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Jona Ustinov

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Jona Ustinov

Birth
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Death
1 Dec 1962 (aged 69)
Eastleach, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England
Burial
Eastleach, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England Add to Map
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Father of actor Peter Ustinov. He was of Russian, German and Ethiopian descent, and had served as a lieutenant in the German Air Force in World War I, worked as a press officer at the German Embassy in London in the 1930s, and was a reporter for a German news agency. In 1935 he began working for the British intelligence service MI5 and became a British citizen, thus avoiding internment or deportation during the war.
Father of actor Peter Ustinov. He was of Russian, German and Ethiopian descent, and had served as a lieutenant in the German Air Force in World War I, worked as a press officer at the German Embassy in London in the 1930s, and was a reporter for a German news agency. In 1935 he began working for the British intelligence service MI5 and became a British citizen, thus avoiding internment or deportation during the war.


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  • Created by: julia&keld
  • Added: Jan 3, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32594953/jona-ustinov: accessed ), memorial page for Jona Ustinov (2 Dec 1892–1 Dec 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32594953, citing St. Andrew's Churchyard, Eastleach, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).