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Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoyBorn: 15-Oct-1900
Birthplace: San Francisco, CA
Died: 13-Sep-1987
Location of death: Beverly Hills, CA
Cause of death: Alzheimer's
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Quo Vadis?

Father: Harry LeRoy
Mother: Edna Armer
Wife: Edna Murphy (m. 1927, div. 1933)
Wife: Doris Warner (m. 1934, div. 1942, one son, one daughter)
Son: Warner Lewis LeRoy (b. 5-Mar-1935, d. 22-Feb-2001 lymphoma)
Daughter: Linda Janklow (b. 17-Apr-1938)
Wife: Kitty Spiegel ("Kathryn Prest", m. 1-Feb-1946)

    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1560 Vine St.
    Risk Factors: Alzheimer's

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Moment to Moment (1965)
    Gypsy (1-Nov-1962)
    A Majority of One (11-Jan-1962)
    The Devil at 4 O'Clock (18-Oct-1961)
    Wake Me When It's Over (8-Apr-1960)
    The FBI Story (25-Jan-1960)
    No Time for Sergeants (29-May-1958)
    The Bad Seed (12-Sep-1956)
    Mister Roberts (30-Jul-1955)
    Strange Lady in Town (12-Apr-1955)
    Latin Lovers (12-Aug-1953)
    Million Dollar Mermaid (4-Dec-1952)
    Lovely to Look at (29-May-1952)
    Quo Vadis (23-Feb-1951)
    East Side, West Side (22-Dec-1949)
    Little Women (10-Mar-1949)
    Homecoming (29-Apr-1948)
    Without Reservations (13-May-1946)
    Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (15-Nov-1944)
    Madame Curie (15-Dec-1943)
    Random Harvest (17-Dec-1942)
    Johnny Eager (17-Jan-1942)
    Unholy Partners (Nov-1941)
    Blossoms in the Dust (26-Jun-1941)
    Escape (31-Oct-1940)
    Waterloo Bridge (17-May-1940)
    Anthony Adverse (29-Jul-1936)
    I Found Stella Parish (4-Nov-1935)
    Page Miss Glory (7-Sep-1935)
    Tugboat Annie (4-Aug-1933)
    Gold Diggers of 1933 (27-May-1933)
    I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (19-Nov-1932)
    Three on a Match (28-Oct-1932)
    Big City Blues (10-Sep-1932)
    Two Seconds (18-May-1932)
    Tonight or Never (17-Dec-1931)
    Five Star Final (26-Sep-1931)
    Little Caesar (09-Jan-1931)
    Show Girl in Hollywood (20-Apr-1930)

Author of books:
It Takes More Than Talent (1953, memoir, with Alyce Canfield)
Take One (1974, memoir, with Dick Kleiner)



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