Thomas chelimsky biography

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Charade Child Star Thomas Chelimsky Reveals Secrets From the ...

    When he was just six years old, Thomas Chelimsky was plucked out of obscurity to star in Charade—and he remembers the whole experience like it was yesterday.

Now a medical professor, 50 years ago he was in 'Charade'

By Duane Dudek of the Journal Sentinel

Dec. 04, 20130

Thomas Chelimsky did not become a movie star.

A brush with Elizabeth Taylor helped steer the former child actor away from film, and he chose a career path that led to his becoming professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011.

But that encounter would never have happened if not for his first and only film appearance, with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in "Charade," released 50 years ago Thursday.

Chelimsky, 56, was a 61/2-year-old boy living in Paris when his mother responded to an ad looking for a boy who spoke English with a French accent to appear in the film being directed by Stanley Donen.

His parents — both artists and Americans — thought the audition would "be a Saturday afternoon fun thing" to do, Chelimsky said in an interview Wednesday. He was one of 1,500 children who audi

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    • Tom Chelimsky and his sister Kathy Chelimsky were American children who each appeared in childhood with Audrey Hepburn in a Stanley Donen film in the 1960's.
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  • Chelimsky, professor of neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

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  • Thomas Chelimsky gets a bedtime story from Audrey Hepburn at age 6 when he appeared in the movie “Charade.” The caper romance, released 50 years ago, also starred Cary Grant.

    • Now a medical professor, 50 years ago he was in 'Charade'

      Thomas Chelimsky gets a bedtime story from Audrey Hepburn at age 6 when he appeared in the movie “Charade.” The caper romance, released 50 years ago, also starred Cary Grant.

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