=Charles |date=1947 |publisher=R. Laffont |language=fr}}

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.