Oscar Levant

American comedian, composer, pianist and actor (1906-1972)

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Lived 1906–1972, aged 66United States
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    18 languages
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  • Era
    1906–1972
    Aged 66
  • Known for
    An American in Paris
    1951
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Updated 2026-07-01

Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor and actor born in Pittsburgh, U.S., from Russian-emigrant parents. Levant studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and Arnold Schoenberg, and has 33 albums as a pianist, having recorded works of numerous classical composers. For a period of time during the 1940s, he had been the highest paid concert pianist in the United States.

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