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René Auberjonois's mother was Princess Laure of Murat. On his mother's side, René is descended from Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoleon. His father, Fernand AuberjonoisFernand Auberjonois ( September 25 1911, Jouxtens, Switzerland August 27 2004, Cork, Ireland) was a highly respected journalist who worked as the foreign correspondent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Toledo Blade''. Throughout most of the Cold War, (1910-2004), was a Cold WarThe Cold War (c. 1945- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the E era foreign correspondant, and his grandfather, also named René Auberjonois , was a Swiss post-Impressionist painterA painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. for a trade. See: decorator. portrait in Montmartre In the fine arts, a painter is a person who creates paintings—two-dimensional artworks—tby applying a coloured emulsion called paint to a flat surfa. Auberjonois' family moved to ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to after World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, where at an early age he decided to become an actor. When the family later moved back to the United States, it was to join an artist's colony in upstate New York whose other residents included Burgess MeredithBurgess Meredith ( November 16, 1909 September 9, 1997) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing the Penguin on the television series Batman''. The Penguin's trademark quacking laugh was actually Meredith's attempt to cover up coughing fits,, John Houseman and Helen Hayes. The environment only confirmed his decision to act, and he made important contacts that were to advance his career.

One of the most influential contacts Auberjonois made during this period was Houseman, who gave him his first job in the theater at 16 years old, as an apprentice. They worked together again later, when he taught under Houseman at The Juilliard School. He stated in a 1993 interview that Houseman was the person who had most influenced his career.

To complete his education, he enrolled at Carnegie-Mellon University. After graduating CMU, he worked with several different companies, eventually landing a role on Broadway in 1969, where he played alongside Katharine Hepburn in Coco . He was presented with a Tony Award for his performance.