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  1. He is perhaps best remembered as the owner of the now-defunct Romanoff's, a Beverly Hills restaurant popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s. He claimed to be a member of Russia's royal House of Romanov (sometimes spelled "Romanoff" in English).

  2. Sep 2, 1971 · HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (AP) —Michael Romanoff, a selfstyled Russian prince who gained fame as a restaurateur, bon vivant and intimate of Hollywood stars, died today at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was...

  3. Jun 7, 2022 · Michael Romanoff, the impostor, was called out at a Hollywood dinner party by a former Russian major general, Theodor Lodijensky of the Imperial Guard. He had known the real Prince Michael, who, he pointed out, had died years earlier.

  4. Prince Michael Feodorovich Romanoff (French: Michel Romanoff; 4 May 1924 – 22 September 2008) was a French filmmaker. A descendant of the Russian Emperors, he was a great nephew of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II.

  5. Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia (15 July 1920 – 22 September 2008) was a descendant of the House of Romanov. He was a great-nephew of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia.

  6. Aug 25, 2002 · Under the mythical cloak of a suavely elegant Russian noble, Romanoff was perhaps the world’s greatest impostor. Legendary for his charm and outrageous tall tales, he remained tight-lipped...

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  8. Claimed to have been born Prince Michael Dimitri Alexandrovich Obolensky-Romanoff, nephew of Tsar Nicholas II. Everyone in Hollywood knew he wasn't, but, in a town full of pretenders, it hardly mattered, and "Prince Michael" enjoyed great success as a restaurateur.