Editing Akim Tamiroff (section)

==Stage acting==
During his time at the Moscow Art Theatre, he became acquainted with fellow Armenian [[Nikita Balieff]]. Following the [[Russian Revolution]], Tamiroff and several other [[White émigré|émigrés]] joined Balieff in [[Paris]] to form the [[La Chauve-Souris]] touring revue.<ref name=":1" />

He arrived in the U.S. for the first time in January 1923 on a three-month tour with the revue and starred in a repertory of Russian plays directed by Stanislavski. He returned in November and stayed until 1924. His final trip with them was in October 1927 when he decided to stay permanently.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>[http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Akim&actor_last=Tamiroff 'Practice Fun' Music Studio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061029152803/http://www.dougmacaulay.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Akim&actor_last=Tamiroff|date=October 29, 2006}}. Dougmacaulay.com. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Akim Tamiroff|url=http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho/tamiroff_a.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050201041942/http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho/tamiroff_a.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2005|access-date=September 2, 2016}}. theoscarsite.com. Retrieved on April 1, 2014.</ref> He joined the [[Theatre Guild]] in [[New York City]], where he met his wife [[Tamara Shayne]]. Both were later naturalized as United States citizens.
[[File:D0006a.jpg|thumb|1940, Akim Tamiroff as [[Dominique You]] on original program for movie [[The Buccaneer (1938 film)|The Buccaneer]], playing in a local cinema in [[Prilep]], [[North Macedonia|Macedonia]] ([[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]])]]