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Louis B. Mayer

Known for: Production

Biography: 1884-07-12

Deathday: 1957-10-29 (73 years old)

Biography

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Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir in the Russian Empire; July 12, 1884 – October 29, 1957) was an American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM). Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industry's most prestigious movie studio, accumulating the largest concentration of leading writers, directors and stars in Hollywood. Mayer was one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

all 54

Movies 54

Producer 25

Louis B. Mayer

Biography

Filmography

all 54

Movies 54

Producer 25

self 20

Rat Pack (2022)

Sid & Judy (2019)

Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019)

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

Girl 27 (2007)

Facing the Past (2005)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)

Judy Garland: By Myself (2004)

Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004)

The Casting Couch (1995)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown (1986)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)

Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)

Actors and Sin (1952)

I Take This Woman (1940)

Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937)

West of Zanzibar (1928)

Detectives (1928)

Mike (1926)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)

Proud Flesh (1925)

1925 Studio Tour (1925)

Excuse Me (1925)

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Greed (1924)

So This Is Marriage? (1924)

Wine of Youth (1924)

Why Men Leave Home (1924)

Thy Name Is Woman (1924)

The Wanters (1923)

Strangers of the Night (1923)

The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)

Seeing Stars (1922)

The Woman He Married (1922)

A Question of Honor (1922)

Her Mad Bargain (1921)

Playthings of Destiny (1921)

Sowing the Wind (1921)

Harriet and the Piper (1920)

The Yellow Typhoon (1920)

Polly of the Storm Country (1920)

The Fighting Shepherdess (1920)

In Old Kentucky (1919)

Human Desire (1919)

Her Kingdom of Dreams (1919)

Mary Regan (1919)

A Midnight Romance (1919)

The Great Secret (1917)

Dimples (1916)

Cole Porter in Hollywood: Begin the Beguine

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Information

Known ForProduction

GenderMale

Birthday1884-07-12

Deathday1957-10-29 (73 years old)

Birth PlaceDymer, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

RelationshipsMargaret Shenberg (1904-01-01 - 1947-01-01), Lorena Layson (1948-01-01 - 1957-01-01)

ChildrenEdith Goetz, Irene Mayer Selznick

CitizenshipsUnited States of America

Also Known AsLazar Meir, Louis Burt Mayer, Louis Mayer, L.B. Mayer, L. B. Mayer, Lazar Mayer, Louis Burton Mayer, Ezemiel Mayer

Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame

Related Persons

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1884-07-12

Deathday
1957-10-29 (73 years old)

Birth Place
Dymer, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Relationships
Margaret Shenberg (1904-01-01 - 1947-01-01), Lorena Layson (1948-01-01 - 1957-01-01)

Children
Edith Goetz, Irene Mayer Selznick

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Lazar Meir, Louis Burt Mayer, Louis Mayer, L.B. Mayer, L. B. Mayer, Lazar Mayer, Louis Burton Mayer, Ezemiel Mayer

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame