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Also Known As Schmuel Gelbfisz • Samuel Goldfish
Born July 1879 • Warsaw • Poland
Died January 31, 1974 (aged 94) • Los Angeles • California
Founder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Awards And Honors Academy Award • Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1947)

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Louis B. Mayer.
Louis B. Mayer
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Irving Thalberg; Norma Shearer
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Mankiewicz, Joseph L.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
American film director and producer
William Wyler
William Wyler
American director
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
American director and producer
Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
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Mervyn LeRoy
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George Stevens
George Stevens
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Creator of Mickey and Donald
Walt Disney
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Robert Wise
Robert Wise
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Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
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George Lucas
George Lucas
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American director Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
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Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
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Darryl F. Zanuck.
Darryl F. Zanuck
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Dino De Laurentiis
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Arthur Freed
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