Mervyn LeRoy was born on October 15, 1900 in San Francisco, CA. Filmmaker responsible for many popular American films, including Mister Roberts from 1955 and The Bad Seed from 1956.
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About
Filmmaker responsible for many popular American films, including Mister Roberts from 1955 and The Bad Seed from 1956.
Before Fame
He was a vaudeville performer before heading to Hollywood, where he first worked as a camera assistant, in costumes, and in the processing labs. He was also a gag Writer for silent films in which he occasionally acted.
Trivia
He worked on eight Academy Award-nominated films, including Random Harvest in 1943 and The Wizard of Oz in 1939.
Family Life
He married Doris Warner, his second wife, in 1934 and they had two children together. They divorced in 1945. He later married Katherine Spiegel in 1946, and they also had two children.
Associated With
He discovered such luminaries as Lana Turner . He convinced her to change her name.
