Walter Slezak

Person · Open Library

Born

1902

Died

1983

Works

10

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Austria

Active from

1902-05-03

Active to

1983-04-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

52

Total plays

245

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

   · 1983 · cited 31,511x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,617x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,787x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

5. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 13,458x

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Quotes

• “You have to work five or six years in the theatre—in hit shows—to make people sick and tired of you, but this you can accomplish in only a few weeks on television. It's a remarkable medium.”
• “Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like.”
• “Walter Slezak says he's tired of arguing with his kids about borrowing the car. "The next time I want it," he says, "I'm just going to take it."”
• “Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is impossible to remember anything about one's birth firsthand. It is bound to be hearsay, and embellished, gilded hearsay at that.”
• “I never lie unless it is absolutely necessary. Or convenient.”
• “Papa told her about a Lohengrin performance. It was just before his first entrance. He was ready to step into the boat, which, drawn by a swan, was to take him on-stage. Somehow the stagehand on the other side got his signals mixed, started pulling, and the swan left without Papa. He quietly turned around and said: "What time's the next swan?" That story has since become a classic in operatic lore.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Walter

Gender

male

Citizenship

Austria

Place of birth

United States

Place of death

New York City

Child

Erika Slezak

Father

Leo Slezak

Sibling

Margarete Slezak

Occupation

recording artist

Languages spoken

German

Award

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

Field of work

film

Record label

RCA Victor

Image

Walter Slezak by Setzer.jpg

Residence

Vienna

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