AKA Abram Orovitz

Born: 16-Jul-1906
Birthplace: Vienna, GA
Died: 18-Jun-2006
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish [1]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Young Philadelphians

Mistress: Bette Davis (actress, on-set extramarital affair 1943-44)
Mistress: Rita Hayworth (actress, on-set affair, during Affair in Trinidad, 1952)
Mistress: Joan Crawford (actress, on-set affair during 3 films)
Wife: Hedda (m. for 53 years, d. 1984, one son, one daughter)
Son: Eric Sherman
Daughter: Hedwin Naimark
Girlfriend: Francine York (companion for 9 years, until his death)

    University: Oglethorpe University (1925)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    The Second Time Around (22-Dec-1961)
    Ice Palace (2-Jan-1960)
    The Young Philadelphians (21-May-1959)
    Affair in Trinidad (30-Jun-1952)
    Lone Star (8-Feb-1952)
    Goodby, My Fancy (30-May-1951)
    Harriet Craig (2-Nov-1950)
    The Damned Don't Cry (7-Apr-1950)
    Backfire (26-Jan-1950)
    The Hasty Heart (2-Dec-1949)
    Adventures of Don Juan (1-Dec-1948)
    The Unfaithful (5-Jun-1947)
    Nora Prentiss (21-Feb-1947)
    Mr. Skeffington (25-May-1944)
    Old Acquaintance (2-Nov-1943)
    The Hard Way (20-Feb-1943)
    All Through the Night (10-Jan-1942)
    The Return of Doctor X (23-Nov-1939)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Counsellor at Law (7-Dec-1933)

Official Website:
http://www.vincentsherman.com/

Author of books:
Studio Affairs: My Life as a Film Director (1996, memoir)

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